Пиер Булез на 90 години
Pierre Boulez at 90

Summary/Abstract: On March 26, 2015 the composer, conductor and teacher, who has authored Le marteau sans maître for solo alto and six instruments (1952–1955); Éclat for 15 players (1965); Mémoriale for solo flute and eight instruments (cello, 2 horns, 2 viola, 3 violins) (1973–1975); Répons for six soloists, chamber ensemble, electronic sounds and live electronics (1981–1984); Anthèmes II for violin and electronics (1997), etc.; founded and headed the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/ Musique (Institute for Music/Acoustic Research and Coordination, IRCAM) and the Ensemble Inter Contemporain (EIC), Paris; written a number of articles, given many interviews and talks on contemporary compositional techniques and the analytical approaches to them, Pierre Boulez turns 90. An encounter with one of the greats of music culture of the twentieth and the twenty-first century at Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna offered a chance to conduct a short interview with him, which we wished and were let to dedicate to those of Bulgarian musicians, who happen to be interested in the highest levels of compositional mastery in the music composed since the second half of the previous century until now.

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