Igor Wakhévitch
Igor Wakhévitch (born 12 May 1948) is an avant-garde French composer. He released a series of studio albums in the 1970s and collaborated with Salvador Dalí in 1974. Wakhevitch was a musical prodigy as a child, and studied piano under French composer Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire de Paris and classical pianist Marguerite Long.
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Igor Wakhévitch
- Name
- Igor Wakhévitch
- Born
- 12 May 1948
- Birthplace
- Gassin, France
- Occupation
- Composer
- Nationality
- France
- Movements
- classical music
- Education
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Languages
- French
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His compositions are heavily influenced by avant-garde music including Igor Stravinsky and psychedelic rock bands such as Soft Machine and Pink Floyd. He was one of the first composers to use electronic keyboards. In 1974, he composed the music for Salvador Dali's opera-poem Etre Dieu (To Be God), which included a libretto by Spanish writer Manuel Vazquez Montalban.
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• Background — person • Name — Igor Wakhévitch • Born — 12 May 1948 • Birthplace — Gassin, France • Occupation — Composer • Years Active — 1970s-present • Website — igorwakhevitch.com
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1948
Igor Wakhévitch born at Gassin.
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Wakhévitch is one of the musicians named on the Nurse with Wound list of outsider and avant-garde music, which has come to be an important touchstone for those interested in the genre. His composition "Materia-Prima" is included on the compilation album Strain Crack & Break: Music from the Nurse With Wound List.
Selected discography
• Logos (1970, Warner Bros.) • Dr. Faust (1971, Parlophone) • Hathor (1973, Parlophone) • Nagual (1977, Warner Bros.) • Kshatrya: The Eye of the Bird (2019, Transversales Disques)
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- 1.Fractal Records artist page (in French, but parts of site in English). See also Jean-Claude Pennetier, la confidence au bout des doigts (French language site).
- 2.Breznikar, Klemen. Igor Wakhevitch interview. It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine. May 18, 2018.
- 3.Ades, Dawn. Dali (Third) (World of Art). Thames & Hudson. 2022. 978-0-500-77630-8.
- 4.Gotrich, Lars. Viking's Choice: Cracked Music From The Nurse With Wound List, Hypercolor Rave, More. NPR. September 17, 2019.
- 5.Igor Wakhevitch. Allmusic.
- 6.Igor Wakhevitch. Discogs.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Igor Wakhevitch. His recorded language was French. He was the child of Georges Wakhévitch.
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