Ivo Malec
Ivo Malec (30 March 1925 – 14 August 2019) was a Croatian-born French composer, music educator and conductor. One of the earliest Yugoslav composers to obtain high international regard, his works have been performed by symphony orchestras throughout Europe and North America.
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Ivo Malec

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- Name
- Ivo Malec
- Born
- 30 March 1925
- Birthplace
- Zagreb, Yugoslavia
- Died
- 14 August 2019
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- * Composer
- Awards
- Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- Nationality
- France
- Fields
- music · music education · conducting · music composing
- Movements
- classical music
- Education
- Music Academy and Zagreb
- Teachers
- Pierre Schaeffer
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Biography
Biography
Ivo Malec studied at Music Academy, Zagreb. Training under Pierre Schaeffer is recorded. Bruno Giner, Édith Canat de Chizy and Éric Tanguy are recorded as having studied under Ivo Malec. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is music, music education and conducting. Employment is recorded with Conservatoire de Paris. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.
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The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek records Paris as a place of activity.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Ivo Malec • Born — 30 March 1925 • Birthplace — Zagreb, Yugoslavia • Died — 14 August 2019 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — * Composer • Conductor • Academic teacher • Organizations — Conservatoire de Paris • Awards — Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Biography
Biography
Malec was born in Zagreb on 30 March 1925. Coming from a rather 'classical' background, he met Pierre Schaeffer, whom he considered his 'true and only master'; Schaeffer's teachings turned Malec into one of the most important leaders of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales. Since then he dedicated himself to a more radical style. He received a number of awards including the Grand Prix National de Musique in 1992. He was resident in France since 1955 and taught at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1972 to 1990, where his students included Édith Canat de Chizy, Denis Dufour, Philippe Hurel, Philippe Leroux and Gerard Pesson. Malec Malec's approach to composition, similar to that of Dufour or Iannis Xenakis, emphasizes all aspects of sound, including texture, density, movement, timbre and notably sonic character and form and the use of sound objects. Malec died in Paris on 14 August 2019, at the age of 94.
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Ivo Malec appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a composer and conductor (30 March 1925 – 14 August 2019). Ivo Malec was born on 30 March 1925; the birthplace is Zagreb, Croatia, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Ivo Malec died on 14 August 2019; the place of death is Paris, France, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Works
Works
• Klaviersonate, 1949 • Sinfonie, 1951 • Cellosonate, 1956 • Mouvements en coloeurs, 1959 • Reflets, 1961 • Sigma, 1963 • Miniatures pour Lewis Carroll, 1964 • Lignes et Points, 1965 • Cantate pour elle, 1966 • Oral, 1967 • Lumina, 1968 • Luminétudes, 1968 • Lied, 1969 • Dodécaméron, 1970 • Pieris, 1975 • Triola ou Symphonie pour moi-même, 1977–78 • Week-end, 1982 • Ottava bassa, 1984 • Attacca, 1986 • Artemisia, 1991 • Doppio Coro, 1993 • Exempla, 1994 • Ottava alta, 1995 • Sonoris causa, 1997 • Arc-en-cello, 2000
Identity
Identity
Ivo Malec is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded with the occupation music educator. Recorded with the occupation conductor. Recorded with the occupation composer. Recorded as conductor, composer, music educator and university teacher. Career and activity. Malec worked in music, music education, conducting, music composing and composed musical work. His work is associated with classical music. He was employed by Conservatoire de Paris.
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1925
Ivo Malec was born on 30 March 1925.
1979
AGP148: Ivo Malec - Triola, 24-bit (1979) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2019
Ivo Malec died on 14 August 2019.
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Zagreb.
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- 1.Langlois, Franck. Catalogue of Éditions Salabert. musicologie.org.
- 2.Culot, Hubert. Musicweb international.
- 3.All Music, All Music. All Music. AllMusic.
- 4.Discogs, Discogs. Discogs.
- 5.Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine. Denis Dufour. Biography.
- 6.Hurel, Philippe. Official site.
- 7.Pesson, Gerard. Official site.
- 8.Bick, Andreas. The Concept of "Sound Object" by Pierre Schaeffer.
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Ivo Malec studied at Music Academy, Zagreb. He trained under Pierre Schaeffer. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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