Editing Pascal Dusapin (section)

{{short description|French composer}}
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| name               = Pascal Dusapin
| image              = Pascal Dusapin au faculté de musique UdeM.png
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| caption            = Dusapin in 2020
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1955|05|29|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Nancy, France]]
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| education          = [[University of Paris]]
| occupation         = Composer
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'''Pascal Georges Dusapin''' (born 29 May 1955) is a French composer. His music is marked by its [[microtonality]], tension, and energy.

A pupil of [[Iannis Xenakis]] and [[Franco Donatoni]] and an admirer of [[Varèse]], Dusapin studied at the [[University of Paris I]] and [[Paris VIII]] during the 1970s. His music is full of "romantic constraint".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pugin |first1=Tristram |title=Through the Spectrum: The New Intimacy in French Music (I) |journal=Tempo |date=2000 |issue=212 |pages=12–20 |doi=10.1017/S0040298200007579 |jstor=946612|s2cid=233360358 }}</ref> Despite being a pianist, he refused to compose for the piano until 1997. His melodies have a vocal quality,<ref>{{BrahmsOnline|1186}}</ref> even in purely instrumental works.

Dusapin has composed solo, chamber, orchestral, vocal, and choral works, as well as several operas, and has been honored with numerous prizes and awards.<ref>{{cite web|first=Paul |last=Griffiths|title= Dusapin, Pascal in ''Grove Music Online'' (Oxford University Press, 2001–)|access-date= 22 September 2013|url= http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/44939}}</ref>