Michel Portal

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Michel Portal
Background information
Born	25 November 1935 (1935-11-25) (age 76) Bayonne, France
Genres	Jazz Classical
Occupations	Musician, composer
Instruments	Saxophone, clarinet
Years active	1969 - present

Michel Portal (born 25 November 1935 in Bayonne, France) is a composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist.

Portal studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris. He also studied conducting with Pierre Dervaux.^[1]

During August 1969, Portal played on several of the recordings in Stockhausen's cycle of intuitive works, Aus den sieben Tagen.

Portal might be noted most for scoring music to film, and has won the César Award for Best Music Written for a Film three times. His first win was for the music to The Return of Martin Guerre. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be one of the architects of modern European jazz.^{[citation needed]}

In 1969, Portal co-founded the free improvisation group New Phonic Art with Vinko Globokar, Jean-Pierre Drouet and Carlos Roque Alsina.

References

External links

• Michel Portal at the Internet Movie Database
• Michel Portal - All About Jazz
• Michel Portal Official Website, Dreyfus Records

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