Hugues Dufourt

Hugues Dufourt (September 28, 1943, Lyon, France) is a French composer and philosopher. Studies at Conservatoire de Genève, piano with Louis Hiltbrand (1961-68) then composition and electroacoustic music (1965-70) with Jacques Guyonnet. Philosophy teacher at Université de Lyon (1967-73). Scholar and founding member of Ensemble L'Itinéraire (1973) and Collectif de Recherche Instrumentale et de Synthèse Sonore (CRISS) (1977), then musicologist at École des hautes études en sciences sociales (1989-99).