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– Thu 24 Jul: DI ALTRI ASTRI for Sax alto and Piano (Premiere) Sala Colitto,Termoli,Italy
– Sat 26 Jul: Koorconcert, Tiramisu zomerkoor Lutherse Kerk, Maastricht, Netherlands
– Sun 27 Jul: Lines and Waves in Blue Deep for 5 accordions (wp) Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, USA
– Mon 28 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Astronomical Observatory, Loiano, Italy
– Tue 29 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Church in Piazza Giovanni XIII, Tolè di Vergato, Italy

– Fitkin to be Composer in Residence in London 16 Jun 2008
– Composer Hay finds back score after 35 years 30 May 2008
– Sibelius plaque unveiled in Berlin 24 Apr 2008
– Lost Bach composition found back 22 Apr 2008

Birthdays:
– Elliott Goldkind
– Wilfred Josephs
– Robert John Farnon
– Ernest Bloch
– Paolino Vassallo
Dying days:
– Alan Rawsthorne
– Max von Schillings
– Léon Walpot
– Padre Davide da Bergamo Felice Moretti
– Johann Gottfried Eckard
Events:
– (1964) Alberto Ginastera: Premiere of Don Rodrigo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
– (1938) Richard Strauss: Premiere of Friedenstag, in Munich, Germany.
– (1828) Nicoló Paganini: Premiere of violin concerto no. 3 in E major, in Vienna, Austria.

– Pierre Even (18 Jul)
– Clara Schumann (17 Jul)
– Barney Childs (17 Jul)
– István Anhalt (17 Jul)
– Lowell Dijkstra (17 Jul)
– Lisa Ragsdale (17 Jul)
– Amy Scurria (16 Jul)
– Diana Rotaru (16 Jul)
– Benedictus Buns (16 Jul)
– Johannes Brahms (15 Jul)

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Born: 19 December 1947 — Asnières — France

Died:

• Debout sur le Solei opus 8; Chat de résurrection pour orgue sur le ‘Miserere’ de Jacques Leclercq; Primère: 10 April 1991, Church of Saint-Eustach, Paris, organ: Michel Bourcier
• Asmarâ opus9 Melt’ ân pour chœur mixte a cappella. Sur le psaume VIII éthiopien; Primère: 14 Feb. 1992, Aix-les-Bains; Michel Piquemal Vocal Ensemble
• Qsar Ghilâne; Poème symphonique op.18; Primère: 30 Sept. 2003, Théâtre des Champs-Elysèes, Paris. Ensemble orchestral de Paris conducted by John Nelson. Commissioned for the 25th birthday of the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris.

• 1947: Born in Asnières on 19 December
• 1966: Baccalauréat in experimental sciences
• 1967: University studies: Natural sciences, Literary Arabie, Ethnomusicology
• 1971–1975: Paris Conservatory, classes of Olivier Messiaen and Pierre Schaeffer as well as studies with Antoine Duhamel
• 1971–1979: 4 field trips to North Africa, Niger and the Ivory Coast
• 1978: Lili Boulanger Composition Prize
• 1979–1981: In residence in the Villa Medici, Rome
• 1981–1986: 4 field trips to Kenya
• 1981–1982: Taught composition and West African music at Kenyatta University College, Nairobi, Kenya
• 1983–1985: In residence at the Casa Velazquez, Madrid and in Palma, Majorca
• 1982–1997: 8field trips to Israel, Martinique, Polynesia, North Africa, Egypt…
• 1985: Georges Wildenstein Prize, Institut de France; Appointed teacher of analyses for traditional oral music at the Lyons Conservatory
• 1989: Grand Prix Musical de la Ville de Paris for his overall output
• 1990: Grand Prix Musical of the Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco for Asun (Assoun, formerly Requiem de la Vierge), op. 7
• 1991: Grand Prix for Symphonic Music from the SACEM
• 1993: René Dumesnil Prize from the Académie des Beaux-Arts
• 1995: Elected member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Institut de France
• 1995-1997: Composer in residence with the Orchestre National de Lyon
• 2000: Field trip to Madagascar
• 2000–2002: Composer in residence with the Orchestre National des Pays de Loire
• 2002: Field trip to Sahara

• http://www.jeanlouisflorentz.org

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