Guy Bovet

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Guy Bovet (born May 22, 1942 in Thun , resident in Neuchâtel and Fleurier ) is a Swiss organist and composer.

Life

Guy Bovet was an organ student of Marie Dufour in Lausanne , Pierre Segond in Geneva and Marie-Claire Alain in Paris . From 1979 to 1999 he taught Spanish organ music at the University of Salamanca. Since 1989 he has been a professor at the Basel School of Music . In addition, taught at numerous other institutions and universities, u. a. in Berlin , Hamburg , Vienna , Helsinki , Oslo , Warsaw , Moscow and London , at the University of Western Ontario , the University of Oregon , Drake University , Southern Methodist University and the University of Cincinnati . He also teaches in courses and organ academies across Europe, Japan and Mexico.

Bovet is committed to the preservation of historical organs; Among other things, he took care of the restoration of the organ of the Alain family, for which Jehan Alain had written his compositions. He works as an expert on projects in Europe, Mexico and the Far East.

From 1989 to 2009 he was organist at the Collégiale in Neuchâtel, whose new organ he designed in 1996. He gives around sixty concerts a year, his repertoire includes music from the Middle Ages, early Spanish and French music as well as works by Johannes Brahms , Franz Liszt , César Franck , Jehan Alain and Johann Sebastian Bach . He played over fifty records and CDs, mostly on historical organs. He also heads the Société des Concerts Spirituels de Genève and the Société des concerts de la Collégiale de Neuchâtel and is the artistic director of the Lahti Organ Festival .

In addition to organ music, Bovet composed symphonic works, concerts, operas, chamber music and numerous film scores. He also emerged as the editor of the works of Francisco Correa de Arauxo , José Lidón and composers from Einsiedeln Abbey .

In 1963 he received the 1st prize for improvisation at the St Albans International Organ Festival . In 2012 the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw awarded him an honorary doctorate.

Works

  • Premier livre d'orgue , 1958/59
  • Deuxième livre d'orgue , 1958–1961
  • Troisième livre d'orgue , 1960–1964
  • Mouvement symphonique , 1962
  • Psaumes vocaux , 1962–1964
  • Concertino for organ, string orchestra, flute and oboe , 1963
  • Mystère de Noël 1963 , 1963
  • Mystère de Noël 1964 , 1964
  • Quatrième livre d'orgue , 1964-1970
  • Suite à 2 orgues , 1964
  • Sonata da chiesa for oboe d'amore and organ, 1965
  • La Nouvelle Etoile , 1965
  • Fantaisie pour flûte, cor et orgue , 1969
  • Concerto for organ and symphony orchestra , 1969
  • Variations Romanesques , 1970
  • Seconda sonata da chiesa for bass flute and organ, 1970
  • Requiem pour un vrai Noël , 1971
  • Cinquième livre d'orgue , 1971–75
  • Improvisation sur un thème japonais , 1974
  • Bach phrase for organ and tape, 1976
  • Homage to Haendel , 1976
  • Salve Regina for organ, 1978
  • Concerto pour chœur et orgue , 1979
  • Trois Preludes Hambourgeois for organ, 1987
  • Nouvelles pièces d'orgue , 1993
  • Fair pour les Bâloises , 1993
  • Now come, the Heiden Heiland , cantata for choir and organ, 1994
  • Gathering of Animals , musical comedy, 1995
  • 12 Tangos ecclesiasticos for organ, 1999
  • Trois Esquisses Japonaises , 2001

Filmography

  • 1966: Jean-Luc persécuté
  • 1969: Vivre ici
  • 1970: The Mad One (Le Fou)
  • 1970: James ou pas
  • 1974: The Affair (L'escapade)
  • 1977: Wedding in the countryside (Le jour des noces)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Honorary Doctorate Ceremony for Professor Guy Bovet. Fryderyk Chopin University of Music , June 18, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Bovet, guy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Tuna