Roland Leduc

Joseph Augustin Georges Roland Leduc (born July 25, 1907 in Montreal ; † September 15, 2001 there ) was a Canadian cellist, conductor and music teacher.

Life

Leduc had piano lessons from his mother from the age of six and switched to the cello at the age of fourteen. He then took private lessons with Jean-Baptiste Dubois and studied music theory with Louis Michiels . As a scholarship holder from the Province of Québec, he continued his education from 1927–31 at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels with Marix Loevensohn and studied harmony and counterpoint privately with Paul Gilson . During this time he occasionally played the cello with the Brussels Philharmonic and experienced Maurice Ravel and Richard Strauss as conductors.

In 1931 he returned to Canada and performed there as a cello soloist. With his wife Annette Lasalle-Leduc (violin) and his brother Jean Leduc (piano) he formed the Trio Leduc from 1932-34 . From 1934 to 1940 he was a member of the Montreal String Quartet . With this he traveled to Paris in 1939 to study chamber music with André Tourret . He himself also took lessons there with Maurice Maréchal .

After returning to Canada, Leduc taught cello from 1940 to 1953 at the École superieure de musique d'Outremont , and later at the Québec Conservatory. His students included Dorothy Bégin , Raymonde Martin , Monique Mercure and Émile Préfontaine . He was also principal cellist of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 1940 to 1948 . During the 1940s he turned more and more to conducting. In the summer of 1947 he studied with Pierre Monteux in Hancock and directed radio programs for the CBC such as Les Maîtres de la musique , Images de la Renaissance , Radio-Collège , The Little Symphonies (1948-65), L'Heure du concert , Concerts pour la jeunesse and Les Grands Concerts .

In the 1950s he conducted all of Canada's major symphony orchestras and appeared as a guest conductor in Manchester, Brussels, Lausanne, Lugano, Paris and Turin, among others. In 1961 he succeeded Wilfrid Pelletier as director of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec . From 1967 to 1970 he was General Music Inspector of the Ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec . In 1980 he was appointed a member of the Order of Canada . The oboist and horn player Pierre Rolland was his cousin.

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SURNAME	Leduc, Roland
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Leduc, Joseph Augustin Georges Roland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian cellist, conductor and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	July 25, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH	Montreal
DATE OF DEATH	September 15, 2001
Place of death	Montreal