Michel Portal
Personal Info
Know For
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1935-11-25 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Also known As
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Michel Portal
Biography
Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be "one of the architects of modern European jazz". Portal was born in Bayonne on 27 November 1935. His family was musical and there were several instruments in his house when he was growing up. His interest in jazz began after hearing it on the radio after World War II. He studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris and conducting with Pierre Dervaux. Portal "gained experience in light music with the bandleaders Henri Rossotti and (in Spain in 1958) Perez Prado, as well as with the drummer...
Acting
1997
as Himself
1961
as Musician (uncredited)
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as Lui-même
Production
1994
as Original Music Composer
1982
as Original Music Composer
1981
as Music
1988
as Original Music Composer
1990
as Original Music Composer
1981
as Music
1976
as Music
1987
as Original Music Composer
1983
as Music
1979
as Music
1979
as Original Music Composer
2003
as Sound
1992
as Music
1997
as Original Music Composer
1990
as Original Music Composer
1996
as Original Music Composer
1989
as Music
1976
as Music
1971
as Music
2000
as Original Music Composer
1970
as Music
1987
as Original Music Composer
1981
as Original Music Composer
1994
as Original Music Composer
1979
as Original Music Composer
1989
as Original Music Composer
1995
as Music
1967
as Music
1982
as Original Music Composer
1982
as Musician
1986
as Original Music Composer
2010
as Original Music Composer
2003
as Original Music Composer
2001
as Original Music Composer
2012
as Original Music Composer
1987
as Original Music Composer
1992
as Original Music Composer
1990
as Original Music Composer
1997
as Original Music Composer
1990
as Original Music Composer
1989
as Original Music Composer
1990
as Music
1970
as Original Music Composer
1997
as Original Music Composer
2005
as Original Music Composer
1982
as Original Music Composer
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