Pierre Boulez

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-03-26 (91 years old)

Deathday

2016-01-05

Place of Birth

Montbrison, Loire, France

Pierre Boulez

Biography

Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war contemporary classical music. Born in Montbrison, in the Loire department of France, the son of an engineer, Boulez studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Olivier Messiaen, and privately with Andrée Vaurabourg and René Leibowitz. He began his professional career in the late 1940s as music director of the Renaud-Barrault theatre company in Paris. He was a leading figure in avant-garde music, playing an important role in the development of in...

Acting

1998

2020

Zappa

as Self (archive footage)

2009

For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes

as Self - Composer and Conductor

1986

Alban Berg - Lulu

as Self - Conductor

1979

Rituel

as Self

1980

Wagner: Die Walküre

as Self - Conductor

1980

Wagner: Siegfried

as Self - Conductor

1980

Wagner: Götterdämmerung

as Self - Conductor

1980

Wagner: Das Rheingold

as Self - Conductor

2007

From the House of the Dead

as Self - Conductor

2002

One Night, One Life

as Self - Conductor

1993

Eclat

as Self

2010

2005

Boulez at 80

as Self - conductor

Production

1980

Wagner: Götterdämmerung

as Music Director

1980

Wagner: Siegfried

as Music Director

1980

Wagner: Die Walküre

as Music Director

1980

Wagner: Das Rheingold

as Music Director

1979

Rituel

as Music

1992

Pelléas et Mélisande

as Music Director

1985

1987

2004

Ma Mere l'Oye

as Conductor

1967

Tristan und Isolde

as Conductor

2017

Pierre Boulez: Sur Incises

as Original Music Composer

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