Jean-Claude Malgoire

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Jean-Claude Malgoire (2015)

Jean-Claude Malgoire (born November 25, 1940 in Avignon ; † April 14, 2018 in Paris ) was a French oboist , musicologist and conductor .

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Jean-Claude Malgoire began his musical training at the conservatory in his hometown, and later switched to the Paris Conservatory . There he received the 1st prize for oboe and for chamber music .

Malgoire was influenced by his fellow student Heinz Holliger and was actively involved in contemporary French music until the 1980s. Charles Munch appointed him in 1962 as principal oboist and English horn player in the Orchester de Paris . In 1968 he won 1st prize at the Geneva International Music Competition . In 1970 he played in the French premiere of Luciano Berio's work Sequentia VII , in 1972 he became a soloist in the "Ensemble 2e2m".

Influenced by his teacher Antoine Geoffroy-Dechaume (1905-2000), a leading member of the "Société de musique d'autrefois", founded in 1966 with colleagues Malgoire the ensemble " La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roi ", one of the first baroque ensemble with historical performance practice in France. The group has made over 100 recordings so far and given more than 3000 concerts on all continents. In parallel to his activity as the conductor of the ensemble, Malgoire played in various symphony orchestras , a. a. under the direction of Seiji Ozawa and Herbert von Karajan .

Since 1975, Malgoire has recorded several operas on period instruments, including Handel's Rinaldo and Lully's Alceste . Since it was founded in 1981, he has been the artistic director of the "Atelier lyrique" in Tourcoing , which he shaped into an opera house with a diverse repertoire. In 1992 he received a prize at the French competition “Victoires de la musique” for his recording of Vivaldi's Motezuma .

In 2002 he was awarded the Handel Prize of the city of Halle .

Malgoire's daughter Florence Malgoire is professor of baroque violin at the Geneva Conservatory .

Discography (selection)

CD and LP

  • Various composers: Le tourdion, K617

DVD

literature

  • Virginie Schaefer-Kasriel: Jean-Claude Malgoire - 50 ans de musiques et d'aventure. Editions Symétrie, Lyon 2005, ISBN 2-914373-18-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary in Le Monde of April 16, 2018, renaud Design: Jean-Claude Malgoire, hautboïste et chef d'orchestre, est mort. Retrieved June 12, 2018 .
  2. Opernwelt magazine , 6/2018, personal details, p. 56