Karol Beffa had a general education along with music studies after having been a child actor, appearing in more than 15 films (in particular, he performed with the Piccolo Teatro di Milano under the direction of Giorgio Strehler and portrayed the 8-year-old Mozart in a television film by Marcel Bluwal). Top of his class at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, he read history (BA), English (MA), philosophy (MPhil at Cambridge University) and mathematics graduating from ENSAE (Graduate School of Economics, Statistics and Finance). Enrolling at the Paris Conservatoire in 1988, he obtained eight premiers prix. Since 2004, he is an Associate Professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. In 2012-2013, he was Chair of Artistic Creation at the College de France. In 2013, he earned a Victoire de la musique award in the Best Composer category.
Performance:
Improvisations
XX
Time: 10:30 pm
Location: Ukrainian Institute of America / Concert Hall
Performance:
Spinoza in Kiev
XX
Time: 1:30 am
Location: Ukrainian Institute of America / Concert Hall
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