French composer and conductor. He is the founder and director of IRCAM, a music research studio at the Pompidou Centre in Paris, France, that opened in 1977. His music, strictly adhering to ideas of
serialism and expressionistic in style, includes the cantatas
Le Visage nuptial (194652) and
Le Marteau sans maître (195355), both to texts by René Char;
Pli selon pli (1962) for soprano and orchestra; and
Répons (1981) for soloists, orchestra, tapes, and computer-generated sounds.
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