Raymonde Martin

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Raymonde Martin (born April 27, 1923 in Montreal ) is a Canadian cellist and music teacher .

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Raymonde Martin was born in Montreal in April 1923. She is one of seven daughters of the organist , pianist and music teacher Alphonse Martin and his wife, the organist Corinne Boisvert (1887–1961). Her parents occasionally performed together in concerts. Her sisters Gilberte (1910–1999), Marcelle (1917–2014) and Magdeleine Martin (1921–2015) also chose professions in the field of music and were active as musicians and music teachers.

From 1943 Raymonde studied solfège and harmony with her older sister Gilberte at the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec and received cello lessons from Jean Belland and Roland Leduc . Her studies focused on the field of chamber and orchestral music .

From 1940 to 1950 she was a member of the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra ( Symphonie féminine de Montréal ). She has appeared as a soloist with the symphonic matinees of the Orchester symphonique de Montréal (OSM) and with the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Montreal ( Orchester symphonique des jeunes de Montréal) (OSJM) and gave public concerts. Radio Canada broadcast on May 25, 1948 in the series "Artists of Tomorrow" a report about Raymonde Martin.

In 1947 she received the “Prix Archambault”. A scholarship from the provincial government of Quebec enabled her to continue her studies in France at the Paris Conservatory in 1950 . There she studied music theory with Simone Plé-Caussade and cello with Paul Bazelaire for four years . She also worked with him at the Conservatoire américain de Fontainebleau while she attended Nadia Boulanger's courses there in the summer of 1953 .

From 1955 Martin no longer appeared in public, but devoted herself to her work as a music teacher at private institutes, at the University of Ottawa (1967–1971) and at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Hull in Hull (1967–1980).

Raymonde Martin is the last of the seven Martin sisters still alive. Until the death of her sister Magdeleine in May 2015, she regularly attended concerts with her at the old age of over 90.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Raymonde Martin ( English, French ) In: Encyclopedia of Music in Canada . published by The Canadian Encyclopedia .
  2. ↑ CBC Program Schedule, Week of May 23rd, 1948 (radio program for the week of May 23, 1948, broadcast with Raymonde Martin, p. 4). In: otrr.org. Retrieved October 10, 2017 .
  3. ^ Décès de Magdeleine Martin - Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec. In: conservatoire.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved October 9, 2017 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Martin, Raymonde
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian cellist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal