Pierre Boulez

1925 - 2016 (age 90) • Acting

Born: 3/26/1925 in Montbrison, Loire, France

Died: 1/5/2016 (age 90)

Known for: Acting

Pierre Boulez

Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war contemporary classical music.

Known For

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

74%

Self (archive footage)

2016

The Dick Cavett Show

68%

Self - Guest

1968

The Amazing Mr. Bickford

58%

Conductor

1987

Eclat

54%

Self

1993

Wagner: Das Rheingold

71%

Conductor

1980

Wagner: Götterdämmerung

69%

Conductor

1980

Wagner: Die Walküre

72%

Conductor

1980

Siegfried - Bayreuther Festspiele

62%

Conductor

1980

Béjart, 3 regards 2025

Music

2026

Pierre Boulez - Der Weg ins Unbekannte

Lui-même

2025

Klaus Mäkelä and Gustavo Dudamel 10 year anniversary of the Philharmonie de Paris

Compositor

2025

Centenary of Pierre Boulez Ensemble Intercontemporain & Friends

Original Music Composer

2025

Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025

Original Music Composer

2021

Zappa

73%

Self (archive footage)

2020

Pierre Boulez: Sur Incises

Original Music Composer

2017

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

74%

Self (archive footage)

2016

Pierre Boulez at the BBC: Master and Maverick

Self (archive footage)

2016

Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître

Self

2014

Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three Decades

70%

Director

2013

Liszt Piano Concertos - Daniel Barenboim / Pierre Boulez - Staatskapelle Berlin

90%

Self - Conductor

2011

Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Adagio from Symphony No. 10

Conductor

2011

Knots and Fields

Self

2010

Bartok: Concerto for Violin - Gidon Kremer, Pierre Boulez

Self - conductor

2010

For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes

Self - Composer and Conductor

2009

From the House of the Dead

Self - Conductor

2007

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Resurrection

Self

2007

Pierre Boulez Conducts Modern Classics

Conductor

2006

Boulez at 80

Self - conductor

2005

Kulturplatz

60%

Self

2004

A Labyrinth of Time

70%

self

2004

Pierre Boulez: Emotion and Analysis

Self

2004

Ma Mere l'Oye

80%

Conductor

2004

Europakonzert 2003 from Lisbon

Self - Conductor

2003

Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note

70%

Self

2002

One Night, One Life

70%

Self - Conductor

2002

Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die

Self

2000