Michaël Lévinas


Michaël Lévinas is a French composer and pianist.
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Biography

Born in Paris, Levinas was a student of Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire de Paris.
As an interpreter he made several recordings, mostly for Adès. Amongst these are works by Beethoven, Fauré, Scriabin, Schubert, and the complete Well-Tempered Clavier by J.S. Bach.
His father was the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas and he is married to philosopher and musicologist Danielle Cohen-Levinas.

Selected works

Arsis et Thésis for flute Clov et Hamm for trombone, tuba, percussion and magnetic tape Appels for 11 instruments Froissements d'ailes for flute Ouverture pour une fête étrange for 2 orchestras and electroacoustic device Concerto pour piano espace #2 Les rires de Gilles for 5 instrumentalists and tape Arcades for viola and piano Arcades II for viola and 12 instruments La conférence des oiseaux, after a Persian tale of Attar La cloche fêlée for orchestra and electroacoustic device Voûtes for 6 percussionists Préfixes for 17 instrumentalists and electroacoustic device Rebonds for sextet and electroacoustic device Go-gol, Opera in 2 acts to a libretto by Frédéric Tristan after the stories of Gogol Les Lettres enlacées II: Fragments d'une lettre for viola solo Les nègres, Opera in 3 acts on Les Nègres of Jean Genet Les Lettres enlacées V for 2 violas La Métamorphose, after Metamorphosis of Kafka

Selected bibliography