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2017-04-10 16:41:02
French conductor who directed the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for nine yearsLouis Frémaux, who has died aged 95, was the only major orchestral conductor to serve two spells as an officer in the Foreign Legion. Perhaps the experience of leading some of France’s toughest, most hardbitten troops assisted him in dealing with refractory or undisciplined musicians. On the other hand, his wish to have his own way contributed to the messy end of his memorable stint in Birmingham.Born in Aire-sur-la-Lys, northern France, into an artistic family, Frémaux attended the Valenciennes conservatoire, but his studies were disrupted by the second world war, in which he fought in the resistance. Given a commission in the Foreign Legion, he served in Vietnam in 1945-46, then entered the Paris Conservatoire – where Louis Fourestier, Jacques de La Presle, Simone Plé-Caussade and Jacques Chailley were his teachers – and graduated in 1952 with a first […]
2013-03-04 16:43:34
[…] Parisian suburb of St Germain-en-Laye was a distinguished musical dynasty. Her father, Albert Alain, was a composer, as were her two brothers, Olivier (1918–94) and the better-known Jehan. It was from hearing the latter play at an early stage that she felt she really learned music, acquiring works by ear: throughout her career she frequently played from memory. At the Paris Conservatoire she then studied with Maurice Duruflé for harmony, Marcel Dupré for organ, Simone Plé-Caussade for counterpoint and fugue, and Marcel Beaufils for aesthetics, gaining four premiers prix. She went on to win a prize at the Geneva international competition (1950) and following further studies with André Marchal and Gaston Litaize embarked on a career as a concert organist.Her first recording, a joint venture between the Haydn Society and Erato – the label's first recording – was of then unpublished pieces by JS Bach. The initial intention was to […]
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