BIOGRAPHY Works Raymond
Micha Pierre
Matot Leonello
Capodaglio André
Giet Anne
Martin Jeannine
Gillard Marcel
Cominotto Pierre
Liémans Jean
Nadeau Philippe
de Val Laurence
Jacquemin Sébastien
Letocart Raymond
MICHA (Stavelot 1910)
Philippe Bayard

Raymond
Micha was born in Stavelot in 1910 and studied
with his father and his uncle, with Joseph Jongen
as his consellor. He obtained the diploma that gave
him access to musical teaching at State Schools and
he was a teacher of music at the Public Secondary
Schools in Stavelot, Spa and Malmedy. He conducted
numerous wind bands and choirs. His fresh and
spontaneous, clever and harmonious compositions
were highly appreciated and it is hardly surprising
to notice the furtive appearance of the soft and
passionate light cast by Gabriel Fauré. The
melody is the domain favoured by raymond Micha. We
discover here a total faithfullness to the work of
the poet and to the suggestions of the verse, also
a very real concern aimed at supporting the human
voice with the accompaniment that confirms without
ever uselessly encumbering the poetic context.
Translated by Luc Van Loock