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Studying electronic and computer music at IRCAM, Paris or a year was an extraordinary experience. Every few days a composer of international reputation in the field would come in to talk to us, a group of young, international composers who's been lucky enough to win scholarships to attend. We were introduced to the music of Gérard Grisey who also came to speak to us himself. I will never forget first hearing his piece Partiels (1975) for 18 musicians. It was one of the first pieces to use spectral composition techniques, which have informed my composition ever since. Also check out his piece Transitoires (1981) for orchestra. Hallucinatory! The other spectral composers to have influenced me are my teacher Tristan Murail and Marc-André Dalbavie. |
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