Bruno Ducol (22 March 1949 – 11 January 2024) was a French pianist, composer and teacher of contemporary music.

Born on 22 March 1949 in Annonay, Ducol trained as a pianist[1] and also studied philosophy and musicology at the University of Montpellier from 1967 to 1970.

From 1973 to 1980 he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, analysis with Claude Ballif, electroacoustic with Pierre Schaeffer, and composition with Olivier Messiaen and André Boucourechliev.

His compositions, for different ensembles, are inspired by Antiquity, exotic music, nature, poetry and visual arts.

[1][3] His works include the orchestral Métalayi I (1976), Des Scènes d’Enfants for flute and guitar (1984), the opera Praxitèle (1986), A Korinne for string quartet (1988), Six études de rhythme for piano (1992), Éclats de lune (1995), Les Cerceaux de feu (2000), Vibrations chromatics for two pianos (2001 - including 'Nu descendant un escalier'), Fantasme en rouge for female chorus (2006), Treize fenêtres, rhythmic studies for two pianos (2006), Une griffure de lumière for orchestra (2009) and Für die Jugend for voice and percussion (2010).