Fabien Lévy

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Fabien Lévy (born 11 December 1968 in Paris) is a French composer. He began as a jazz pianist and then studied composition with Gérard Grisey, orchestration with Marc‑André Dalbavie, and ethnomusicology at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1996 to 2000. Although he trained in mathematics and mathematical economics, he chose music in 1994. He took artist residencies in Berlin (DAAD, 2001) and Rome (Villa Medici, 2002). In 2004 he shared the Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize.

Lévy has taught at IRCAM in Paris, the Hanns Eisler Conservatory in Berlin, Columbia University in New York (2006–2012), the Hochschule für Musik Detmold (2012–2017), and since 2017 at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig. He has led many seminars and lectures across Europe and the United States.

Musically, Lévy is influenced by spectral music and explores perception, breaking down traditional Western ideas. He uses cross-rhythms and instrumental pointillism, combines acoustic and electronic techniques, and draws on ideas from various cultures. He has also created “meta-works” such as Soliloque sur [x, x,...].