Jean Boyer (organist)

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Jean Boyer (born October 24, 1948 in Sidi bel Abbès , Algeria; † June 28, 2004 in Lille ) was a French organist and professor of organ at the Conservatoire national supérieur musique et danse de Lyon .

life and work

Boyer was born to Noël Boyer. His parents gave him his first music lessons. In 1967 he joined Xavier Darasse's organ class at the Toulouse Conservatory , where he received a first prize in 1969. Between 1972 and 1995 he was the successor to Michel Chapuis titular organist at the organ of St-Nicolas-des-Champs in Paris.

Through his lessons he shaped numerous young organists, first at the Bayonne Conservatory and from 1980 to 1982 in Brest and at the Scola Cantorum in Paris , then at the Rijsel Conservatory (1982–1992) and from 1992 in his master classes in Lyon as Darasse's successor .

Boyer played only a few organ works because he preferred the concert and was critical of the record industry. For the old masters he preferred the historical performance practice on historical instruments, but also played romantic music . In 1971 the first record was made with works by French, Flemish and Spanish organ masters of the 17th and 18th centuries. Later recordings of organ music by Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly , Louis-Nicolas Clérambault , Nicolas de Grigny and the Leipzig chorales by Johann Sebastian Bach as well as the complete organ works by Johannes Brahms followed .

In 2004 cancer broke out; Boyer died at 55 years of complications from a cerebral haemorrhage.

Fonts

  • La "Grand Pièce Symphonique" by César Franck. In: Hans Davidsson , Sverker Jullander (ed.): Proceedings of the Göteborg International Organ Academy 1994. Göteborgs universitet, Göteborg 1995.
  • Johannes Brahms et l'orgue. In: Japan organist. 1997.
  • Nuances dynamiques in the musique d'orgue de JS Bach. In: 30 ans d'orgue. Evolution de la facture d'orgue, de l'interprétation et des répertoires ancien et contemprain au cours des 30 dernières années. Académie de l'orgue de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Saint-Dié 1998, pp. 155-166.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mort de l'organiste Jean Boyer on Liberation of June 30, 2004
  2. ↑ a b c Le Panthéon des musiciens: short biography , viewed December 17, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Boyer, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French organist, composer and professor of organ
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Sidi bel Abbès , Algeria
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 2004
Place of death Rijsel