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- Jean-Michel Damase was born on January 27, 1928 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He was a composer, known for Folies-Bergère (1956), Adolphe, ou l'âge tendre (1968) and Term of Trial (1962). He died on April 21, 2013 in Paris, France.
- For the totality of his works, Jean-Michel Damase was given the Grand Musical Prize from the SACD (Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers) and the Grand Prize from the city of Paris.
- He appeared as a piano soloist in the Colonne and Conservatoire concerts, and with the Orchestre National of the ORTF.
- In 1947 he won the Grand Prix de Rome for his cantata Et la belle se réveilla.
- His first work (at the age of nine) was a setting of some poems by Colette, whom he had met at a Parisian salon.
- He was studying piano and solfège with Marcel Samuel-Rousseau at the age of five and composing by age nine.
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