Michael Galasso
Michael John Galasso (1949, Hammond, Louisiana - September 9, 2009, Paris, France) was an American composer, violinist, and music director.
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Michael Galasso
- Name
- Michael Galasso
- Birth Name
- Michael John Galasso
- Born
- 1949
- Birthplace
- Hammond, Louisiana, U.S.
- Died
- September 9, 2009 1949
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Composer
- Full name
- Michael John Galasso.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Languages
- English.
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Michael John Galasso (1949, Hammond, Louisiana - September 9, 2009, Paris, France) was an American composer, violinist, and music director.
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Key facts
• Background — person • Name — Michael Galasso • Birth Name — Michael John Galasso • Born — 1949 • Birthplace — Hammond, Louisiana, U.S. • Died — September 9, 2009 1949 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Composer
Theatre work
Theatre work
Galasso began his career writing music for theatrical productions, most notably for a number of early works of Robert Wilson including "Ouverture"(1972), "The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin" (1973), "A Letter for Queen Victoria" (1974-5), and "The $ Value of Man" (1975). More recently he collaborated with Wilson on Ibsen's "Lady from the Sea" (1998), Strindberg's "A Dreamplay" (1998), “Les Fables de La Fontaine”(2004), “2 Lips and Dancers in Space” (2004) “Peer Gynt” (2005) and “Quartett” (2009).
Sound installations
Sound installations
He also made numerous sound installations, including the Giorgio Armani Retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2000 (the first sound installation in the New York Guggenheim's history) and the Guggenheim Bilbao in 2001.
Identity
Identity
Michael Galasso is recorded with the occupation film score composer. Recorded as composer, violinist and musician. Recorded at birth as Michael John Galasso.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1949
Michael Galasso was born on 5 April 1949.
2009
Michael Galasso died at 2nd arrondissement of Paris.
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Hammond.
Birth place
2nd arrondissement of Paris.
Death place
Film scores
Galasso wrote music for films, including Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love, Babak Payami's Secret Ballot, Yeşim Ustaoğlu's Waiting for the Clouds and Derviş Zaim's Mud. Three of his songs, "Scene I", "Scene VI", "Scene VII", appeared in the 1986 romantic comedy My Chauffeur, starring Deborah Foreman and Sam J. Jones. In 2009 he won the César Award for Best Music Written for a Film for his score for Séraphine, directed by Martin Provost.
Discography
• Scenes (ECM, 1984) • Scan Lines (Igloo, 1985 • Stabat / Waltz in a Minor Key / La Bayadere (Self-released cassette, 1991) • High Lines (ECM, 2005)
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q555542: Michael Galasso
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- “Michael Galasso”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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