  joÃ«l-franÃ§ois durand (born 17 september 1954) is a french composer. ==biography== born in orlÃ©ans, durand studied mathematics, music education and piano in paris, then composition with brian ferneyhough in freiburg im breisgau, germany (1981â84), and at stony brook university, new york, with arel and semegen (1984â86) . between 1979 and 1984 he attended masterclasses by gyÃ¶rgy ligeti and luciano berio at the centre acanthes in aix-en-provence, and with luigi nono at the freiburg musikhochschule. in 1981â82 he was awarded a scholarship from the daad (german academic exchange service) . in 1982 he received a darmstadt institute scholarship for his string trio, and in 1983 his piano piece ...d'asiles dÃ©chirÃ©s... was awarded a prize at the third international k.h. stockhausen composition competition in brescia, italy. he left europe in 1984 to pursue a ph.d. in composition (awarded in 1988) at stony brook university (usa), where he studied composition with bÃ¼lent arel and electronic music with daria semegen. durand was awarded scholarships from the fulbright foundation (1984) and from the french ministry of culture (1985). he received the kranichsteiner musikpreis from the darmstadt internationalen ferienkurse in 1990. he was appointed assistant professor in composition at the university of washington in 1991, and was invited to teach at the university of california, san diego in the autumn of 1992 . he is currently professor of composition , chair of the composition program, and since 2002 associate director of the university of washington school of music . in parallel to his activity as composer, durand designs and manufactures high-end tonearms for record players. he founded the company durand tonearms llc in 2009. ==works== ;orchestral works * piano concerto (1993) â 22' * five musical tales (1998) â 14' * athanor (2000â2001) â 20' * hermetic definition ii (2013) â 25' * le tombeau de rameau iii (2014) â 16' ;chamber music and works for ensemble * string trio (1981) â 7' * so er (1985) for 20 instruments â 11' * lichtung (1987) for 10 instruments â 12' * die innere grenze (1988) for string sextet â 25' * un feu distinct (1991) for flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello - 15' * b.f., ein mittelpunkt (1992) for 8 instruments - 3' * la terre et le feu (1999) for oboe and ensemble â 18' * la mesure des choses iii. la mesure de la terre et du feu (1999) for oboe and viola - 12' * cinq duos (1999) for violin and viola - 14' * in the mirror land (2003) for 
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