Jacques Charpentier
Jacques Charpentier (1933-2017) was a French composer and organist, born in Paris. After studying Indian music in Calcutta, he entered the Paris Conservatoire, where he studied with Tony Aubin and Olivier Messiaen. Indian music shaped much of his work, above all the 72 Études karnatiques for piano, written over almost three decades from 1957 and influenced by Messiaen.
