Claude Samuel

Claude Samuel (23 June 1931 – 14 June 2020 ) was a French music critic and radio personality.

Biography Born in Paris, after medical studies and graduating as a dental surgeon, Samuel chose to devote himself to classical music journalism. He was a regular contributor to various newspapers of the daily press (Paris-Presse, from 1961 to 1970; Le Matin de Paris, from 1977 to 1987), of the weekly press (L’Express in 1959 and 1960; Le Nouveau Candide from 1961 to 1967; Le Point, from 1974 to 1989), the monthly press (Revue Réalités, and discs collection Philips-Réalités from 1957 to 1960) and the music press (Harmonie, Le Panorama de la Musique, Musiques, La Lettre du musicien, Diapason, where he has been responsible for the "Ce jour-là" column since 2001). He also commented on cultural news since 2007 until November 2018 in a weekly blog.

Works (ed. reworked and extended) Panorama de l’art musical contemporain, Éditions Gallimard (1962) Entretiens avec Olivier Messiaen, Éditions Belfond (1967) Expanded edition under the title Olivier Messiaen – Musique et couleur Olivier Messiaen, nouveaux entretiens, Belfond, (1986) Permanences d’Olivier Messiaen - dialogues et commentaires, Actes Sud (1999) Olivier Messiaen/Le livre du Centenaire (in coll. with Anik Lesure), Symétrie (2008) Le Grand Macabre de Ligeti, Hubschmid and Bouret (1981) Éclats/Boulez, Ed. du Centre Georges Pompidou (1986) Pierre Boulez/Eclats 2002, Ed. Mémoire du Livre (2002) Interviews with Mstislav Rostropovitch and Galina Vishnevskaya, Éditions Robert Laffont (1983) Clara S./Les secrets d’une passion, Éditions Flammarion (2006)