Jean-Claude Éloy

Jean-Claude Éloy
Éloy in 2015
Born(1938-06-15)15 June 1938
Died19 November 2025(2025-11-19) (aged 87)
EducationConservatoire de Paris
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Academic teacher
Organizations
WorksList of compositions

Jean-Claude Éloy (15 June 1938 – 19 November 2025) was a French composer of instrumental, vocal and electroacoustic music. He taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and collaborated with studios of electronic music in Cologne and in Tokyo. Inspired beyond Western classical music traditions by Hindu and Japanese philosophy and music, he composed long ritual pieces.