Death of Jeanne Boulez-Chevalier
France Musique has announced that Jeanne Boulez-Chevalier, the sister of composer Pierre Boulez, who died in 2016, has passed away at the age of 96. She was jointly responsible for the transfer of part of the Boulez estate to the Paul Sacher Foundation in Basel.
Jeanne Chevalier played a role in the film world at her own place of work, in the town of Roanne (Loire). A movie theater in the city bears her name. Her son Pierre Chevalier is an important film producer, among others for the cultural channel Arte.
But Jeanne Chevalier also played a part in her brother's career development. For example, she assisted him during the legendary Siegfried-production in Bayreuth with Patrice Chéreau as director. Together with her brother Roger Boulez and her children, she decided that the composer's estate should be divided between three institutions: The Paul Sacher Foundation, the Bibliothèque national de France and the Cité de la Musique in Paris.
Link to the article at Radio France
