Joël-François Durand
Joël-François Durand (born 1954 in Orléans) is a French composer. He studied mathematics, music education and piano in Paris, then composition with Brian Ferneyhough in Freiburg (1981-84) and at Stony Brook University (1984-86), and attended masterclasses with György Ligeti, Luciano Berio and Luigi Nono. In 1983 he won a prize at the Third International Stockhausen Composition Competition in Brescia. His works include a Piano Concerto (1993), a String Quartet (2005) and Le Tombeau de Rameau (2008).
Geister
This double album with compositions from the last two decades offers an insight into the diverse musical soundscape of Joël-François Durand. From Mirror Land (2005) to Geister, schwebende Geister... (2020), Durand’s work shows a unique development ch…
La Terre et le Feu
Composer-supervised first recordings of Joël-François Durand's music on the four elements: La terre et le feu for oboe and ensemble, Les raisons des forces mouvantes for organ, La mesure des choses III and Athanor for orchestra.