André Lischke (born 1952 in Paris) is a French

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

and translator, specialising in

Russian classical music Russian classical music is a genre of classical music related to Russia's culture, people, or character. The 19th-century romantic period saw the largest development of this genre, with the emergence in particular of The Five, a group of compose ...

Biography

André Lischke was born into a family of Russian immigrant musicians. He began his musical education at the piano. After courses in

musical composition Musical composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, either vocal or instrumental, the structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new piece of music. People who create new compositions are called ...

, he turned to musicology with

Michel Guiomar Michel Guiomar (3 November 1921 – 6 January 2013) was a French writer and philosopher who was a Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics at the University of Paris IV. Guiomar was Director of Research in Philosophy and Aesthetics at CNRS before taking ...

at the

Schola Cantorum The Schola Cantorum de Paris is a private conservatory in Paris. It was founded in 1894 by Charles Bordes, Alexandre Guilmant and Vincent d'Indy as a counterbalance to the Paris Conservatoire's emphasis on opera. History La Schola was founded i ...

, then with

Norbert Dufourcq Norbert Stéphane Jean-Marie Dufourcq (21 September 1904 – 19 December 1990) was a French organist, music educator, musicologist and musicographer. Biography Norbert Dufourcq was born in 1904 in Saint-Jean-de-Braye in the Loiret departmen ...

and Yves Gérard at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

, where he obtained his first prize. He specialized in Russian music and passed his doctoral thesis at the

Sorbonne Sorbonne may refer to: * Sorbonne (building), historic building in Paris, which housed the University of Paris and is now shared among multiple universities. *the University of Paris (c. 1150 – 1970) *one of its components or linked institution, ...

with ''Tchaikovski au miroir de ses écrits'' for subject (1996). As a journalist and music critic, he collaborates with magazines such as '' Diapason'', '' L'Avant-scène opéra'' and ''Lyrica''. He is also a producer of radio programs. Between 1989 and 1997, he was artistic director of the record label

Le Chant du Monde Le Chant du Monde is a French music publishing house. It was created in 1938 by Léon Moussinac and was supported in the beginning by classical composers Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger, Charles Koechlin, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Albert ...

, a company soon bought over by

Harmonia Mundi Harmonia Mundi is an independent record label which specializes in classical music, jazz, and world music (on the World Village label). It was founded in France in 1958 and is now a subsidiary of PIAS Entertainment Group. Its Latin name ''ha ...

. Since 2001, André Lischke has been teaching at the University of EvryAndré Lischke se présente lui-même
sur univ-evry.fr where he runs a research laboratory: RASM, or research performing arts and music, which is unique in its kind.

Writings

Monographs

* * * * * Académie Charles Cros, Académie de Beaux-Arts prix Kastner Boursault, Prix des Muses, Prix de la critique musicale.

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Translations

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References

External links

Short biography
on

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Fayard Fayard (complete name: ''Librairie Arthème Fayard'') is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre. In 1999, Éditions Pauvert became part of Fayard. Claude Durand was director of Fayard ...

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