Jean Prodromidès (3 July 1927 – 17 March 2016) was a French composer. He was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1927 in a musical family. His father, who was of Greek origin, had a pianola by which Jean became familiar with works of Beethoven and Wagner. He was a pupil of

René Leibowitz René Leibowitz (; ; 17 February 1913 – 29 August 1972) was a Polish and French composer, conductor, music theorist and teacher. He was historically significant in promoting the music of the Second Viennese School in Paris after the Second Wo ...

, who introduced him to dodecaphonic and serial composition. Together with other Leibowitz pupils, Serge Nigg, Antoine Duhamel and André Casanova, he gave the first performance of Leibowitz's ''Explications des Metaphors'', Op. 15, in Paris in 1948. Prodromidès composed for films such as '' Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre'' and '' Danton.'' Prodromidés was elected to the

Académie des Beaux-Arts The (; ) is a French learned society based in Paris. It is one of the five academies of the . The current president of the academy (2021) is Alain-Charles Perrot, a French architect. Background The academy was created in 1816 in Paris as a me ...

in 1990 to Henry Sauguet's seat; Prodromidès was also president of the Academy and the

Institut de France The ; ) is a French learned society, grouping five , including the . It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention. Located on the Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the institute manages approximately ...

in 2005.

Selected filmography

*1956: ''Les biens de ce monde'' *1959: ''

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'' *1960: ''The Baron of the Locks'' (a.k.a. '' Le Baron de l'écluse'') *1960: ''Le Voyage en ballon'' (a.k.a. ''

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'') *1960: '' Blood and Roses'' (a.k.a. ''Et mourir de plaisir'') *1967: ''Pillaged'' (a.k.a. '' Mise à sac''), dir. Alain Cavalier *1969 Salome , dir. Pierre Karolnik *1983: '' Danton'', dir. Andrzej Wajda

Discography

Prodromidès's complete score, ''Le Voyage en ballon'', has been released on CD by Disques Cinémusique in 2009.

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* 1927 births 2016 deaths Musicians from Neuilly-sur-Seine French people of Greek descent French film score composers French opera composers French male film score composers Members of the Académie des beaux-arts {{france-composer-stub