{{Short description|French composer (1933–1987)}} '''Gilles Boizard''' (1 August 1933 – 5 May 1987) was a French composer.

== Life == Born in Juniville, Ardennes, Boizard, who grew up in a small village in the Ardennes, had piano lessons before studying at the Conservatoire de Paris with Yves Nat. After winning a second prize in 1959, he won the "Premier Grand Prix" in 1960 with the ''Cantate du Printemps'' in the competition for the Prix de Rome.

After a stay at the Villa Medici in Rome from 1961 to 1964, he returned to the Conservatoire de Paris, where he worked as professor for Solfège. A few years later he also became director of the competitions of the "Union Française des Artistes et Musiciens" (U.F.A.M). He also performed as a concert pianist and accompanist.

Boizard composed a number of chamber music works, as well as piano arrangements for the UCAM competitions and music pedagogical works.

Boizard died in Paris.

== Works == * ''Berceuse en carillon'' for piano, 1965 * ''Partita: Prélude, Aria, Interlude, Toccata'' for piano, 1965 * ''Offrande d'Automne'' for piano, 1966 * ''Diptyque "Aux statues de Bomarzo"'' for bass trombone and piano, 1967 * ''Par le sentier bleu'' for piano, 1968 * ''Musette'' for piano, 1969 * ''Deux Esquisses. A l'estompe. A la pointe sèche'' for harp, 1969 * ''Fantaisie'' for bassoon and piano, 1971 * ''Onze Leçons de solfège, avec accompagnement de piano'', 2 vol., 1972 * ''Onze Leçons de solfège, sans accompagnement de piano'', 2 vol, 1972 * ''Accordéondes'' for accordion, 1973 * ''Ballade'' for double bass and piano, 1977

== External links == * [http://www.musimem.com/prix-rome-1960-1968.htm Gilles Boizard] on Musimem {{Authority control}}

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