Georges Kan

Kan is the founder of the "Éditions musicales européennes" – EME (1994-2010) which have published nearly 500 works in fifteen years of activity, including the works of composers of the new generation such as Bernard Cavanna, Thierry Pécou, François Narboni, Paul Méfano, Alain Louvier, Johannes Schöllhorn, Alberto Posadas, Philippe Schoeller, José-Luis Campana, and Aureliano Cattaneo, — and those of composers of the beginning of the 20th century, including André Gedalge and Jacques de La Presle.

In 2008, impressed by the quality of the publications of the Artaria publishing house in Vienna (1796), he embarked on a pre-romantic reconstitution of Beethoven's Piano sonatas. He published a research on the opus 2 and opus 7.

Through his intense editorial activity and close ties with composers, Kan is the dedicatee of several musical works: Gennevilliers Symphony (2003) by Bernard Cavanna, Clouds and Sky (2010) by Johannes Schöllhorn, Cripsis (2001) by Alberto Posadas, La Noia (2004) by François Narboni, Zéphyr (1999) by Suzanne Giraud, Sopherim (1998) by Philippe Schœller, Bing (2009) by Gérard Zinsstag.

In 1999, he also launched a manifesto, with the support of 250 artists, on the programming of France Musique, expressing concern about the development of this radio station:

His Concerto pour piano (Music Sales) premiered in 1989 at the Salle Cortot by Martine Vialatte and the Ensemble orchestral d'Île-de-France Bruno de Saint-Maurice conducting, has been available on CD since 2015.

Georges Kan (born in 1958) is a French musicologist, music publisher and composer.