Michaël Lévinas Explained

Michaël Lévinas (born 18 April 1949) is a French composer and pianist.[1]

Biography

Born in Paris, Levinas was a student of Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire de Paris.[2]

As an interpreter he made several recordings, mostly for Adès. Amongst these are works by Beethoven, Fauré, Scriabin, Schubert, and the complete Well-Tempered Clavier by J.S. Bach.

His father was the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas and he is married to philosopher and musicologist Danielle Cohen-Levinas.

Selected works

Lévinas' scores are largely published by Éditions Salabert, Éditions Henry Lemoine, Éditions Musicales Transatlantiques.

Selected bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. 88 notes pour piano solo, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Neva Ed., 2015, p. 52.
  2. Célestin Deliège: Cinquante ans de modernité musicale: de Darmstadt à l'IRCAM (Sprimont: Mardaga, 2003), p. 902.
  3. Composer un opéra aujourd'hui: Actes de la journée d'étude du 13 ... - Page 86 Béatrice Ramaut-Chevassus - 2003 "À présent, les synthétiseurs et les effets acousmatiques sont rois: dans Go-gol (1995-1996) - écrit d'après deux nouvelles de Gogol18 -, le compositeur Michaël Lévinas a synthétisé à loisir diverses classes de modèles de résonance afin que ..."