Henri Pousseur
Henri Pousseur (1929-2009) was born in Malmédy, Belgium, and studied music in Liège and Brussels from 1947 to 1952. He met Pierre Boulez in 1951, Karlheinz Stockhausen in 1953 and Luciano Berio in 1956, and is counted among the Darmstadt School. His music uses serial, mobile and aleatory forms. Works include the electronic pieces Scambi (1957) and Trois visages de Liège (1961), and the opera Votre Faust, written with Michel Butor. From 1970 to 1988 he taught at Liège, where he founded the Centre de recherches et de formation musicales de Wallonie. He died in Brussels.
Henri Pousseur (1929-2009) was born in Malmédy, Belgium, and studied music in Liège and Brussels from 1947 to 1952. He met Pierre Boulez in 1951, Karlheinz Stockhausen in 1953 and Luciano Berio in 1956, and is counted among the Darmstadt School. His music uses serial, mobile and aleatory forms. Works include the electronic pieces Scambi (1957) and Trois visages de Liège (1961), and the opera Votre Faust, written with Michel Butor. From 1970 to 1988 he taught at Liège, where he founded the Centre de recherches et de formation musicales de Wallonie. He died in Brussels.
