Michel Portal
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- Born
- November 25, 1935 (age 90) · Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be "one of the architects of modern European jazz".
Portal was born in Bayonne on 27 November 1935. His family was musical and there were several instruments in his house when he was growing up. His interest in jazz began after hearing it on the radio after World War II. He studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris and conducting with Pierre Dervaux.
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Portal "gained experience in light music with the bandleaders Henri Rossotti and (in Spain in 1958) Perez Prado, as well as with the drummer Benny Bennett (1960), Raymond Fonsèque (1963), Aimé Barelli, and, for many years, the singer Claude Nougaro". Portal co-founded the free improvisation group New Phonic Art. During 1969, Portal played on a recording of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Aus den sieben Tagen.
Portal began scoring music for films in the 1980s. He has won the César Award for Best Music Written for a Film three times.
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Known for
The Return of Martin Guerre
May 14, 1982
Yeelen
July 1, 1987
Paradise for All
August 25, 1982
Max My Love
October 22, 1986
Dr. Petiot
September 19, 1990
The Return of Casanova
May 12, 1992
A Tale of the Wind
March 19, 1989
The Dogs
March 7, 1979
The Machine
May 28, 1994
No Harm Intended
February 3, 1988
See Here My Love
December 7, 1979
Cigarettes et bas nylons
September 9, 2010
Behind the camera49
- 2012Le Professeur Original Music Composer
- 2010Cigarettes et bas nylons Original Music Composer
- 2010Lies Original Music Composer
- 2005The Girl from the Chartreuse Original Music Composer
- 2003Le porteur de cartable Sound
- 2003Un fils de notre temps Original Music Composer
- 2001Jacques Lacan, la psychanalyse réinventée Original Music Composer
- 2000Passionnément Original Music Composer
- 1997The Comedian Original Music Composer
- 1997