Pierre Boulez
conductor

Pierre Boulez

  • March 26, 1925 Montbrison, France - January 5, 2016 Baden-Baden, Germany

Biography

Pierre Boulez is one the greatest conductors, composers and thinkers of the 20th century. He revolutionized our approach of the musics of Mahler, Debussy, Bartók, Ravel and Stravinsky, and participated in transforming the musical landscape in Paris, initiating such great projects as the Bastille Opera House, the IRCAM and the Philharmonie de Paris. He died on 5 January 2016 in Baden-Baden at the age of 90.

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Otto Klemperer's Long Journey Through His Times
Otto Klemperer's Long Journey Through His Times

A documentary by Philo Bregstein

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Pierre Boulez conducts prewar works
Pierre Boulez conducts prewar works

With the Orchestre de Paris and the Ensemble In...

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Pierre Boulez conducts works by composers of the 1945 generation
Pierre Boulez conducts works by composers of the 1945 generation

With the Orchestre de Paris and the Ensemble in...

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Gustav Mahler: Autopsy of a Genius
Gustav Mahler: Autopsy of a Genius

With Claudio Abbado, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre ...

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Pierre Boulez conducts Wagner and Liszt – With Daniel Barenboim
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Tribute to Pierre Boulez on occasion of his 85th birthday
Tribute to Pierre Boulez on occasion of his 85th birthday

With Daniel Barenboïm and West-Eastern Divan Or...

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Pierre Boulez conducts Stravinsky's Firebird
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School for the Ear, a three-day workshop with Daniel Barenboim (III/III)
School for the Ear, a three-day workshop with Daniel Barenboim (III/III)

With Pierre Boulez and the West-Eastern Divan O...

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György Ligeti's Piano Concerto
György Ligeti's Piano Concerto

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Maxime Pascal conducts Gesualdo — With Le Balcon
Maxime Pascal conducts Gesualdo — With Le Balcon

Concert behind closed doors

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Pierre Boulez: A Life for Music
Pierre Boulez: A Life for Music

A documentary by Reiner E. Moritz

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For the Love of Mahler, a portrait of historian Henry-Louis de La Grange
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Wagner In Switzerland
Wagner In Switzerland

A Concert Celebration Of Richard Wagner’s 200th...

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Music in the Air: The history of music on TV
Music in the Air: The history of music on TV

Celebrating 50 years of the International Music...

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Pierre Boulez conducts Bartók — With Gidon Kremer and Yuri Bashmet
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Pierre Boulez and the Lucerne Festival Academy
Pierre Boulez and the Lucerne Festival Academy

Workshop for the future of music

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Pierre Boulez conducts Stravinsky and Debussy
Pierre Boulez conducts Stravinsky and Debussy

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Edgard Varèse, A Visionary in Sound
Edgard Varèse, A Visionary in Sound

A film by Frank Scheffer

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Pierre Boulez conducts Mahler's Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection"
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The Berliner Philharmoniker's 2003 Europakonzert — Lisbon
The Berliner Philharmoniker's 2003 Europakonzert — Lisbon

With Pierre Boulez and Maria João Pires

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Boulez conducts his work Sur incises
Boulez conducts his work Sur incises

Ensemble intercontemporain

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Pierre Boulez's Éclat, a work composed in 1965
Pierre Boulez's Éclat, a work composed in 1965

With Ed Spanjaard and the Nieuw Ensemble

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Crossing Borders: Daniel Barenboim on Music (III/III)
Crossing Borders: Daniel Barenboim on Music (III/III)

Music and Taboo: Wagner in Israel

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Boulez presents the Firebird
Boulez presents the Firebird

With Hélène Jarry and the Orchestre de Paris

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Pierre Boulez, Emotions and Analysis
Pierre Boulez, Emotions and Analysis

About the Bartók Concerto for Orchestra

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Pierre Boulez, Sur incises
Pierre Boulez, Sur incises

A lesson by Pierre Boulez

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The "In Rehearsal" film series
The "In Rehearsal" film series

Pierre Boulez in Rehearsal with the Wiener Phil...

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Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 8
Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 8

Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music

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Béla Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra
Béla Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra

Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music

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