Tristan Murail

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Tristan Murail is a French composer and leading figure of spectral music, known for his innovative exploration of timbre and computer-assisted composition.

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Tristan Murail canonical 3

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instanceOf composer
human
music theorist
spectral music composer
awardReceived Prix de Rome
citizenship France
coFounderOf Ensemble l’Itinéraire
countryOfBirth France
dateOfBirth 1947-03-11
educatedAt Conservatoire de Paris
Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris
linked to: Sciences Po
employer Columbia University
familyName Murail
fieldOfWork electroacoustic music
music composition
spectral music
genre chamber music
contemporary classical music
electroacoustic music
orchestral music
givenName Tristan
influenced Joshua Fineberg
Julian Anderson
linked to: George Benjamin

Kaija Saariaho
Magnus Lindberg
influencedBy Gérard Grisey
Olivier Messiaen
isKnownFor computer-assisted composition
exploration of timbre
use of spectral analysis in composition
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf Ensemble l’Itinéraire
movement spectralism
name Tristan Murail
nationality French
notableWork Désintégrations
Gondwana
Les courants de l’espace
L’esprit des dunes
Time and Again
Treize couleurs du soleil couchant
Vampyr!
Winter Fragments
occupation composer
university teacher
placeOfBirth Le Havre
positionHeld professor of composition at Columbia University
residence Rome
studiedUnder Olivier Messiaen
usesInstrument computer
usesTechnique microtonality
orchestral synthesis of electronic sounds
spectral analysis of sound

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IRCAM hasCollaboratedWith Tristan Murail
Yvonne Loriod notableStudent Tristan Murail
Tristan Murail name Tristan Murail