Frédéric Lagnau (1967-2010) was a French composer and pianist. A student of Louis Andriessen and
Frederic Rzewski, admired by composer Tom Johnson, influenced by the minimalist movement (Steve Reich, John Adams, Arvo Pärt) and open to pop and progressive experimentation, he is the author of a body of work claimed to be post-modern, associated with so-called repetitive music. Having released two albums under his own name (
Journey to inti and
Jardins cycliques) and participated in several recordings, both as performer and composer, he has also made excursions into the fields of song, stage music (participating in some fifteen theatrical creations), film and television.
