François-Bernard Mâche
François-Bernard Mâche (born 1935 in Clermont-Ferrand) is a French composer. He studied with Olivier Messiaen and Émile Passani, and also earned a diploma in Greek archaeology (1957). He worked at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales in Paris from 1958 to 1963. His music often takes birdsong and human speech as models. His book Music, Myth and Nature, or The Dolphins of Arion (1983) is a foundation of zoomusicology. His works include Kassandra, which won the Italia Prize in 1977, and Moires for the Arditti Quartet. Since 2002 he has been a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, in the seat once held by Iannis Xenakis.
François-Bernard Mâche (born 1935 in Clermont-Ferrand) is a French composer. He studied with Olivier Messiaen and Émile Passani, and also earned a diploma in Greek archaeology (1957). He worked at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales in Paris from 1958 to 1963. His music often takes birdsong and human speech as models. His book Music, Myth and Nature, or The Dolphins of Arion (1983) is a foundation of zoomusicology. His works include Kassandra, which won the Italia Prize in 1977, and Moires for the Arditti Quartet. Since 2002 he has been a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, in the seat once held by Iannis Xenakis.
