Michèle Bokanowski
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Michèle Bokanowski is a French
composer. She was born in Cannes
, and was educated in traditional music. She continued her studies in composition in Paris
with Michel Puig and in electronic music in 1970 at the Service de la recherche de l’ORTF (ORTF) directed by Pierre Schaeffer
. She also studied computer music at the Faculté de Vincennes and electronic music with Eliane Radigue
.
After completing her studies, Bowkanowski worked as a composer. She married Patrick Bokanowski and often collaborates with him for film, Catheringe Dasté for theater works, and choreographers Hideyuki Yano, Marceline Lartigue and Bernardo Montet for dance.
She has composed soundtracks for films including:
Her work has been recorded and released on CD, including:
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
composer. She was born in Cannes
Cannes
Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....
, and was educated in traditional music. She continued her studies in composition in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
with Michel Puig and in electronic music in 1970 at the Service de la recherche de l’ORTF (ORTF) directed by Pierre Schaeffer
Pierre Schaeffer
Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist and acoustician of the 20th century. His innovative work in both the sciences —particularly communications and acoustics— and the various arts of music, literature and radio presentation after the end...
. She also studied computer music at the Faculté de Vincennes and electronic music with Eliane Radigue
Eliane Radigue
Eliane Radigue is a French electronic music composer. She started her work in the 1950s and her first creations were presented in the late 1960s. Until 2000 her work was almost exclusively created on a single synthesizer, the ARP 2500 modular system and tape...
.
After completing her studies, Bowkanowski worked as a composer. She married Patrick Bokanowski and often collaborates with him for film, Catheringe Dasté for theater works, and choreographers Hideyuki Yano, Marceline Lartigue and Bernardo Montet for dance.
Works
Bokanowski composes for concert performance, film, television, theatre and dance. Selected works include:- Korè for one pianist
- Trois chambres d’inquiétude
- Tabou
- Chant d’ombre
- Cirque
She has composed soundtracks for films including:
- 2008 Battements solaires (short)
- 2002 Le canard à l'orange (short)
- 1998 Flammes (short)
- 1998 Fugue (short)
- 1994 Au bord du lac (short)
- 1992 The Beach (short)
- 1984 La part du hasard
- 1982 L'ange
- 1974 Déjeuner du matin (short)
- 1972 The Woman Who Powders Herself (short)
Her work has been recorded and released on CD, including:
- Ange (CD, Album) trAce, 2003
- L'Étoile Absinthe / Chant D'Ombre (CD, Ltd) Optical Sound, 2010
- Tabou (CD, Mini) Metamkine, 1992
- Trois Chambres D'Inquiétude (CD, Ltd, EP), Elevator Bath, 2000
- L'Étoile Absinthe (CD, Mini) Metamkine, 2002
- Cirque (CD) Empreintes DIGITALes, 1995
- Pour Un Pianiste (CD) trAce, 2005
- Michèle Bokanowski (CD) trAce, 2009