Michèle Bokanowski’s works are out there! They have been performed in concert in Anderlecht, Bourges, Brussels, Crest, Geneva, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Le Havre, Marseille, Mons, Paris and Tokyo…
Coming from a family of musicians (professionals on her mother’s side, amateurs on her father’s side), she read, at the age of 22, À la recherche d’une musique concrète (In Search of a Concrete Music) by Pierre Schaeffer and decided to study composition. After a classical education in harmony, she met Michel Puig, a student of René Leibowitz, who taught her composition and analysis according to Schönbergian Principles. In September 1970, she began a two-year course at the Research Department of the ORTF under the direction of Pierre Schaeffer. At the same time, she participated in a sound synthesis research group, studied computer music at the Faculté de Vincennes as well as electronic music with Éliane Radigue. Between 1972 and ’84, she composed essentially for the concert — Pour un pianiste, Trois chambres d’inquiétude, Tabou — and for film — music for the short films by Patrick Bokanowski as well as for his feature film L’Ange. Since 1985, she has composed for television, for theatre — with Catherine Dasté — and for dance, with choreographers Hideyuki Yano, Marceline Lartigue, Bernardo Montet, and Isabelle Kürzi.
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Michèle Bokanowski
Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes, France), 1943
Residence: Paris (France)
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On the web
Calendar
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Friday, April 8, 2022Geneva (Switzerland)
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Saturday, October 2, 2021Tokyo (Japan)
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Sunday, July 25, 2021Le Havre (Seine-Maritime, France)
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Saturday, July 24, 2021Le Havre (Seine-Maritime, France)
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Thursday, June 10, 2021Anderlecht (Belgium)
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Saturday, October 10, 2020Paris (France)
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Saturday, May 23, 2020Paris (France)
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Sunday, August 18, 2019Crest (Drôme, France)
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Thursday, May 16, 2019Paris (France)
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Wednesday, February 27, 2019Brussels (Belgium)
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Saturday, October 13, 2018Paris (France)
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Thursday, December 21, 2017Issy-les-Moulineaux (Hauts-de-Seine, France)
Broadcasts
Date | Work | Program |
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May 16, 2021 | Michèle Bokanowski, Enfance (2011), 27:04 | Pulsar / CISM (Canada) |
February 13, 2021 | Michèle Bokanowski, Battements solaires (2008), 17:35 | The Institute of Spectra-Sonic Sound / KEPW 97.3 FM (USA) |
September 27, 2020 | Michèle Bokanowski, Enfance (2011), 27:04 | Pulsar / CISM (Canada) |
May 24, 2020 | Michèle Bokanowski, Cirque (1994), 36:40 | Pulsar / CISM (Canada) |
February 6, 2017 | Michèle Bokanowski, Cirque (1994), 36:40 | Les territoires du son / Radio Saint Ferréol (France) |
November 8, 2010 | Michèle Bokanowski, Cirque: Scherzo (1994), 7:56 | Acoustic Frontiers / CKCU 93.1 FM (Canada) |
November 8, 2010 | Michèle Bokanowski, Cirque: Galop (1994), 1:42 | Acoustic Frontiers / CKCU 93.1 FM (Canada) |
November 8, 2010 | Michèle Bokanowski, Cirque: Finale (Parade) (1994), 8:52 | Acoustic Frontiers / CKCU 93.1 FM (Canada) |
November 4, 2007 | Michèle Bokanowski, Cirque (1994), 36:40 | KBCS 91.3 FM (USA) |
May 1, 2007 | Michèle Bokanowski, Cirque (1994), 36:40 | Ning Nong Radio / WZBC 90.3 FM (USA) |