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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 […]
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