Louis Fourestier

Louis Fourestier (born May 31, 1892 in Montpellier , † September 30, 1976 in Boulogne-Billancourt ) was a French composer, conductor and music teacher.

Fourestier had first music lessons from his father and cello lessons at the conservatory in his native city. At the Conservatoire de Paris he was a student of André Gedalge , Alexandre Guilmant , Vincent d'Indy , Paul Dukas and Xavier Leroux . In 1924 he won the Prix ​​Rossini with the cantata Patria , the following year the First Premier Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata La mort d'Adonis and in 1927 the Prix ​​Heugel with the symphonic poem Polynice after Sophocles . The symphonic poem was published in 1928 by theConcerts Colonne premiered.

In 1927 Fourestier was engaged as a conductor at the Opéra-Comique , in 1938 he followed Philippe Gaubert at the Paris Opera . He has also directed the Orchester Symphonique de Paris since it was founded in 1928 . After the Second World War he worked as a guest conductor in Spain, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. In 1946 and 1947 he directed performances at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

From 1946 to 1963 Fourestier taught orchestral conducting at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1974 he was the musical director of the 60th anniversary of Gabriel Fauré's death in the La Madeleine church .

Works

• Patria , cantata, 1924
• La mort d'Adonis , cantata, 1925
• Polynice , symphonic poem, 1927
• A saint Valéry , symphonic poem based on Pierre Nozière by Anatole France
• Le Coup de Fousil , comic opera
• Songs based on Rabindranath Tagore and Paul Valéry for soloist and orchestra
• String Quartet , 1937
• Offrandre lyrique
• Chants des guerriers
• Ave Maria