Philippe Hurel is a French composer of contemporary music and the artistic director of the
Ensemble Court-Circuit.
Early life and education
Hurel studied violin, analysis, composition and musicology at the Regional Conservatory of Toulouse. From 1981, he studied at the
Paris Conservatoire, where he was a student in the classes of
Ivo Malec
Ivo Malec (30 March 1925, in Zagreb – 14 August 2019, in Paris) was a Croatian-born French composer, music educator and conductor. One of the earliest Yugoslav composers to obtain high international regard, his works have been performed by sy ...
and
Betsy Jolas
Elizabeth Jolas (born 5 August 1926) is a Franco-American composer.
Biography
Jolas was born in Paris in 1926. Her mother, the American translator Maria McDonald, was a singer. Her father, the poet and journalist Eugene Jolas, founded and edited ...
. In 1985-1986 and again in 1988-1989 he took part in musical research at the
IRCAM.
Personal life
Philippe Hurel was a resident of the
Villa Medici in Rome from 1986 to 1988.
References
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External links
Official websiteDiscogs
1955 births
Contemporary classical composers
People from Domfront en Poiraie
Living people