Michel Arrignon is a French clarinetist and professor of clarinet at the

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and at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid. Arrignon studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. He played in the Orchestre Mondial des Jeunesses Musicales and won second prize in the Geneva Concours International d'Exécution Musicale. He co-founded the Ensemble Intercontemporain with

Pierre Boulez 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 Western classical music. Born in Mont ...

. He later joined the Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris. He also founded the O. Messian Quartet. He has taught at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris since 1989. He also serves as a juror in several national and international music competitions, including the Carl Nielsen International Music Competition. Arrignon has worked as a clarinet tester and developer at

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since 1985. He helped create the Tosca clarinet, released in 2003 by

. He plays on Buffet Crampon Tosca Green-Line clarinets.

Discography

*'' Stockhausen – Donnerstag aus Licht''. Deutsche Grammophon 2740 272 (4 LPs); 423 379-2 (4CDs). Hamburg: Polydor International GmbH, 1983. *''

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Concertos'', with Jean-Claude Montac. Karusel Music International, 1990.

References

1948 births French classical clarinetists Academic staff of the Reina Sofía School of Music Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century clarinetists 21st-century clarinetists {{Clarinetist-stub