Henri Dutilleux

French composer · France · On the map · Musicians · Lived 1916 to 2013 · aged 97

Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux was a French composer of late 20th-century classical music. Among the leading French composers of his time, his work was rooted in the Impressionistic style of Debussy and Ravel, but in an idiosyncratic, individual style.

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2013Died22 May 20132008Royal Philharmonic Society Gold MedalAward2005Ernst von Siemens Music PrizeAward2004Grand Cross of the Legion of HonourAward1994Praemium ImperialeAward1987Maurice Ravel PrizeAward1916Born22 January 1916

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Awards

Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal2008

Ernst von Siemens Music Prize2005

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour2004

Praemium Imperiale1994

Maurice Ravel Prize1987

Commander of the Order of Saint-Charles

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Among his best-known works are his early Flute Sonatine and Piano Sonata; concertos for cello, Tout un monde lointain... and violin, L'arbre des songes ; a string quartet known as Ainsi la nuit ; and two symphonies: No. 1 (1951) and No. 2 Le Double (1959).

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France