Jean-Michel Damase obit

Jean-Michel Damase(1928-2013)

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Jean-Michel Damase was a French pianist and composer, born on January 27, 1928 in Bordeaux and died on April 21, 2013. He received the Grand Prix Musical de la SACD and the Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris for his entire body of work.

The son of harpist Micheline Kahn, who created works by Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Ravel, Jean-Michel Damase grew up in a musical environment.

A student of Alfred Cortot, he joined the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, graduating with a unanimous first prize in piano at the age of 15. He then began a concert career, notably with the Colonne concerts, the Société des concerts du Conservatoire, and the Orchestre Radio-Symphonique. He performed with Pierre Barbizet, Lily Laskine, and Jean-Pierre Rampal.

He won the Prix de Rome in 1947. He is buried next to his mother in the Valmondois cemetery (Val d'Oise)

Operas:

• Colombe, a “lyrical comedy” in four acts and 6 tableaux, libretto by Jean Anouilh based on his play, premiered on May 5, 1961 at the Bordeaux Opera with Maria Murano, directed by Roger Lalande, sets and costumes by Jean-Denis Malclès;

• La Tendre Éléonore, a one-act comic opera, libretto by Luis Masson, premiered on January 18, 1962 at the Marseille Opera;

• Eugène le mystérieuse, a grand spectacle musical comedy in two acts and 20 tableaux, libretto by Marcel Achard based on Eugène Sue, premiered on February 7, 1964 at the Théâtre du Châtelet.

 

Composer

Bel ami (1983)

Bel ami

7.4

TV Mini Series

Composer

1983

2 episodes

 

Adolphe, ou l'âge tendre (1968)

Adolphe, ou l'âge tendre

6.8

Composer

1968

 

Pitchi-Poï ou La parole donnée

TV Movie

Composer

1967

 

Le mime Marcel Marceau (1964)

Le mime Marcel Marceau

Composer

1964

 

La double inconstance (1964)

La double inconstance

TV Movie

Composer

1964

 

Laurence Olivier, Sarah Miles, and Simone Signoret in Term of Trial (1962)

Term of Trial

7.1

Composer

1962

 

Caravelle

Short

Composer

1959

 

Auditorium

Short

Composer

1958

 

Route des cimes (1957)

Route des cimes

Short

Composer

1957

 

École des vedettes

TV Series

Composer (as Jean Michel Damaze, ballet sequence "Divertimento")

1957

1 episode

 

Bruges la belle

Short

Composer

1955

 

Le métier de danseur

Short

Composer

1953

 

Le père de Mademoiselle (1953)

Le père de Mademoiselle

5.3

Composer

1953

 

Music Department

Hotel Paradiso (1966)

Hotel Paradiso

6.1

music arranger: ballet music (uncredited)

1966

 

Soundtrack

Le mime Marcel Marceau (1964)

Le mime Marcel Marceau

music: "17 Variations for Wind Quartet, op. 22"

1964

 

Beach Casanova (1962)

Beach Casanova

5.3

music: "La Croqueuse de Diamants"

1962

 

Black Tights (1960)

Black Tights

5.9

music: "La Croqueuse de Diamants"

1960

 

Folies-Bergère (1956)

Folies-Bergère

4.8

music: "La Croqueuse de Diamants"

1956

 

Self

Discorama (1957)

Discorama

7.5

TV Series

Self

1967

1 episode