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Andre Boucourechlievwas a French composer of Bulgarian origin.
Born in Sofia, Boucourechliev studied piano at the Conservatory there.
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Andre Boucourechlievwas a French composer of Bulgarian origin.
Born in Sofia, Boucourechliev studied piano at the Conservatory there. Subsequently, he studied in Paris at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, where he later taught piano. His first attempts at composition date from 1954, when he was engaged in the famous contemporary music sessions at Darmstadt. He honed his compositional technique by seeking out Berio and Maderna in Milan. Following the success of his Piano Sonata (1959), which was performed at the Domaine musical, and works involving choice and chance, he spent a period in America, during which he met Cage, Merce Cunningham, and Rauschenberg. The summit of his exploration of choice and freedom on the part of the performer was reached in Archipels (1967-1971). Many of his later works have gone on to refine or extend these principles. Boucourechliev died in Paris in 1997 at the age of 72.
2 Quotes by Andre Boucourechliev
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At the end of the competition, I played the Liszt concerto and I felt my head was on the block. Well, I won.
Andre BoucourechlievFrench composer of Bulgarian origin, music writer (1925-1997)
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I always knew I would live in France.
Andre BoucourechlievFrench composer of Bulgarian origin, music writer (1925-1997)