Claude Pavy

BIOGRAPHY

  • 1945 Born in Paris.
  • 1964 Studies music. Self-taught. Guitarist.
  • 1969 Begins to take photographs.
  • 1968-2000 Works with Yves Montand, Barbara, Charles Aznavour, Jean Ferrat, Yves Duteil, Georges Moustaki, Maxime Leforestier, Pierre Perret, Alain Souchon, Catherine Lara, Michel Legrand, Ennio Morricone, Vladimir Kosma, Jean Claude Petit…
  • 1973 Founding member of the Ensemble L’Itinéraire.
  • 1973-2012 Participates in experiments and concerts with 2.E.2 . M, Ensemble Intercontemporain (Ircam), the Philharmonic and National orchestras of Radio France, the Orchestre de Paris, the opera houses of Paris, Lyon, Brussels, and also at festivals, including Avignon, Metz, Angers, Perpignan, Why-Note (Dijon), Octobre en Normandie (Rouen), Musica (Strasbourg), Darmstadt, Ars Musica (Brussels), Antwerp, Almeida (London), Zürich, Extasis (Geneve), Guitarévolution (Montreal – Toronto)… etc…
  • 1985 Creates the first Electric Guitar class in France preparing for the National Diploma (DEM) at the National School of Music and Dance in Evry.
  • 1986 Directs himself towards a soloist activity. Composers such as Alain Bancquart, François Bousch, Tim Brady, Hugues Dufourt, Karim Haddad, Betsy Jolas, Tristan Murail, Ichiro Nodaïra, Yoshiisa Taira, Akira Tamba, Roger Tessier, Jean-Claude Wolff have written specially for him.
  • 2006 Resumes photography.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2017 Japon 70, Mind’s Eye / Adrian Bondy Gallery, Paris
  • 2013 Moments particuliers de la vie ordinaire, Mind’s Eye / Galerie Adrian Bondy, Paris