Olivier Greif
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Olivier Greif (3 January 1950, Paris – 13 May 2000, Paris) was a French composer of Polish-Jewish parentage. His father was an Auschwitz survivor, a fact which affected Greif deeply and led him to compose a number of Holocaust-themed works, notably Todesfuge, based on the poem by Paul Celan, and Lettres de Westerbork, a song cycle which uses letters written by Etty Hillesum. Greif began composing at the age of 9, and studied at the Paris Conservatoire and the Juilliard School. <a href="https://
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Olivier
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 14th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- 6th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- pianist
- Educated at
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Luciano Berio
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Olivier Greif 1950-2000.jpg
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- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- Commons category
- Olivier Greif
- date of birth
- 1950-01-03
- date of death
- 2000-05-17
- name in native language
- Olivier Greif
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