Michel Puig (born 1930) is a French composer. In 1953 he studied composition with

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. In 1957 he published his Sonata for Piano and, the following year, Fantasia for Violin and Piano. In 1975 he composed a chamber opera ''Stigmates'', to a libretto by Jacques Pajak. Among the composer's influences is jazz, and at the premiere of ''Stigmates'' the performers included the jazz guitarist Claude Barthélemy as well as classical musicians including

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. A considerable part of Puig's oeuvre is musical theatre. ''Sa Négresse Jésus'', Op. 26, a one-act work for three actors and a small instrumental ensemble (1974) was staged by

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at the Théâtre des Amandiers,

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. His ''Miroir'', another one-act piece of music theatre, was premiered in Paris in 1975. His ''Monet ou la passion de la réalité'', a one-act work for solo actress accompanied by clarinet, violin and piano, was first performed at the Semaines musicales internationales d'Orléans in 1979. Puig composed the music for a 1965 adaptation of Molière's ''

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'' starring

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, and set

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's ''

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'' for a cast of five actresses and eight actors and an instrumental ensemble of five players, premiered at the

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in 1971. Puig was for some time a teacher; his former students include

Michèle Bokanowski Michèle Bokanowski (born 9 August 1943) is a French composer. She was born in Cannes, and was educated in traditional music. She continued her studies in composition in Paris with Michel Puig and in electronic music in 1970 at the Service de la ...

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