Amy studied in the Paris Conservatoire, where his educators included Messiaen and Milhaud. His ending up in Boulez in 1956 and his research with him on the Basle Academy in 1965 acquired a profound impact upon Amy’s are a composer. He afterwards been successful Boulez as conductor from the Domaine Musical. His composing is normally polyphonic and officially precise and employs such avant-garde gadgets as quarter shades.