Igor Wakhévitch
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Igor Wakhévitch | |
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| Born | May 12, 1948 Gassin, France |
| Occupation(s) | Composer |
| Years active | 1970s-present |
| Website | igorwakhevitch |
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 born in Gassin, a small village on the French Riviera. His father is Russian-born French art director Georges Wakhévitch; his mother is the actress Marica Wakhévitch. 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.[1][2]
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.[2]
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.[3]
Influence[edit]
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.[4]
Selected discography[edit]
- Logos (1970, Warner Bros.)
- Dr. Faust (1971, Parlophone)
- Hathor (1973, Parlophone)
- Nagual (1977, Warner Bros.)
- Kshatrya: The Eye of the Bird (2019, Transversales Disques)[5][6]
Notes[edit]
- ^ 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).
- ^ a b Breznikar, Klemen (May 18, 2018). "Igor Wakhevitch interview". It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
- ^ Ades, Dawn (2022). Dali (Third) (World of Art). Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-77630-8. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ Gotrich, Lars (September 17, 2019). "Viking's Choice: Cracked Music From The Nurse With Wound List, Hypercolor Rave, More". NPR. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
- ^ "Igor Wakhevitch". Allmusic. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
- ^ "Igor Wakhevitch". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Allmusic entry for Igor Wakhevitch.
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