Michel Legrand is, quite simply, one of Frances great gifts to the world. Since 1965, when he received three Academy Award Nominations for his score adaptation and the song I Will Wait for You from The Umbrella of Cherbourg, Michel Legrand has become one of the foremost names in contemporary music. He has been nominated sixteen times and been the winner of no fewer than three Oscars. The first being in 1968 for best song in The Windmills Of Your Mind, from the film The Thomas Crown Affair. His second, for the best original dramatic score for The Summer of 42 and in 1984 for the best original song score for Barbra Streisands motion picture Yentl, called by Time Magazine the most romantic, coherent and sophisticated original movie score since Gigi. Michel Legrand is also a conductor of renown and a virtuoso Jazz Pianist. He has conducted and appeared with Orchestras such as the Pittsburgh Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestras in Vancouver, Montreal, Atlanta, Denver and New Orleans. He has made well over 100 albums and collaborated with such stars as Maurice Chevalier, Miles Davies, Kiri Te Kanewa, Sarah Vaughn, Stan Getz and Lena Horne. His songs have been sung by everyone who is anyone including such legends as Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. Among the most famous films he scored are Billie Holidays life story. Lady Sings the Blues, the lush and romantic The Other Side of Midnight the James Bond film Never Say Never Again The Go Between The Three Musketeers and more recently Five Days in June.
