Born in Liège in 1968, Michel Fourgon was a student at the Liège
Conservatoire. He studied composing with Claude Ledoux and
electro-acoustic composition with Patrick Lenfant. In 1992 he graduated
from Liège University in the Arts and Science of Music. He worked there
from 1993 to 1995 as a researcher for Henri Pousseur. He is particularly
interested in the relationship between text and music and has directed
several musicals. Recently, he has been working on other kinds of
multidisciplinary projects. Since 2001, he has collaborate frequently
with the “Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège”. His music attempts to
create a personal synthesis of the discoveries of the recent past while
seeking new paths through speech and expression. The foundations of the
his work lie in combinatory techniques touched with poetic lyricism
which reveal his interest in literature. The music refuses radical
systematisation or shutting out of different styles or practices and is
intended to be open to abrupt and harsh tones as well as soft or
shimmering sounds. He has recorded several pieces for Cyprès Records.
Michel Fourgon now teaching composition and music history at the Royal
Conservatory of Music in Liège, Belgium.