François Paris


François Paris is a French composer and professor.
He is known for being part of the young generation of composers using microtonal music in the continuation of the spirit of the pioneers of this music.

Life

He studied in the conservatoire of Versailles then in the Conservatoire de Paris with Ivo Malec, Betsy Jolas and Gérard Grisey. Meanwhile, he studied orchestral direction. François Parisi has received the award of the Concours International de Composition de Besançon. In 1993 he was selected and commissioned a work by Ircam. and studied at the French Academy in Rome.
His music is frequently broadcast in France and internationally. He received many commands from diverse institutions.

Compositional Techniques

François uses different forms of equal temperament in his music. Where 12 tone equal temperament is based on semitones ascending by root 2, Parisi uses other root values, such as 1.2, 1.6 and 2.4, in order to stretch and shrink the temperament of the composition.

Works (selected)

Vocal music