Michel Merlet: key obituary facts
Is Michel Merlet dead? Yes. Michel Merlet died on May 3, 2026, at age 86.
Cause of death: Michel Merlet's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Michel Merlet known for?
He was known as French composer.
More about Michel Merlet
Born: 26 May 1939.
Place of birth: Saint-Brieuc.
Place of death: Soisy-sous-Montmorency.
Gender: male.
Occupation: composer, university teacher.
Nationality: France.
Education: Conservatoire de Paris.
Employer: Conservatoire de Paris.
Awards: Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Prix de Rome, Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Michel Merlet, the French composer and pedagogue, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 86.
Born in Saint-Brieuc on May 26, 1939, he studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris, where his teacher was Tony Aubin. At the conservatoire, he won prizes for harpsichord, chamber music, counterpoint, fugue, musical composition and musical analysis in Olivier Messiaen’s class.
He won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1966 and began teaching fugue at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1978, succeeding Yvonne Desportes.
Michel Merlet, 86, French composer and pedagogue.