Jean-Claude Malgoire
French oboist and conductor (1940–2018)
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Jean-Claude Malgoire (25 November 1940 – 14 April 2018) was a French oboist and later conductor.
Early life
Malgoire was born on 25 November 1940 in Avignon, France.[1][2][3] His father was a warehousman and mother was born in Italy.[1]
He began his musical journey at the Conservatoire d’Avignon. At 16, he moved to paris and admitted to Paris Conservatory, where he obtained a first prize in oboe and chamber music. After completing his studies, he began his career as an instrumentalist.[4]
Malgoire graduated from the Paris Conservatory.[1][5]
Career
Malgoire began his career as an oboist.[2] He played the cor anglais for the Orchestre de Paris, under the direction of conductor Charles Munch.[2] Over the course of his career, he played for conductors Herbert von Karajan, Georg Solti and Seiji Ozawa.[3] In 1971, he played the cor anglais in Ravel's Piano Concerto alongside pianist Samson François, conducted by André Cluytens.[2] He also played the cor anglais in Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.[2]
Malgoire founded La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy, a period-instrument Baroque music ensemble, in 1966.[1] He played the works of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, André Campra,[1] and Jean-Philippe Rameau. He also founded the Florilegium Musicum de Paris,[6] a medieval music group.[2] In 1972, he joined Ensemble 2e2m founded by Paul Méfano.[2] He was the artistic director of the Atelier lyrique in Tourcoing from 1981 to 2018.[5]
Malgoire was awarded the Victoires de la Musique in 1992.[5]
Awards / Distinctions
Source:[7]
- Gold record in 1986 at Paul Bocuse's restaurant on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy
- Victoires de la musique classique 1993 for the recording of Vivaldi 's Montezuma, Florence Malgoire (solo violin), CD 1992
- Honorary Music Award 2003
Death
Malgoire died on 14 April 2018 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.[1][2][3]
