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Jean-Louis Florentz
Born: 1947
Died: 2004
Nationality: French

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Bornin1947,JeanLouisFlorentzsimultaneouslycarriedoutbothmusicalanduniversitystudies(naturalsciences,literary
Arabic,ethnomusicology).MultiplefieldtripstookhimtotheFrenchWestIndies,PolynesiaandAfrica,notablyKenya,where
heundertookperiodicstudiesofanimalacoustics.InhismusicFlorentzdrawsinspirationasmuchfromtheFrenchsymphonic
traditionstemmingfromDebussyasfromanAfricanstyleapproachtomusic.Theresultingrichnessofharmoniccolourationis
matchedbyaheightenedsenseofincantatorymelody.JeanLouisFlorentzwasinresidenceattheAcademyofFrancein
RomeandattheCasadeVelzquezinMadrid.AwinneroftheGrandPrixdelaVilledeParis,oftheGrandPrixfor
SymphonicMusicfromtheSACEM,hewaselectedmemberoftheAcadmiedesBeauxArts(InstitutdeFrance)in1995.He
diedin2004.

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