Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky

Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky (born 30 March 1945) is a Russian-born composer, conductor and classical pianist who lives in Switzerland.

He is one of the first composers of minimalism (from 1969); "La Belle Musique N.3" (1977) is the first work for orchestra in the minimalist field.

He has collaborated with numerous musical artists, notably with the pianist Martha Argerich, with whom he has recorded works by Rachmaninoff and Brahms.

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Rabinovitch-Barakovsky's main works are all part of a global work-in-progress called "Anthology of Archaic Rituals – In Search of the Center".