Roger Bourdin (flautist)

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Roger Bourdin (born January 27, 1923 in Mulhouse ; † September 23, 1976 ) was a French flautist and music teacher.

Bourdin studied with Jacques Chalanda and Fernand Caratgé and in 1939 received first prize in the flute in the class of Marcel Moyse at the Conservatoire de Paris . In 1941 he won first prize in harmony at the Versailles Conservatory, where he was professor of flute from 1943 until his death.

From 1941 Bourdin worked as a solo flutist at the Lamoureux Concerts . He was also a soloist with the Orchester de chambre de Versailles under the direction of Bernard Wahl . In 1945 he founded the Quatuor de flûtes Roger Bourdin with Pol Mule , Eugène Masson and Jean-Pierre Rampal , who were later replaced by Robert Hériché , Léon Gamme and Jacques Royer . In 1963 he founded the Trio de Versailles with harpist Annie Challan and violist Colette Lequien .

Both as a soloist and as a chamber musician, Bourdin played numerous recordings of flute compositions by Claude Debussy , Gabriel Fauré , Johann Sebastian Bach , Antonio Vivaldi , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and other composers, among others. a. for Decca Records , Philips and Accord .

His most famous recording, however, comes from pop music. Bourdin took over the fast and complicated part of the solo flute in the Europe-wide hit " Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille " by the French singer Jacques Dutronc .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 88 notes pour piano solo , Jean-Pierre Thiollet , Neva Editions, 2015, pp. 204–206. ISBN 978-2-3505-5192-0

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personal data
SURNAME Bourdin, Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French flautist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Mulhouse
DATE OF DEATH 23rd September 1976