Musician Dictionary

Pierre Boulez

French composer, conductor and writer (1925–2016) · composer and conductor

DescriptionFrench composer, conductor and writer (1925–2016)
Source: Wikidata
Born1925-03-26
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
BirthplaceMontbrison Montbrison
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Died2016-01-05
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Place of deathBaden-Baden Baden-Baden
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
AreaFrance
Source: MusicBrainz
CountryFR
Source: MusicBrainz
CitizenshipFrance
Source: Wikidata
Occupationcomposer pianist musicologist music theorist musician writer university teacher conductor musicographer
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Instrumentspiano
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Genresclassical music
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Record labelsSony Classical Deutsche Grammophon
Source: Wikidata
Member ofEnsemble Intercontemporain European Academy of Sciences and Arts Academy of Arts, Berlin German Academy for Language and Literature National Academy of Fine Arts (Argentina) Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts American Academy of Arts and Sciences Academy of Arts of the GDR American Academy of Arts and Letters
Source: Discogs, Wikidata
AwardsTheodor W. Adorno Award Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Chamber-Scale Composition) Pour le Mérite BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award Berliner Kunstpreis Edison Music Awards Léonie Sonning Music Prize Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword Medal for Merit to Culture Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order Grawemeyer Awards Glenn Gould Prize Commander of the Order of the British Empire Praemium Imperiale Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy Ernst von Siemens Music Prize Polar Music Prize Austrian Decoration for Science and Art honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna Robert Schumann Prize for Poetry and Music Wolf Prize in Arts Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Conductor) Goethe Medal Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres Grammy Awards
Source: Wikidata

Also known as

Boulez Boulez, Pierre P. Boulez Булез П. Булез Пьер Булез Пьерр Булез Пјер Булез ピエール・ブレーズ ピエール・ブーレーズ ピエール・ブーレーズ ブレーズ ブーレーズ

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Identifiers

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