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Subject Pierre Boulez
Realname Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez
Profile French composer, conductor, writer and organizer of institutions.
Born March 26, 1925 in Montbrison, France
Died January 5, 2016 in Baden-Baden, Germany (aged 90)
He studied with Messiaen at the Paris Conservatoire (1942-1945) and privately with Andrée Vaurabourg and René Leibowitz, inheriting Messiaen's concern with rhythm, non-developing forms and extra-European music along with the Schönbe…
Genre Classical
Styles Modern · Contemporary · Orchestra · Symphony · Impressionist
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Press Press: 50 items (26 reviews · 2 interviews · 22 features)
feature Meriel Dickinson obituary — the_guardian, Dalya Alberge (2026) interview A Particular Beauty: Irmin Schmidt Interviewed — the_quietus, Adelle Stripe (2026) review LSO/Pascal review – from an effervescent marimba to funeral gongs in compelling new music concert — the_guardian, Clive Paget (2025) review BBCSO/Lintu review – there’s a good reason these Boulez and Mahler works aren’t often performed — the_guardian, Flora Willson (2025) feature The Proms 2025 season offers plenty both to cherish and challenge — the_guardian, Andrew Clements (2025) feature Pierre Boulez was exacting – but never in a bad tempo — the_guardian (2025) review Total Immersion: Pierre Boulez review – still refreshingly alien — the_guardian, Flora Willson (2025) review Boulez: Livre pour Quatuor album review – first complete recording illuminates its vertiginous contrasts — the_guardian, Andrew Clements (2025) interview ‘The palace called and I heard myself saying yes’: how Errollyn Wallen went from Top of the Pops to Master of the King’s Music — the_guardian, Fiona Maddocks (2025) review LPO/Jurowski review – a fervent treatment of two works rich in intensity — the_guardian, Tim Ashley (2025) review The week in classical: LSO/ Rattle; CBSO/ Volkov; Jenůfa – review — the_guardian, Fiona Maddocks (2025) feature At home with Simon Rattle: ‘There are still things I feel are beyond me’ — the_guardian, Fiona Maddocks (2025) feature Billie Eilish, Sex Pistols and Beethoven’s skull: music to listen out for in 2025 — the_guardian, Alexis Petridis (pop) and Andrew Clements (classical) (2025) feature ‘How do you sound like a sickly moon or a gigantic black butterfly?’: Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and its ‘sing-speech’ — the_guardian, Claire Booth (2024) feature György Pauk obituary — the_guardian, Barry Millington (2024) review Yuja Wang review – from delicate finesse to fierce intensity — the_guardian, Tim Ashley (2024) review Let There Be Light review – MacMillan’s monumental work needs a monumental space — the_guardian, Erica Jeal (2024) feature ‘The most dangerous stage I’ve ever been on’: the wildest performances of Wagner’s Ring — the_guardian, Stuart Jeffries (2023) feature ‘I compose to seek the truth’: György Kurtág on depression, totalitarianism and his 73-year marriage — the_guardian, Kate Connolly (2023) review Symphony of Sorrowful Songs review – Gorecki’s triptych retains its visceral power in thoughtful staging — the_guardian, Clive Paget (2023) Press from ridden archive_api_v1 (Guardian · Pitchfork · The Wire · RA · …)
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— Claude Debussy, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (1995) 1 0 0 collector • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — György Ligeti, Ensemble InterContemporain, Pierre Boulez, LaSalle Quartet (1988) 1 0 0 collector • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Pierre Boulez, Claude Debussy, New Philharmonia Orchestra (1967) 1 0 0 collector • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Robert Bex, Huguette Dreyfus, Pierre Boulez (1964) 1 0 0 collector • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Olivier Messiaen, Karlheinz Stockhausen (1958) 1 0 0 collector • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Pierre Boulez, Quatuor Diotima (2025) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
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Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Pierre Boulez, Arnold Schoenberg (2024) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
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Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Johann Sebastian Bach, Béla Bartók, Pierre Boulez, Michael Barenboim (2017) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Pierre Boulez, Maurice Ravel (2015) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
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Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Gustav Mahler, Pierre Boulez (2013) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Igor Stravinsky, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (2012) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Friedrich Cerha, Martin Grubinger, Wiener Philharmoniker, Peter Eötvös, Pierre Boulez (2012) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Franz Liszt, Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Staatskapelle Berlin (2011) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Gustav Mahler, Alban Berg, Anna Prohaska, Dorothea Röschmann, Anna Larsson (2), Johan Botha, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez (2011) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Karol Szymanowski, Christian Tetzlaff, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez (2010) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Maurice Ravel, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (2010) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Gustav Mahler, Magdalena Kožená, Christian Gerhaher, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (2010) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Claude Debussy, New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Pierre Boulez (2009) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Alban Berg, Pierre Boulez, Christian Tetzlaff, Mitsuko Uchida, Ensemble Intercontemporain (2008) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Béla Bartók, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich, Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez (2008) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Gustav Mahler, Pierre Boulez, Various, Chor Der Staatsoper Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Aurelius-Sängerknaben Calw, Staatskapelle Berlin (2007) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Johann Sebastian Bach, Pierre Boulez, David Fray (2007) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Luciano Berio, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, György Ligeti, Luigi Nono, Olivier Messiaen, John Cage, John Adams, Steve Reich (2006) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Gustav Mahler, Christine Schäfer, Michelle DeYoung, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez (2006) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Carolin Widmann, Pierre Boulez, Eugène Ysaÿe, Salvatore Sciarrino, Jörg Widmann (2005) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Gustav Mahler, Thomas Quasthoff, Violeta Urmana, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez (2005) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Béla Bartók, Krystian Zimerman, Leif Ove Andsnes, Hélène Grimaud, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (2005) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Richard Wagner, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Pierre Boulez, Patrice Chéreau (2005) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Pierre Boulez, Pierre Boulez, Ensemble Intercontemporain (2005) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Augusta Read Thomas, Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago MusicNOW Ensemble, Christine Brandes (2004) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Anne Sofie von Otter, Alison Hagley, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (2004) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Hector Berlioz, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Melanie Diener, Kenneth Tarver, Denis Sedov, Pierre Boulez (2003) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Béla Bartók, Daniel Barenboim, Yehudi Menuhin, New Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (2003) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Gustav Mahler, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez (2003) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Pierre Boulez, Christine Schäfer, Ensemble Intercontemporain (2002) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Maurice Ravel, New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (2002) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Igor Stravinsky, The Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (2002) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Claude Debussy, Alison Hagley, Neill Archer, Donald Maxwell, Kenneth Cox, Penelope Walker, Sam Burkey, Peter Massocchi, The Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Pierre Boulez (2002) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Pierre Boulez, Edgard Varèse, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (2001) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Béla Bartók, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pierre Boulez, Johannes Brahms, Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, Franz Liszt, Giacomo Manzoni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Luigi Nono, Arnold Schoenberg, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Igor Stravinsky, Anton Webern, Maurizio Pollini (2001) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Gustav Mahler, Violeta Urmana, Michael Schade, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez (2001) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Igor Stravinsky, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (2001) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, Pierre Boulez, Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (2001) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Gustav Mahler, Juliane Banse, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (2000) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Anton Bruckner, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez (2000) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
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