The French composer and conductor despised the staid and conservative and desired no less than a classical music revolution.

WHEN the composer/conductor Pierre Boulez suggested blowing up opera houses as an “expensive” but “elegant” solution to the ...

Presented by Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore and inspired by the centenaries of both Pierre Boulez and Luciano Berio, 20th Century Radicals is a groundbreaking new Radio 3 series, celebrating a ...

Pierre Boulez' best-known work, Le Marteau sans Maitre (Hammer Without a Master), was first performed for a public of more than musical specialists at the 1955 festival in Aix-en-Provence.

Our critics choose highlights from a lineup that includes Joshua Bell, Nathalie Joachim, Barbara Hannigan and more.

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales are joined by conductor Daniel Cohen to perform Boulez's Livre pour cordes and Mémoriale, alongside works by Berg, Messiaen and Wagner.

Francois Ozon's new film When Autumn Falls, Pierre Boulez Centenary, Shona McCarthy on leaving Edinburgh Festival's Fringe ...

To celebrate the centenary of Pierre Boulez's birth, ARTE invites you to (re)watch an extract from the opening concert of the Pierre Boulez Hall in Berlin in March 2017. Daniel Barenboim conducted the ...

U2 are the first Irish songwriters to be named Ivors Academy Fellows. The award will be presented at this year’s The Ivors ...

Boulez studied with Messiaen at the Paris Conservatoire and then with Andrée Vaurabourg (Honegger’s wife) and René Leibowitz. He developed an interest in 12-tone composition. Major early scores ...