Michel Legrand
past event
tue 25. june 2019, 19:00
Obecní dům
Náměstí Republiky 5, Prague, cz
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Lineup Performing artists
Michel Legrand
France, chanson
Český národní symfonický orchestr
Czech Republic
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Michel Jean Legrand was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz pianist. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. His scores for the films of French New Wave director Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), earned Legrand his first Academy Award nominations. Legrand won his first Oscar for the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968).