Name Jean-Michel Defaye Role Composer | Education Conservatoire de Paris | |
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Albums Pouic-pouic (Cinema), Moon River, Cristal Tango, Dancing and Dreaming Music director Pouic‑Pouic, Circus Angel, Le Bonheur, People in Luck Similar People Jacques Mauger, Maurice Andre, Leo Ferre, Juliette Greco, Isabelle Aubret | ||
Jean michel defaye a la maniere de vivaldi
Jean-Michel Defaye (born 18 September 1932) is a French pianist, composer, arranger and conductor known for his collaboration with French poet and singer-songwriter Léo Ferré.
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- Jean michel defaye a la maniere de vivaldi
- Alpha pour cor et piano de jean michel defaye
- Classical works
- with Lo Ferr
- References
He was born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne near Paris, on 18 September 1932. Aged ten he entered the Paris Conservatoire and completed his musical training in theory, piano and composition, taking in Nadia Boulanger's accompaniment class. In 1952 he won the Premier Second Grand Prix de Rome and the following year he won second prize in composition for the Belgian Queen Elisabeth competition.
As a composer he wrote mostly for brass and especially trombone.
As an arranger, he worked during ten years with Léo Ferré. He is mostly known by general public in France today for this body of work. At piano in the Olympia Big Band.