Acting · b. 1925 · Montbrison, Loire, France

Pierre Boulez

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, ...

Directed
Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three Decades 2013
Acting
Pierre Boulez - Der Weg ins Unbekannte Lui-même 2025 Zappa Self (archive footage) 2020 Pierre Boulez at the BBC: Master and Maverick Self (archive footage) 2016 Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words Self (archive footage) 2016 Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître Self 2014 Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Adagio from Symphony No. 10 Conductor 2011 Liszt Piano Concertos - Daniel Barenboim / Pierre Boulez - Staatskapelle Berlin Self - Conductor 2011 Bartok: Concerto for Violin - Gidon Kremer, Pierre Boulez Self - conductor 2010 Knots and Fields Self 2010 For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes Self - Composer and Conductor 2009 From the House of the Dead Self - Conductor 2007 Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Resurrection Self 2007 Pierre Boulez Conducts Modern Classics Conductor 2006 Boulez at 80 Self - conductor 2005 Pierre Boulez: Emotion and Analysis Self 2004 A Labyrinth of Time self 2004 Europakonzert 2003 from Lisbon Self - Conductor 2003 Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note Self 2002 One Night, One Life Self - Conductor 2002 Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die Self 2000 Sur incises: A lesson by Pierre Boulez Self 2000 The Seventh Door Self 1998 Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music Self 1996 Bruckner: Symphony No. 8: Wiener Philharmoniker Self - Conductor 1996 Eclat Self 1993 Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko Self 1991 Alban Berg - Lulu Self - Conductor 1986 Otto Klemperer's Long Journey Through His Times Self 1985 Wagner: The Making of The Ring Self 1983 A Stravinsky Portrait Self 1967
Other Credits
Béjart, 3 regards 2025 Music 2026 Klaus Mäkelä and Gustavo Dudamel 10 year anniversary of the Philharmonie de Paris Compositor 2025 Centenary of Pierre Boulez Ensemble Intercontemporain & Friends Original Music Composer 2025 Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025 Original Music Composer 2021 Pierre Boulez: Sur Incises Original Music Composer 2017 Ma Mere l'Oye Conductor 2004 Pelléas et Mélisande Music Director 1992 The Amazing Mr. Bickford Conductor 1987 Boulez-Répons Music 1985 Wagner: Götterdämmerung Music Director 1980 Wagner: Siegfried Music Director 1980 Wagner: Die Walküre Music Director 1980 Wagner: Das Rheingold Music Director 1980 Rituel Music 1979 Tristan und Isolde Conductor 1967
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