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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). He teaches at the University of Washington and founded Durand Tonearms, which makes tonearms for record players, in 2009.

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). He teaches at the University of Washington and founded Durand Tonearms, which makes tonearms for record players, in 2009.

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 characterised by his use of microtonality. The poetic dialogues of the Fernando Pessoa-inspired Quatuor à cordes No. 2: Cantar de Amigo (2020) and Durand’s ongoing exploration of microtonal spaces in La descente de l’ange (2022) reveal a dynamic and tr…
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.
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