Paul-Baudouin Michel (7 September 1930 – 30 October 2020) was a Belgian composer, professor, and writer. He was a member of the

Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium The Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium (french: Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, sometimes referred to as ') is the independent learned society of science and arts of the French Comm ...

Biography

After he attended the Conservatoire Royal de Mons, Michel continued his studies at the

Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel The Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel is a Belgian academic institution for artistic training of young musicians, which was created by Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. History Offshoot of ideas about musical training initiated by Eugène Ysaÿe 20 years ...

, where he worked on composition under

Jean Absil Jean Absil (23 October 1893 – 2 February 1974) was a Belgian composer, organist, and professor at the Brussels Conservatoire. Biography Absil was born in Bonsecours, Hainaut, Belgium. His teacher there was Alphonse Oeyen, organist at the basil ...

and graduated in 1962. He worked in orchestral conducting and musical analysis at the Académie d'été in

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

. He then became director of the Académie de musique de

Woluwe-Saint-Lambert Woluwe-Saint-Lambert () or Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe (Dutch, ) is one of the nineteen municipalities in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It is a prosperous residential area, with a mixture of flats and detached, semi-detached and terraced hous ...

, where he taught harmony and the history of music. He was a professor of music at the Conservatoire Royal de Mons and the

Royal Conservatory of Brussels The Royal Conservatory of Brussels (french: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, nl, Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel) is a historic conservatory in Brussels, Belgium. Starting its activities in 1813, it received its official name in 1832. Provid ...

. He became a member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium in 1997, and subsequently became a lecturer on new music and wrote radio broadcasts. Paul-Baudouin Michel died on 30 October 2020 at the age of 90.

Works

*''Variations symphoniques'' *''Symphonium III Jeanne la Folle'' *''Symphonium IV dite Sommeil paradoxal'' *''L'Oreille fertile'' *''Engrenage'' *''Atomes crochus'' *''16 interludes'' for piano *''Lamobylrinthe'' * ''Mystère-jeu'' for viola and piano (1976)

Prizes

*Prix Émile Doehaerd of CeBeDem *Prix de composition of the

Queen Elisabeth Competition The Queen Elisabeth Competition ( nl, Koningin Elisabethwedstrijd, french: Concours musical international Reine Élisabeth) is an international competition for career-starting musicians held in Brussels. The competition is named after Queen ...

*Prix international radiophonique Paul Gilson *Prix Camille Huysmans *Prix de l'Académie Royale *Prix Koopal *Prix Créamuse *Prix Ernest Bloch de Lugano *Prix spécial of the City of

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Literary works

*''Il faut détruire les villes de plus de 200,000 habitants'' *''La Lévitation et les prostituées sacrées'' *''Le Commencement des incertitudes''

References

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