Christian Merlin (born 2 March 1964) is a French contemporary music critic and musicologist.
Christian Merlin, who holds an agrégation in German and a doctorate in literature, is a musicologist and a lecturer at the Charles de Gaulle University – Lille III. A music critic at Le Figaro [1] and the magazine Diapason , he contributes to programmes on France Musique such as Le Casque et l'enclume and Classic Club. He is also the author or editor of several issues of L'Avant-Scène Opéra , as well as of a book devoted to the symphony orchestra, documented by long years of acquaintance with instrumentalists and conductors. [2]
Michel Chion is a French film theorist and composer of experimental music.
Michel Tabachnik is a Swiss conductor and composer with an international career. Promoter of contemporary music, he has premiered a dozen works by Iannis Xenakis, among others.
Vladimir Cosma is a Romanian composer, conductor and violinist.
Marcel Moreau was a Belgian writer. He was born in Boussu, a town in the mining region of Borinage in Hainaut Province, into a working-class environment. He described it as "a pure cultural void" with "a total absence of any cultural reference point". He lost his father at the age of 15, and abandoned his studies a short time later. He worked in various trades before becoming an accountant's assistant in Brussels for the newspaper Le Peuple. In 1955 he became a proof-reader for the daily Le Soir.
Gabriel Bacquier was a French operatic baritone. One of the leading baritones of the 20th century and particularly associated with the French and Italian repertoires, he was considered a fine singing actor equally at home in dramatic or comic roles and gave regular song recitals. He was a long-term member of the Opéra-Comique and the Paris Opera, but forged a long career internationally at leading opera houses in Europe and the U.S. His large discography spans five decades, and he was considered as “the ambassador of French song”.
Constant Pierre was a French musicologist.
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Makis Solomos a Franco-Greek musicologist specialising in contemporary music and particularly in the work of Iannis Xenakis. He is also one of the specialists of Adorno's thought. His work focuses on the issue of sound ecology and decay. He has published articles and books and participates in meetings and symposia. In 2005, he also participated in the creation of the magazine "Filigranes" which aims to broaden the field of musicology.
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José Bruyr was a 20th-century French-speaking Belgian poet.
Jean Roy was a French music critic and musicologist, born in Paris.
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Lucien Thévet was a twentieth-century French horn player and teacher in France.