Laurent Levesque
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Laurent Levesque (born January 28, 1970 in Lyon, France) is a film score composer. He started the piano at 4 and graduated at 17 from the French national music school academy with 5 first prizes.
He then became a teacher, played the piano in several symphonic orchestras and was an accompanist for the singers at the Opéra National de Lyon.
When he went to perform in New York, he met Philip Glass who introduced him to orchestral writing and allowed him to stay in his home for several months.
His first experience in composition for a movie was with the director Costa-Gavras in 2001 for his controversial movie Amen. He has since composed more than 30 soundtracks.
[edit] External links
- Laurent Levesque on Internet Movie Database
- Laurent Levesque, official website (French and English)
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