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Gilbert Amy
Person · male · France · Paris · born 1936 · recording since 1969
French composer and conductor
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Also known as 吉尔贝·阿米
Timeline
12 events▣ Album 9◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1✦ Award 1
1930s
1960s
· Debut release
Debut release: Chants / Trajectoires
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
· Album
Album: Ouverture pour une fête étrange / Les rires du Gilles / Concerto pour un piano-espace N°2
Album
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2010s
Biography
English biography285 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1321289094
Biography
Gilbert Claude Adolphe Amy (born 29 August 1936) is a French composer and conductor.
Career
Born in Paris, Amy entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1954, where he was taught and influenced by Olivier Messiaen and Darius Milhaud and studied piano with Yvonne Loriod and fugue with Simone Plé-Caussade. His first composition (Œil de fumée) dates from 1955. In 1957 he met Pierre Boulez, under whose direction he composed his Piano Sonata. A year later Boulez commissioned from him a work called Mouvements, which was performed in Darmstadt by the Orchestre du Domaine musical. From 1958 to 1961 he attended the Darmstädter Ferienkurse given by Karlheinz Stockhausen, and developed a style highly influenced by the trend of serialism.
In 1962 Jean-Louis Barrault named him adjunct music director of the Odéon Theater in Paris. At the same time he undertook a career as conductor in Europe and Argentina. Between 1967 and 1973 he was the director of the Domaine Musical, succeeding Pierre Boulez. From 1973 to 1975 he was music advisor to ORTF and worked to "reform" the music heard on the radio. From 1976 to 1981, he was music director of the Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique of Radio France. In 1984, Amy succeeded Pierre Cochereau as Director of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique at Lyon, while continuing to compose music. His notable students include Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux and Jeffrey Brooks.
Amy's talent as a composer has won him a number of awards including the Grand Prix National de la Musique in 1979, the Grand Prix of SACEM in 1983, the Grand Prix Musical of the City of Paris in 1986 and the Prix of the President of the Republic from the Academy Charles Cros in 1987.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 15 | 85th |
| Studio albums | 10 | 91.1th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 12 | 88.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 48 | 89th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (15 release groups · 10 studio albums)
Albums · 10
1969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks
AChantBTrajectoiresAmy: Cycle / Haubenstock-Ramati: Jeux 6
1970 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 35:03
A1Cycle: Frontispice3:17A2Cycle: Parenthèse I1:33A3Cycle: Développement central6:43A4Cycle: Parenthèse II1:15A5Cycle: Antiphonie1:47A6Cycle: Variation2:13BJeux 618:151978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 46:50
AStrophe pour soprano et orchestre23:00BSonata pian’e forte pour soprano, mezzo-soprano et 12 instruments23:501981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 44:19
A1Une Saison en enfer: Jadis...5:38A2Une Saison en enfer: Mauvais Sang10:32A3Une Saison en enfer: Nuit de l'Enfer6:14B1Une Saison en enfer: Nuit de l'Enfer (suite)7:31B2Une Saison en enfer: Délires I. Vierge folle6:38B3Une Saison en enfer: Délires II. Alchimie du Verbe7:461987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks
A1Shin'Anim Sha'AnanimA2D'un désastre obscurB1Récitatif air et variationB2Relais1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 50:10
1Pour Un Monde Noir : 1. Pour Un Pays Perdu10:142Pour Un Monde Noir : 2. Pour Un Rituel Oublié8:133Pour Un Monde Noir : 3. Pour La Femme Noire6:434Pour Un Monde Noir : 4. Pour La Libération6:115M'Zab : I. Ghardaia3:136M'Zab : II. Beni-Igzem9:007M'Zab : III. Zelfana6:36Orchestrahl / Quatuor à cordes n°1
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:03:14
1Orchestrahl : I. Praeludium13:202Orchestrahl : IIa. Etale9:163Orchestrahl : IIb. Récitatif4:524Orchestrahl : III. Après chant7:045Quatuor à cordes n°1 : I. Très modéré, quasi introduzione3:226Quatuor à cordes n°1 : IIa. Rapide2:187Quatuor à cordes n°1 : IIb. Vif et fluide5:048Quatuor à cordes n°1 : III. Modéré5:599Quatuor à cordes n°1 : IV. Presque vif5:0910Quatuor à cordes n°1 : V. Modéré, allant3:3011Quatuor à cordes n°1 : VI. Très rapide3:20Ouverture pour une fête étrange / Les rires du Gilles / Concerto pour un piano-espace N°2
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 48:17
1Ouverture pour une fête étrange16:202Les rires du Gilles7:053Concerto pour un piano-espace N° 212:304Clov et Hamm7:275Contrepoints irréels-rencontres4:552017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:13:22
1Le Temps du souffle I15:012Jeux9:003En trio: Première partie10:154En trio: Seconde partie8:065En harmonies8:346...d'un désastre obscur3:577Le Temps du souffle II18:29La Mort de Cléopâtre / Les Troyens à Carthage (extraits symphoniques)
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 47:22
A1La Mort de Cléopâtre23:09B1Les Troyens à Carthage : Chasse royal9:50B2Les Troyens à Carthage : Orage4:23B3Les Troyens à Carthage : Ballet4:40B4Les Troyens à Carthage : Marche troyenne5:20
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Cello ConcertosSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:08:551Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre18:41 2Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre "The Eyes of the Wind": Largo assai misterioso ma luminoso8:55 3Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre "The Eyes of the Wind": Allegretto subito3:16 4Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre "The Eyes of the Wind": Poco più allegretto subito3:12 5Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre "The Eyes of the Wind": A tempo4:50 6Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre: I. Modéré, quasi improvisé3:00 7Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre: II. Allegro giusto6:25 8Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre: III. Aérien, suspendu, quasi senza tempo3:27 9Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre: IV. "Solo"2:35 10Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre: V. Assez vite5:03 11Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre: VI. Lent, solennel4:33 12Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre: VII.4:58 | Compilation | 23 April 2009 |
Other · 4
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1996-03-xx: Paris, FranceSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 11:071Cahier d'épigrammes11:07 | Live | — | |
| — | 1992-xx-xx: FranceSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 18:111Adagio et Stretto18:11 | Live | — | |
| — | 1996-03-xx: Paris, FranceSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 6:151Pièce pour quatuor à cordes6:15 | Live | — | |
| — | 1991-04-09: Paris, FranceSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 31:071Orchestrahl31:07 | Live | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Gilbert Amy head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 15 | 85th |
| Studio albums | 10 | 91.1th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 12 | 88.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 48 | 89th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres | won |
Where this record comes from
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gilbert-Amy-SACEM.pngaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c0f43106-2abf-426a-b950-cba2bda1bb21discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c0f43106-2abf-426a-b950-cba2bda1bb21core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q573429genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q573429seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Amybiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Amy
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Wikidata: Q573429 · MusicBrainz: c0f43106-2abf-426a-b950-cba2bda1bb21
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