Ivo Malec

Ivo Malec (30 March 1925 in Zagreb – 14 August 2019 in Paris) was a Croatian-born French composer, music educator and conductor. One of the earliest Yugoslav composers to obtain high international regard, his works have been performed by symphony orchestras throughout Europe and North America.

Biography Coming from a rather 'classical' background, he met Pierre Schaeffer, whom he considered his 'true and only master'; Schaeffer's teachings turned Malec into one of the most important leaders of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales. Since then he dedicated himself to a more radical style. He received a number of awards including the Grand Prix National de Musique in 1992. He was resident in France since 1955 and taught at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1972 to 1990, where his students included Édith Canat de Chizy, Denis Dufour, Philippe Hurel, Philippe Leroux and Gerard Pesson.

Malec's approach to composition, similar to that of Dufour or Iannis Xenakis, emphasizes all aspects of sound, including texture, density, movement, timbre and notably sonic character and form and the use of sound objects.

Works Klaviersonate, 1949 Sinfonie, 1951 Cellosonate, 1956 Mouvements en coloeurs, 1959 Reflets, 1961 Sigma, 1963 Miniatures pour Lewis Carroll, 1964 Lignes et Points, 1965 Cantate pour elle, 1966 Oral, 1967 Lumina, 1968 Luminétudes, 1968 Lied, 1969 Dodécaméron, 1970 Pieris, 1975 Triola ou Symphonie pour moi-même, 1977–78 Week-end, 1982 Ottava bassa, 1984 Attacca, 1986 Artemisia, 1991 Doppio Coro, 1993 Exempla, 1994 Ottava alta, 1995 Sonoris causa, 1997 Arc-en-cello, 2000