Jean During (born 1947) is a French musician and

ethnomusicologist Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...

specialising in music from the nations of the East especially

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

, Central Asia,

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

and

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

. A commentator on the Middle Eastern and

South Asian South Asia is the southern Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geography, geographical and culture, ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, ...

cultures, he is the Research Director at the

French National Center for Scientific Research The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 ...

and a professor at the

University of Strasbourg The University of Strasbourg (french: Université de Strasbourg, Unistra) is a public research university located in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, with over 52,000 students and 3,300 researchers. The French university traces its history to the ea ...

Biography

Jean During was born in 1947 in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. He began studying guitar at the age of 13, and by the age of 17, he was teaching Western classical guitar at the Toulouse National Conservatory and performing solo and with chamber orchestras. He left France after receiving a master's degree in philosophy to study

Iranian music The music of Iran encompasses music that is produced by Iranian artists. In addition to the traditional folk and classical genres, it also includes pop and internationally celebrated styles such as jazz, rock, and hip hop. Iranian music influ ...

and eventually settled in Iran. He earned his PhD in 1975 on the history of Iranian music and taught for four years at the Iranian Institute of Philosophy. He returned to France after the Iranian Revolution and enrolled in the French Center for Scientific Research.

Works

Albums

* ''Daramad-E Dovvom'' (Metric Pieces By Jean During) (2013) * ''The Uighur Qumul Muqam of Xinjiang, China'' (2014)

Books

;In English * ''The Spirit of Sounds: The Unique Art of Ostad Elahi (1895–1974)'' (2003) * ''Resonance: The Musical Legacy of Ostad Elahi'' (2016) * ''The art of Persian music'' (Washington, D.C. : Mage Publishers, 1991) ;In French * ''La musique traditionnelle de l'Azerbayjan et la science des muqâms raditional Music of Azerbaijan and the Science of Muqâms' (Baden-Baden : Bouxwiller : V. Koerner, 1988) * ''La musique iranienne : tradition et évolution ranian Music: Tradition and Evolution' (Paris : Editions Recherche sur les civilisations, 1984) * ''Musique et extase : l'audition mystique dans la tradition soufie usic and Ecstasy: Mystic Audition in the Sufi Tradition' (Paris : A. Michel, ©1988) * ''Musiques d'Asie centrale : l'esprit d'une tradition usics of Central Asia: the spirit of a tradition' (Arles: City of Music: Actes sud, 1998.) * ''Musique et mystique dans les traditions de l'Iran usic and Mysticism in the Traditions of Iran' (Paris : Institut français de recherche en Iran, 1989) * ''Quelque chose se passe: le sens de la tradition dans l'Orient musical omething happens: the meaning of tradition in the musical Orient' (Lagrasse : Verdier, 1995) * ''Azerbâyjân: musique traditionelle zerbaijan: traditional music' (Chant du monde : Distribution, Harmonia Mundi France, 1989)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:During, Jean Living people 1947 births Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) French ethnomusicologists Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg French National Centre for Scientific Research scientists 21st-century French non-fiction writers French writers about music Tar lute players