Born in Lyon in 1943, he received an education in philosophy and music. After studying piano with Louis Hiltbrand and composition with Jacques Guyonnet in Geneva, he began his activities at the Geneva Contemporary Music Studio. In 1967, he obtained his professorship in philosophy, and while teaching philosophy at Lyon 2 and Lyon 3 Universities, he simultaneously began working with the contemporary music group Musique du Temps and produced music programs for the Villeurbanne Municipal Theater. After moving to Paris, while serving as a research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and holding a doctorate from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, he was active in the contemporary music ensemble "L'Itinéraire," founded the "Collectif de recherche instrumentale et de synthèse sonore" (Instrumental and Comprehensive Sound Research Collective), and directed Ensemble Forum in Lyon. In 1989, at the request of the French Ministry of National Education, and with the cooperation of the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) and the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM), he founded and directed a doctoral program in 20th-century music and musicology at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS).

He has received numerous commissions from major orchestras in France and Italy, as well as from prestigious contemporary music ensembles. He has also been awarded the SACEM Chamber Music Grand Prix, the Charles Cros Academy Grand Prix, the Koussevitzky Foundation Award, the Film Music Festival Jury Prize, the SACEM Composer's Prize, and in 2000, the President's Award from the Charles Cros Academy for his body of work.

In recent years, he continues to present numerous commissioned works, including "Voyage par-delà les fleuves et les monts" (2010) for large orchestra and the piano concerto "On the wings of the morning" (2012).

Other Works and Publisher's Website

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