Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter M

He started his musical studies at Athens National Conservatory in 1970 with Professor Michalis Vourt

He started his musical studies at Athens National Conservatory in 1970 with Professor Michalis Vourtsis. In 1975, he was accepted to the Hochschule das Künste Berlin, where he studied composition with Professor Isang Yun until 1980, when he obtained his diploma in Music Composition. He lives in Athens as an independent composer and professor of theory and composition. He is artistic director of the Conservatory "Nikos Skalkotas".

Was a French flute virtuoso. The son of a wood turner, a profession which he followed for some time,

Was a French flute virtuoso. The son of a wood turner, a profession which he followed for some time, he accidentally became the possessor of a flute and soon became the finest player in France. Blavet was famous for maintaining impeccable intonation, even when he played in difficult keys, and for the beauty of his tone. Voltaire expressed his admiration for his playing and Marpurg spoke of him as a virtuoso of the highest excellence who preserved his innate modesty notwithstanding the unbroken popularity that he enjoyed.

Is a classical french composer born in Paris in 1963. With various influences, his music (more than

Is a classical french composer born in Paris in 1963. With various influences, his music (more than 200 opus) has tackled registers as diverse as symphonic, chamber of vocal music, sacred music, theatre music and orchestrations. He composed seven symphonies (Mosaïques, Bernard Palissy, Pascale, Le Grand Meaulnes, Loume, Providence, Jane Eyre), about fifteen symphonic poems (including a cycle about forests Forêts d’été, Forêts d’automne, Forêts d’hiver, Forêts nocturnes and Forêts enneigées); two operas : La Fuga on a Spanish original libretto by Luis Eduardo Jimenez, Qateeni, a work in progress based on an assyrian libretto by Tony Khoshaba after William Daniel [1] ; and three concertos (two for piano).

Is a French writer.Journalists and critics associated his novels with the nouveau roman, but Butor h

Is a French writer.Journalists and critics associated his novels with the nouveau roman, but Butor himself has long resisted that association. The main point of similarity is a very general one, not much beyond that; like exponents of the nouveau roman, h

Was a French engineer, statesman, economist and free market liberal. In 1830, after the July Revolut

Was a French engineer, statesman, economist and free market liberal. In 1830, after the July Revolution, he became a Saint-Simonian, and edited their paper Le Globe. The paper was banned in 1832, when the "Simonian sect" was found to be prejudicial to the social order, and Chevalier, as its editor, was sentenced to six months imprisonment.

Is a composer of experimental music. He teaches at several institutions within France and currently

Is a composer of experimental music. He teaches at several institutions within France and currently holds the post of Associate Professor at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle where he is a theoretician and teacher of audio-visual relationships. After studying literature and music he began to work for the ORTF (French Radio and Television Organisation) Service de La recherche as assistant to Pierre Schaeffer in 1970. He was a member of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM) between 1971 - 1976.

Is a French film critic [2] and the editor of the cinema magazine Positif. [2] Ciment is a Chevalier

Is a French film critic [2] and the editor of the cinema magazine Positif. [2] Ciment is a Chevalier of the Order of Merit, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters, and the president of FIPRESCI. [2]

Was a French composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor. he had discovered jazz and improvisation

Was a French composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor. he had discovered jazz and improvisation and was performing with small combos and big bands. At twenty-two, he was hired as Musical Director of Barclay Records, and his freshman assignment was to arrange Charles Aznavour's first album in English for release in the United States. He composed the music for "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" at the Comédie-Française, his only creation for stage. Michel entered the world of ballet with one of Maurice Béjart's masterpieces, "Messe Pour Le Temps Present", co-written with avant-garde composer and musique concrete pioneer Pierre Henry

Was a French organist, composer and author of musical method books. Corrette was prolific. He compos

Was a French organist, composer and author of musical method books. Corrette was prolific. He composed ballets and divertissements for the stage, including Arlequin, Armide, le Judement de Midas, les Âges, Nina and Persée. He composed many concertos, notably 25 concertos comiques. Aside from these works and concertos for organ, he also composed sonatas, songs, instrumental chamber works, harpsichord pieces, cantatas and other sacred vocal works.

A French author who has lived for 25 years in Tamil Nadu, India.He participated in the translation a

A French author who has lived for 25 years in Tamil Nadu, India.He participated in the translation and publication of the works of Sri Aurobindo and of The Mother. Danino also edited India's Rebirth (a selection from Sri Aurobindo's works about India, first published in 1993, translated into nine Indian languages) and India the Mother. He engaged himself also for the preservation of tropical rainforest in the Nilgiri hills. In 2001, he convened the International Forum for India's Heritage (IFIH), having over 160 eminent founder members, with the mission of promoting the essential values of India's heritage in every field of life..

Is a French composer and conductor. Decoust studied from 1956 to 1965 with Jean Rivier and Darius Mi

Is a French composer and conductor. Decoust studied from 1956 to 1965 with Jean Rivier and Darius Milhaud at the Paris Conservatoire, as well as at the Cologne Courses for New Music in 1964–65, with Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen. He also studied orchestral conducting in 1965 with Boulez in Basle.

Was a French novelist and journalist. He was the father of the photographer Éric Droit (1954–2007

Was a French novelist and journalist. He was the father of the photographer Éric Droit (1954–2007). After studying at the Faculté de Lettres de Paris and at Sciences-Po, he joined the army in 1944 and was wounded near Ulm in April 1945. He took on a career as a press, radio and television journlist after the Second World War and at the 1960s he was the preferred television interviewer of général de Gaulle.

