Jean Michel Damase (让·米歇尔·达马斯) album cover

让·米歇尔·达马斯 Jean Michel Damase

让·米歇尔·达马斯

J·M·Damase / J·M·达马斯

RegionFrance

TypeSolo

ProfessionComposer

Artist Profile

Jean-Michel Damase(27 January 1928 – 21 April 2013)was a Frenchpianist,conductorandcomposerofclassical music.

Damase was born inBordeaux, the son of harpistMicheline Kahn.[2]He was studying withMarcel Samuel-Rousseauat the age of five and composing by age nine.He was admitted to theConservatoire de Parisin 1940, studying withAlfred Cortotfor piano, and won first prize for piano in 1943,afterwards studying withHenri Büsser,Marcel DupréandClaude Delvincourtfor composition– winning his first prize for composition in 1947, in which year he won theGrand Prix de Rome[4](In this year he wrote his trio for flute, viola and harp which has several times been recorded.)

He made the first complete recording ofGabriel Fauré's nocturnes and barcarolles, for which he received theGrand Prix du Disque.

from:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Michel_Damase