Michel Puig (born 1930) is a French composer. In 1953 he studied composition with René Leibowitz. In 1957 he published his Sonata for Piano and, the following year, Fantasia for Violin and Piano.La communication par le geste: actes des sessions organisées par le Centre de recherches du Sacre, a l'Arbresle, 1965$1968, Centre de Recherches du Sacre, Paris: Le Centurion, 1970, p. 41 (in French) In 1975 he composed a chamber opera Stigmates, to a libretto by Jacques Pajak."Stigmates", British Library, retrieved 5 May 2018 Among the composer's influences is jazz, and at the premiere of Stigmates the performers included the jazz guitarist Claude Barthélemy as well as classical musicians including Vinko Globokar."Stigmates", Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine, retrieved 6 May 2018
A considerable part of Puig's oeuvre is musical theatre. Sa Négresse Jésus, Op. 26, a one-act work for three actors and a small instrumental ensemble (1974) was staged by Michael Lonsdale at the Théâtre des Amandiers, Nanterre."Sa Négresse Jésus", Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine, retrieved 6 May 2018 His Miroir, another one-act piece of music theatre, was premiered in Paris in 1975."Miroirs", Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine, retrieved 6 May 2018 His Monet ou la passion de la réalité, a one-act work for solo actress accompanied by clarinet, violin and piano, was first performed at the Semaines musicales internationales d'Orléans in 1979."Monet ou la passion de la réalité", Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine, retrieved 6 May 2018 Puig composed the music for a 1965 adaptation of Molière's The School for Wives starring François Périer,"L'ecole des femmes", British Library, retrieved 6 May 2018 and set Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark for a cast of five actresses and eight actors and an instrumental ensemble of five players, premiered at the Festival d'Avignon in 1971."La Chasse au Snark" Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine, retrieved 6 May 2018
Puig was for some time a teacher; his former students include Michèle Bokanowski."Michèle Bokanowski", Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine, retrieved 6 May 2018
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