Claude Pascal

Claude Pascal (Paris, February 19, 1921 – Paris, February 28, 2017) was a French composer.After studying at the Conservatoire de Paris, he obtained the 1945 Premier Prix de Rome for the cantata, La farce du contre Bandier. After a brief period as conductor of the Opéra-Comique, Pascal became professor at the Paris Conservatoire in 1952, a position he held until his retirement in 1987. From 1969 to 1979 he worked as a music critic for Le Figaro, and from 1983 to 1991 he was an expert on copyright issues at the Paris Court of Appeals.Pascal's extensive work as a composer includes practically every musical genre. The discography of his works consists of more than thirty CDs.