Jean-Michel Defaye

SoundComposer Aug 18 (died age 92) Saint-Mandé, Seine [now Val-de-Marne], France 1960–1978 (18 year career)

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Biography

Jean-Michel Defaye (18 September 1932 – 1 January 2025) was a French pianist, composer, arranger and conductor known for his collaboration with French poet and singer-songwriter Léo Ferré. Defaye was born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, near Paris, on 18 September 1932. At aged ten he entered the Paris Conservatoire and completed his musical training in theory, piano and composition, taking in Nadia Boulanger's accompaniment class. In his early years, he was interested in jazz. Defaye's primary i…