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Composer, conductor, theorist, educator, Pierre Boulez has left a significant mark on the world of contemporary creation. The year 2025 celebrates the centenary of his birth through a variety of events.

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Musicians from the Ensemble Intercontemporain

Chamber music

23 may 2025

Collège de France, Paris (France)

Pierre Boulez, Livre pour quatuor
Pierre Boulez, Piano Sonata n° 3
Pierre Boulez, Anthèmes, for violin
Anton Webern, String Quartet op. 28
Johann Sebastian Bach, The Art of Fugue (extracts)

Musicians from the Ensemble intercontemporain
Jean-Louis Leleu (presentation)

Concert linked with the 23 May 2025 conference at the Collège de France.

Works by Pierre Boulez, Anton Webern and Johann Sebastian Bach
Soloists of the Ensemble intercontemporain

Concert

23 may 2025

Collège de France, Paris (France)

Pierre Boulez, Livre pour quatuor
Pierre Boulez, Anthèmes
Anton Webern, String Quartet op. 28
Johann Sebastian Bach, The Art of Fugue (extracts)

Soloists of the Ensemble intercontemporain
Jean-Louis Leleu (presentation)

Concert-workshop as part of the symposium organised at the Collège de France "Boulez: invention in power? The years 1975-1995".

Concert-workshop as part of the symposium organised at the Collège de France
Boulez: invention in power? The years 1975-1995

Conference

23 may 2025

Collège de France, Paris (France)

Conference organized by Prof. Pierre-Michel Menger, Chair of Sociology of Creative Work, and Nicolas Donin, Professor of Musicology at the University of Geneva.

Conference by Pierre-Michel Menger and Nicolas Donin

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Biography

Through a detailed chronology, supported by audio-visual and iconographic archives, discover the musical, literary and institutional career of Pierre Boulez.

July 1956

In Darmstadt, Pierre Boulez takes part in a round-table discussion with Bruno Maderna and Karlheinz Stockhausen on the possibilities that electronic music offers for composition.

Pierre Boulez with Luigi Nono and Karlheinz Stockhausen, 1957

© SWR company archive

1976

At the invitation of Wolfgang Wagner, Pierre Boulez directs a new production of the Tetralogy by Wagner in Bayreuth. The production, which was revived five years in a row to great acclaim, initially caused a scandal.

Pierre Boulez and Patrice Chéreau rehearsing in Bayreuth, 1977

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2005

Pierre Boulez’s 80^th birthday. Numerous tributes around the world: honorary member of the Vienna Philharmonic, appointed "Ehrendirigent" of the Staatskapelle in Berlin…

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Biography

Through a detailed chronology, supported by audio-visual and iconographic archives, discover the musical, literary and institutional career of Pierre Boulez.

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July 1956

In Darmstadt, Pierre Boulez takes part in a round-table discussion with Bruno Maderna and Karlheinz Stockhausen on the possibilities that electronic music offers for composition.

1976

2005

Pierre Boulez’s 80^th birthday. Numerous tributes around the world: honorary member of the Vienna Philharmonic, appointed "Ehrendirigent" of the Staatskapelle in Berlin…

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Catalogue

From early works to his latest compositions, comprehensive notes describe all the works in the composer’s official catalogue.

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2025 Année Boulez

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Musicians from the Ensemble Intercontemporain

Soloists of the Ensemble intercontemporain

Boulez: invention in power? The years 1975-1995

Biography

July 1956

1976

2005

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July 1956

1976

2005

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