Philippe Beaussant Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Philippe Beaussant (born 6 May 1930) is a French musicologist and novelist, an expert on French baroque music, on which he has published widely. He is the founder of the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, of which he was the artistic adviser of 1987 to 1996. He has also been a producer of musical programs for Radio France since 1974. His biography of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Lully ou le musicien du soleil (Éditions Gallimard, 1992), was the basis of the film Le Roi Danse (2000).Beaussant won the 1993 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for his novel Héloïse.
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, Prix Goncourt de la Biographie
Nominations
Prix Goncourt des Lycéens, Prix Goncourt, Goncourt List, Poland's Choice
Movies
The King is Dancing
Star Sign
Taurus
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Fact
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French musicologist, writer and novelist who was the director founder of l'Institut de musique et danse anciennes (IMDA) in 1977. He was also a producer at Radio-France where he championned French classical and baroque music.
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Creator and artistic consultant for the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles (1988-95), he was elected in 2007 to the Académie française.