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Graciane Finzi (born 1945) is a French composer.
Graciane Finzi was born in Casablanca, Morocco, and studied music at the Casablanca Conservatory then managed by Georges Friboulet, where her parents were teachers. She entered the Paris Conservatory at age ten, where she studied piano with Joseph Benvenuti and developed an interest in composition.
Ater completing her studies, she worked as a composer. She served as music director of the Festival de la Defense from 1975 to 1979, and began teaching at the Paris Conservatory in 1979. She served as vice-president of the International Society for Contemporary Music (SIMC) and of Societe Nationale and as official representative to the Association Francaise d'Action Artistique (AFAA). She was composer-in-residence with the Lille National Orchestra from 2001 to 2003. |