Philippe Gumplowicz (born 6 October 1950 in Paris) is a French professor of universities, musicologist and music historian.
[1] As a young man, Gumplowicz bathed in the "Zionist and Marxist" youth movements.
[1] He defended his thesis in the mid-1980s on orphéon [fr]s in France,[1] these amateur musical societies which in the 19th century appeared in the villages and towns of Europe.
Gumplowicz teaches at the Conservatoire de Paris, the École des hautes études en sciences sociales and the University of Évry Val d'Essonne where he is the director of RASM (Recherches Arts Spectacles Musiques).
[1] He produced for France Musique and France Culture programs and documentaries (Les Grands entretiens with pianist Jean-Claude Pennetier in 2010, Israeli historian Zeev Sternhell in April 2011 or singer Michel Delpech in October 2012) as well as documentaries such as Les années Barclay Une histoire de Haute fidélité in June 2012.