Philippe Hurel | |
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 Philippe Hurel in 2007 | |
| Born | 24 July 1955 Domfront, Orne, France |
| Occupation | Composer |
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| Website | http://www.philippe-hurel.fr  |
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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 and Betsy Jolas. In 1985-1986 and again in 1988-1989 he took part in musical research at the IRCAM. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Philippe Hurel was a resident of the Villa Medici in Rome from 1986 to 1988. [4]
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