Name Gisele Barreau Role Composer | ||
Blue Rain for two Pianos and Percussion (1998) Gisele Barreau
Life
Gisèle Barreau grew up west of Nantes, in Brittany, and studied with Émile Leipp and Michèle Castellengo for musical acoustics at Jussieu University. She continued her studies with Pierre Schaeffer at the Paris Conservatory and later with Olivier Messiaen. In 1977 she received a diploma in electroacoustic music from the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM).
After completing her university studies, Barreau obtained a teaching certificate for music. She was composer-in-residence at the MacDowell Colony in 1978 and resident at the Villa Medici from 1980-82. Barreau works as a professor at the Paris Conservatoire.
Honors and awards
Works
Selected works include:
References
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