Gabriel Yared(I)
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Gabriel Yared stopped his law studies at the age of 20 to work as a
professional music composer. He studied with Henri Dutilleux and Maurice Ohana. He
worked as a composer, orchestrator or producer for such singers as
Françoise Hardy, Charles Aznavour, Gilbert Bécaud and Mireille Mathieu. He made his film debut in 1980
with the score for Jean-Luc Godard's Every Man for Himself (1980). He has since scored a huge list
of movies for such major directors as Jean-Jacques Beineix, Robert Altman and Jean-Jacques Annaud. He
won an Academy Award for Anthony Minghella's The English Patient (1996) score and has been nominated
for two others (Cold Mountain (2003) and The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)). He also composes ballets for
Carolyn Carlson and Roland Petit. He is the founder and director of the Pléiade
Academy, which welcomes and supports talented young composers in the
production and promotion of their works. This biography has been made
with the help of Gabriel Yared's official website.
