Personal Info
Pierre Boulez
Acting
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, …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Pierre Boulez - Der Weg ins Unbekannte
as Lui-même
Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
Pierre Boulez at the BBC: Master and Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître
as Self
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Adagio from Symphony No. 10
as Conductor
Liszt Piano Concertos - Daniel Barenboim / Pierre Boulez - Staatskapelle Berlin
as Self - Conductor
Knots and Fields
as Self
Bartok: Concerto for Violin - Gidon Kremer, Pierre Boulez
as Self - conductor
For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes
as Self - Composer and Conductor
