Frédéric Lodéon

Frédéric Lodéon (2019)

Frédéric Lodéon (born January 26, 1952 ) is a French cellist and conductor.

Life

Frédéric Lodéon studied at the Paris Conservatory with André Navarra and Jean Hubeau and received first prizes in the subjects of cello (1969) and chamber music (1970). In 1972 he received first prize at the Concours International Maurice Maréchal . At the first Concours de Violoncelle Rostropovitch in 1977 he and Lluís Claret were awarded a first prize.

With the conductor Charles Dutoit , Lodéon recorded the cello concertos by Antonio Vivaldi , Joseph Haydn , Luigi Boccherini , Robert Schumann and Édouard Lalo . With Daria Hovora he played cello sonatas by Franz Schubert , Dmitri Shostakowitsch , Sergei Prokofjew , Richard Strauss and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , with Augustin Dumay and Jean-Philippe Collard the trios by Schubert and Maurice Ravel . Together with Pierre Amoyal andPascal Rogé received the Prix ​​de l'Académie du Disque Français .

Since 1990 Lodéon has also been active as a conductor. He conducted a. a. the Orchester National de Lyon , the Orchester National du Capitole de Toulouse , the Orchester de Bordeaux Aquitaine , the Philharmonie de Lorraine , the Nouvel Orchester Symphonique Européen and the Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France .

In 1990, Lodéon hosted a radio series entitled Musique, Maestro! . From 1992 he produced and hosted the music program Carrefour de Lodéon , which was awarded the Lauriers d'Or of the Club de l'Audiovisuel in 1999. Other of his radio broadcasts were Grands concerts de Radio France and Le pavé dans la mare on France Inter and La Note Classique and Bleu Classique on Radio Bleu . In 2001 he was awarded the Grand Prix du meilleur animateur radio de l'année for this. He is also a Knight of the Legion of Honor and Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres .