Pierick Houdy

Pierick Houdy (18 January 1929 – 22 March 2021) was a French composer, organist, pianist, kapellmeister, and professor.

In 1937, he first played publicly at the Opéra de Rennes and his first four works were published by Henry Lemoine under the title À mes petits amis.

He practiced piano with Marguerite Long and was admitted to the Conservatoire de Paris in 1939, where he studied under Noël Gallon, Nadia Boulanger, Simone Plé-Caussade, Maurice Duruflé, Olivier Messiaen, Darius Milhaud, and others.

He was then a professor of composition at the Université Laval and the Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec.

He returned to France in 1992 and began teaching musical writing in Brest and Quimper.