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Composer, conductor, theorist, educator, Pierre Boulez has left a significant mark on the world of contemporary creation. The year 2025 celebrates the centenary of his birth through a variety of events.

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Ensemble intercontemporain · Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris · Pierre Bleuse · Marie R...

Concert

12 december 2025

Philharmonie de Paris, Paris (France)

Pierre Boulez, Poésie pour pouvoir for three orchestras and electronics (french premiere)
Igor Stravinsky, Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Betsy Jolas, Ces belles années…, for soprano and orchestra
Alban Berg, Violin Concerto « To the memory of an angel »

Ensemble intercontemporain
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris
Pierre Bleuse (conducting)
Marie Ranvier (soprano)
Diego Tosi (violin)
Marco Stroppa (Ircam electronics)
Carlo Laurenzi (Ircam electronics)
Yann Boudaud (recorded voice)
Luca Bagnoli (Ircam sound broadcasting)

Works by Pierre Boulez, Igor Stravinsky, Betsy Jolas and Alban Berg
Meeting about a book

Conference

10 december 2025

Ircam, Paris (France)

As part of the Boulez centenary celebrations, the Éditions de la Philharmonie published the Catalogue de l’œuvre de Pierre Boulez in March 2025. Compiled by Alain Galliari and illustrated with over 300 documents (photographs, unpublished scores, press clippings, family archives), this collective work traces Pierre Boulez's trajectory in the musical and cultural history of the 20th century through the prism of his music, from his early works to his last unfinished manuscripts.

This event, moderated by François-Xavier Féron, brings together several of the figures behind this editorial adventure.

With Alain Galliari (coordinator of the publication), Sabrina Valy (director of the Éditions de la Philharmonie), Robert Piencikowski (musicologist), Susanne Gärtner (performer, musicologist), Laurent Bayle (curator of the Boulez 2025 year, former director of IRCAM and the Philharmonie de Paris).

Moderated by François-Xavier Féron (CNRS researcher in the Musical Practices Analysis team at the STMS laboratory - IRCAM, Sorbonne University, CNRS, Ministry of Culture).

Meeting about the Catalogue de l’œuvre de Pierre Boulez
Tribute to Pierre Boulez

Concert

30 november 2025

Maison Heinrich Heine, Paris (France)

Works by Pierre Boulez, Olivier Messiaen, Claude Debussy, Anton Webern, Tristan Murail, Philippe Manoury and Robert Christoph Bauer.

Mercedes Bravo (piano)
Daniel Galindo (guitar)
Vincent Haïssaguerre (saxophone)
Hae-Lim Lee (soprano)
Elisa Rumici (piano)
Pierre Rouinvy (piano)
Yixin Song (piano)
Yannick Trares (clarinet)

Concert by the doctoral students of Collège Glarean

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Biography

Through a detailed chronology, supported by audio-visual and iconographic archives, discover the musical, literary and institutional career of Pierre Boulez.

July 1956

In Darmstadt, Pierre Boulez takes part in a round-table discussion with Bruno Maderna and Karlheinz Stockhausen on the possibilities that electronic music offers for composition.

Pierre Boulez with Luigi Nono and Karlheinz Stockhausen, 1957

© SWR company archive
1976

At the invitation of Wolfgang Wagner, Pierre Boulez directs a new production of the Tetralogy by Wagner in Bayreuth. The production, which was revived five years in a row to great acclaim, initially caused a scandal.

Pierre Boulez and Patrice Chéreau rehearsing in Bayreuth, 1977

© akg-images / picture-alliance
2005

Pierre Boulez’s 80^th birthday. Numerous tributes around the world: honorary member of the Vienna Philharmonic, appointed "Ehrendirigent" of the Staatskapelle in Berlin…

Pierre Boulez conducting the Manhattan School of Music Orchestra, 2005

© Marion Kalter
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Discover the full chronology in the complete biography of Pierre Boulez.

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Biography

Through a detailed chronology, supported by audio-visual and iconographic archives, discover the musical, literary and institutional career of Pierre Boulez.

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July 1956

In Darmstadt, Pierre Boulez takes part in a round-table discussion with Bruno Maderna and Karlheinz Stockhausen on the possibilities that electronic music offers for composition.

Photo: Pierre Boulez, Luigi Nono and Karlheinz Stockhausen — Pierre Boulez with Luigi Nono and Karlheinz Stockhausen, 1957

© SWR company archive

1976

At the invitation of Wolfgang Wagner, Pierre Boulez directs a new production of the Tetralogy by Wagner in Bayreuth. The production, which was revived five years in a row to great acclaim, initially caused a scandal.

Photo: Pierre Boulez and Patrice Chéreau — Pierre Boulez and Patrice Chéreau rehearsing in Bayreuth, 1977

© akg-images / picture-alliance

2005

Pierre Boulez’s 80^th birthday. Numerous tributes around the world: honorary member of the Vienna Philharmonic, appointed "Ehrendirigent" of the Staatskapelle in Berlin…

Photo: Pierre Boulez conducting — Pierre Boulez conducting the Manhattan School of Music Orchestra, 2005

© Marion Kalter

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Catalogue

From early works to his latest compositions, comprehensive notes describe all the works in the composer’s official catalogue.

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2025 Année Boulez

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Meeting about a book

Tribute to Pierre Boulez

Biography

July 1956

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Biography

July 1956

1976

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