Pierre Boulez has died at the age of 90. |
Pierre Boulez has died at the age of 90.
His family said the world-renowned musician died on Tuesday at his home in Baden-Baden, Germany.
"For all those who met him and were able to appreciate his creative energy, his artistic vigour... will remain alive and strong," they said.
As well as being a world-famous composer, Boulez was a prolific writer and pianist and was also known as the head of the Paris Philharmonic.
He was the founder and former director of the Paris based Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique and was also famed for his work alongside leading experimental composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen and Olivier Messiaen.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls paid tribute to Boulez on Twitter: "Courage, innovation, creativity, this is what Pierre Boulez meant to the world of French music, of which he made a beacon of light throughout the world."
Born in the Loire region of France in 1925, Boulez began his musical career at the Conservatoire in Paris, one of the world's most celebrated music schools.
He graduated in 1945 and, still only 21, became musical director of the theatre company of Jean-Louis Barrault and Madeleine Renaud.
During this period he composed violent early pieces such as his first two piano sonatas and Livre Pour Quatuor for the string quartet.
Great demand
Boulez's career as a conductor took off in the 1950s, during which time he performed with the Sudwestfunk (South-West German Radio).
He also began acting as guest conductor for some of Europe's leading orchestras and festivals.
Boulez's talent led him to be more and more in demand and by the 1960s he was appearing widely as a conductor, going on to become chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
His creative output declined until he became director of the experimental music studio, the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM), in the 1970s, where he had access to the latest computer technology.
Boulez stepped down from this position in 1991 to devote more time to composing and conducting.
In 1996 he won a Grammy for his recording of Debussy's La Mer with the Cleveland Orchestra, and won again in 2002 for Boulez Conducts Varese (Ameriques; Arcana; Deserts; Ionisation) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
ピエール・ブーレーズさん死去 仏の作曲家・指揮者
▶ 2016年1月6日21時49分 Asahi.com
世界的に知られるフランスの作曲家、指揮者のピエール・ブーレーズさんが5日、居住するドイツ西部バーデンバーデンで死去した。90歳だった。家族らが6日、声明を出して発表した。(パリ=青田秀樹)
25年、仏モンブリゾン生まれ。パリ音楽院でメシアンらに作曲や合唱指揮などを学ぶ。55年、ダルムシュタットの夏季音楽講習会で講師を務め、以後、シュトックハウゼン、ノーノとともにダルムシュタットの三羽ガラスと呼ばれ、ポスト・ベーベルン派の指導的役割を担う。58年、南西ドイツ放送交響楽団で指揮活動を始め、その後はクリーブランド管弦楽団の首席客演指揮者、ニューヨーク・フィルなどの音楽監督を歴任する。70年代、パリに創設されたIRCAM(音響・音楽の探求と調整の研究所)の所長に就任、91年に辞めるまで先端科学技術による教育・研究活動を指導した。76年、アンサンブル・アンテルコンタンポランを創設、現代音楽の普及に貢献した。89年に高松宮殿下記念世界文化賞、2009年には京都賞を受賞した。
#最も敬愛している指揮者、作曲家であるブーレーズが亡くなった。
#新年早々色んなことがあるものだ。高齢だったのでいずれ、とは思っていたが。
#晩年においてはDGからのマーラー・チクルスがとりもなおさず凄かった。
#自身作の演奏をIRCAMやEnsemble Intercontemporainで瑞々しくやった。
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primex64さんにもお世話になったマーラーの特集でも聴きこみましたし、クリーブランド管との春の祭典も括目する演奏でした。
ご冥福をお祈りします。