Michel Portal
Sound
Born November 25, 1935 in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be "one of the architects of modern European jazz". Portal was born in Bayonne on 27 November 1935. His family was musical and there were several instruments in his house when he was growing up. His interest in jazz began after hearing it on the radio after World War II. He studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris and conducting with Pierre Dervaux.
Filmography
A few notes on freedom
Lui-même
Michel Portal @ Nancy Jazz Pulsations 2021
Le Professeur
Cigarettes et bas nylons
The Girl from the Chartreuse
Le porteur de cartable
Un fils de notre temps
Jacques Lacan, la psychanalyse réinventée
Passionnément
Buud Yam
The Colors of the Devil
Le Concerto de Mozart
Himself
1914 the Glorious Summer
The Machine
Eugénie Grandet
The Return of Casanova
Au Sud du Sud
Alcyon
Dr. Petiot
Ke arteko egunak
Adventure of Catherine C.
Angels
Children of Chaos
A Tale of the Wind
The Mortal Fortune
No Harm Intended
Sorceress
Yeelen
Milan noir
Max My Love
Fou comme l'oiseau
Paradise for All
The Return of Martin Guerre
Short Memory
Champs-Elysées
Self
Droit de Réponse
The Red Shade
Le Beau Monde
See Here My Love
The Dogs
Adoption
Surreal Estate
La Cecilia
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Tahia Ya Didou !
The Bamboo Incident
Les Trois Cousins
A Question of Rape
Paris Blues
Musician (uncredited)