Is a popular French journalist and TV host. Michel Drucker was born in Vire, Calvados, in Normandy.

Is a popular French journalist and TV host. Michel Drucker was born in Vire, Calvados, in Normandy. Jacques Drucker, a doctor, is Michel's younger brother and Jean Drucker a TV top executive, is Michel's older brother. He started a journalistic career in 1965 at the ORTF as sports reporter and commentator. Although he kept doing live coverage of major soccer matches until 1986

A Dutch writer of fiction. He writes in English.Faber was born in The Hague, The Netherlands. He and

A Dutch writer of fiction. He writes in English.Faber was born in The Hague, The Netherlands. He and his parents emigrated to Australia in 1967. He attended primary and secondary school in the Melbourne suburbs of Boronia and Bayswater, then attended the University Of Melbourne, studying Dutch, Philosophy, Rhetoric, English Language (a course involving translation and criticism of Anglo-Saxon and Middle English texts) and English Literature. He graduated in 1980. He worked as a cleaner and at various other casual jobs, before training as a nurse at Marrickville and Western Suburbs hospitals in Sydney. He nursed until the mid-1990s. In 1993 he, his second wife and family immigrated to Scotland, where they still reside.

Is a french writer.

Is a french writer.

Is a French writer. Before dedicating his life to writing, he worked for various agencies as photogr

Is a French writer. Before dedicating his life to writing, he worked for various agencies as photographer

Is a French writer. He taught school, then high school. He now lives in Paris where he teaches langu

Is a French writer. He taught school, then high school. He now lives in Paris where he teaches language and literature of the Spanish Golden Age in CNED (1996) after Hispanic Studies at the Sorbonne. He was a columnist for the literary journal Revue des deux mondes, and Regards. Co-founder of the magazine L’Art du bref in 1995. He received the Prix Goncourt in 1986 for his second novel, Valet de nuit (Grasset).

Is a Franco-Armenian musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist. His father Raymond Legrand

Is a Franco-Armenian musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist. His father Raymond Legrand was a conductor and composer renowned for hits such as Irma la douce and his mother, Marcelle Der Mikaëlian (sister of conductor Jacques Hélian), who married Legrand in 1929, was descended from the Armenian bourgeoisie.[1] His niece, Victoria Legrand, is a member of the American dream pop band Beach House [2].

Was a French singing master, theorbist and composer. Lambert received his musical education as an al

Was a French singing master, theorbist and composer. Lambert received his musical education as an altar boy at the Chapel of Gaston d'Orléans. He studied also with Pierre de Nyert in Paris. Since 1636, he was known as a singing teacher. In 1641, he married singer Gabrielle Dupuis who died suddenly a year later. Their daughter Madeleine became a wife of Jean-Baptiste Lully (in 1662). After his marriage, Lambert's career became closely linked to his sister-in-law and famous singer Hilaire Dupuy (1625-1709).

Is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist of Armenian descent. Legrand has comp

Is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist of Armenian descent. Legrand has composed more than two hundred film and television scores, several musicals, and made well over a hundred albums

Was a French film and experimental music composer. He was nominated in 1962 for an Academy Award and

Was a French film and experimental music composer. He was nominated in 1962 for an Academy Award and Golden Globe award for scoring the Jackie Gleason film Gigot. He also scored Barbarella and a series of OSS 117 films. Magne wrote some songs with lyrics by Françoise Sagan for Juliette Gréco and provided orchestral accompaniment

Is an editor, essayist, novelist and historian of French literature.He was born in Morlaix, France.

Is an editor, essayist, novelist and historian of French literature.He was born in Morlaix, France. He was elected to the Académie française on April 18, 1985.

Was a French journalist and parapsychologist. He was the director of the news division of RTL from 1

Was a French journalist and parapsychologist. He was the director of the news division of RTL from 1958 to 1967, and then of RMC from 1967 to 1982. He was also well known for his books on radiesthesia, and the series of TV documentaries La caméra de l'étrange, created with his friend and fellow journalist Jean-Louis Degaudenzi.

Was a French composer, mathematician, acoustician, musicologist, aesthetician, broadcaster, and educ

Was a French composer, mathematician, acoustician, musicologist, aesthetician, broadcaster, and educator. Philippot’s studies of mathematics were interrupted by World War II, after which he decided instead to study music, first at the Conservatory of Reims, and then at the Paris Conservatoire (1945–48), where he studied harmony with Georges Dandelot. He also took private composition lessons from 1946 to 1950 with René Leibowitz, who introduced him to the music of the Second Viennese School. In 1949 he began a career at ORTF in a position as a music producer.

Was a French composer of the baroque period.He was born Michel Pignolet in Andelot, Haute-Marne, Fra

Was a French composer of the baroque period.He was born Michel Pignolet in Andelot, Haute-Marne, France, and only later added "Montéclair" (the name of a fortress in his home town) to his name. Little is known of his life, and there are no known portraits. He was the son of a weaver; his entrance into the choir school at the age of nine may have been the only chance of escaping the poverty of a weaver's life. In 1687, he went to Paris and joined the orchestra of the Opera, where he played the basse de violon.