A French composer born in 1959 at Boulogne Billancourt.
A pupil of Ivo Malec, Claude Ballif, Pierre Schaeffer and Guy Reibel at the Paris Conservatory in 1978, Philippe Leroux also studied with Olivier Messiaen, Franco Donatoni, Betsy Jolas, Jean-Claude Éloy and Iannis Xenakis. He was in residence at the Villa Medici from 1993 to 1995. A composer but also a teacher, he has taught at Ircam (computer music cursus, 2001-2006), has lectured and given composition classes (McGill University in Montreal, Grieg Academy in Bergen, Royaumont Foundation, etc.). In 2009 he completed a two-year residency in Metz and with the Orchestre National de Lorraine. Distinguishing himself in all genres, his music focusses on the intelligibility of discourse and the notion of movement. His works include Le pourpre et l'écarlate (1984), L'entourage intime (1986, commissioned by Radio France), Continuo (ns) (1994, commissioned by the French State), Voi (Rex) (2002), De la disposition (2009, premiered at the Présences festival). <