Jean-Michel Defaye is a composer of classical music.

He was born in Saint-Mandé

Saint-Mandé

Saint-Mandé is a commune of the Val-de-Marne department in Île-de-France in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.-History:...

, Val-de-Marne

Val-de-Marne

Val-de-Marne is a French department, named after the Marne River, located in the Île-de-France region. The department is situated to the southeast of the city of Paris.- Geography :...

 near Paris, on 18 September 1932. Aged ten he entered the Paris Conservatoire and completed his musical training in theory, piano and composition, taking in Nadia Boulanger

Nadia Boulanger

Nadia Boulanger was a French composer, conductor and teacher who taught many composers and performers of the 20th century.From a musical family, she achieved early honours as a student at the Paris Conservatoire, but believing that her talent as a composer was inferior to that of her younger...

's accompaniment class. In 1952 he won the Premier Second Grand Prix de Rome and the following year he won second prize in composition for the Belgian Queen Elisabeth competition.

Works

• Suite Marine
• Morceau de Concours I (SG 1-2)
• Morceau de Concours II (SG 3-4)
• Morceau de Concours III (5 Min., SG 5)
• Deux Danses pour trombone et piano (1950)
• Sonatine (1956)
• Pouic-Pouic
  Pouic-Pouic
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   (1963) (Louis de Funès
  Louis de Funès
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