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Denis Levaillant was born on 3 August, 1952 in Paris, France, is a French composer, pianist and writer. Discover Denis Levaillant's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

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Occupation *Pianist composer arranger writer
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 3 August, 1952
Birthday 3 August
Birthplace Paris, France
Nationality France

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1952

Denis Levaillant (born 3 August 1952) is a French composer, pianist and writer based in Paris, France.

He has orchestrated more than twenty musical shows including La Petite Danseuse de Degas and composed more than 120 musical works worldwide.

Levaillant has been recognized for his improvisation and orchestration work and his ability to synthesize in his art several antagonistic genres such as composition/improvisation, classical/jazz, classical/popular and acoustic/electro.

Levaillant was born in Paris to Raymonde and Jean Levaillant.

He is the grandson of the French poet and critic, Maurice Levaillant.

He started playing piano at an early age of five.

1964

He began harmony, counterpoint and composition training at the age of twelve, under French music professor, Magdeleine Mangin in 1964, in Nancy, France.

Levaillant first spent his teenage years in Nancy, then in Paris, where he studied composition and philosophy.

1970

Levaillant started his professional career in the early 1970s.

Through the 1970s and 1980s, Levaillant released seven more albums and published a book on music improvisation and compositions, L'improvisation musicale, published by Éditions Lattès in 1980.

He collaborated with Alain Françon and Alain Guesnier and composed music for multiple musical shows and feature films during these years.

He collaborated with and composed music for various French and international jazz musicians such as Jean-Jacques Avenel, Didier Levallet, Mino Cinélu, Jean-Louis Chautemps, Pierre Favre, Bernard Lubat, Tony Coe, Kenny Wheeler, Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Michel Portal, Barry Altschul and Barre Phillips.

1972

Levaillant was married in 1972, to Christine Rigaud.

1973

In 1973, he collaborated with Radio France and composed Circus Virus, a musical piece for France Culture.

His first music had inspirations from his adolescence heroes, such as Karlheinz Stockhausen, Jimi Hendrix and Ornette Coleman.

1974

In 1974, he received his Master's degree in philosophy from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.

Later, he attended Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where he received training in music composition, orchestration and analysis under Gérard Grisey, Marius Constant and Claude Ballif.

1980

In 1980, at the age of 26, Levaillant began composing ballet music for the Paris Opera.

In the early 1980s, Levaillant participated in Institut national de l'audiovisuel and Groupe de Recherches Musicales's digital sound processing initiative, which inspired him to compose Piano Transit, a piano composition with electronic fusion, in 1983.

1981

In 1981, he founded Bleu 17, a music institution that focused on producing musical shows.

1983

From 1983 to 2006, Levaillant created nearly 20 musical shows and operas that were performed around Europe.

1986

He collaborated with Barry Altschul and Barre Phillips to compose Les Passagers du delta in 1986.

1988

In 1988, Levaillant was awarded with Prix Italia by RAI for his work, in the category Speakers.

1990

Levaillant created the opera O.P.A Mia in collaboration with Enki Bilal during the Festival d'Avignon in 1990.

He collaborated with Dominique Bagouet, Stéphanie Aubin, Brigitte Lefèvre, Dominique Petit and Caroline Marcadé for more than 30 live shows.

In the late 1990s, Levaillant performed live at various festivals and composed several works such as Echo de Narcisse, Le Clair, l'Obscur pour quatuor à cordes, Paysages de Conte and Tombeau de Gesualdo.

1995

In 1995, Levaillant was commissioned by Ensemble InterContemporain and Musée du Louvre for creating music for Fritz Lang's last silent film, Woman in the Moon.

Later that year, he co-founded the Cabinet de Musique Généraliste (CMG) with Frédéric Leibovitz, an initiative aimed towards promoting contemporary music in the audiovisual world.

Over the years, prominent composers and musicians like Philippe Hersant, Allain Gaussin, Bruno Letort, L'Orchestre de contrebasses, Gilles Racot, Christian Zanési, Michel Redolfi, Cesarius Alvim, Calin Ioachimescu and Doina Rotaru became part of the Cabinet de Musique Généraliste.

2002

In 2002, Levaillant composed the ballet La Petite danseuse de Degas produced by the Paris Opera.

2003

It was premiered in 2003 at Opéra-Garnier and was performed again in 2005 and 2010.

France 2 filmed the performance and Arthaus released the DVD.

2004

In 2004, Lavaillant composed music for Enki Bilal's science fiction film, Immortal.

2005

In 2005, l'Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France commissioned him to compose music for the children's book L'Opéra de la lune by Jacques Prévert.

2014

In 2014, Levaillant wrote Panchamama Symphony, a composition for concert bands.

The Andean music of Bolivia inspired Panchamama Symphony.

In 2014, 15 universities in the United States invited Levaillant for the master classes and concerts.

Apart from being a musician, Levaillant is a mountaineer.

He has climbed in Oisans alongside Jean-Michel Cambon and Bernard Francou.

Levaillant has also climbed new challenging routes in Bolivia with the French climber, Alain Mesili.