Claude Vivier
Canadian composer (1948-1983) · Canada · On the map · Musicians · Died at 34
Claude Vivier was a Canadian composer, pianist, poet and ethnomusicologist of Québécois origin. After studying with Karlheinz Stockhausen in Cologne, Vivier became an innovative member of the "German Feedback" movement, a subset of what is now known as spectral music.
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View of central Montreal in the 1940s, where Vivier grew up
A young Vivier at his First Communion, c. mid 1950s
The organ in the Cathedral-Basilica of Notre-Dame de Québec, where Vivier would occasionally perform as a teenager
German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen (pictured) taught and heavily influenced the aspiring Vivier.
Vivier would lead the contemporary music department at the University of Ottawa (pictured) in the mid-1970s.
Vivier c. February 1980, holding the orchestral score for his opera Kopernikus (1979).
A traditional Balinese gamelan orchestra, which Vivier conducted extensive research in.About this person
Between 1976 and 1977, Vivier travelled to Egypt, Japan, Iran, Thailand, Singapore, and Bali, where he came under the influence of aspects of their respective traditional musics.
Country
Canada
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1948 to 1983 · aged 34
