Bernard Tétu (born 1944) is a French
choir
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and orchestra
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. He regularly conducts numerous
symphony orchestra
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and ensembles of
contemporary
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and
early music
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: the Orchestre de Bordeaux, the
Orchestre National de Lyon
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, the Orchestras of Auvergne, Brittany and Provence-Côte d'Azur,
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, the Orchestra of the
Opéra national de Lorraine
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, the Philharmonie de Lorraine... He has also conducted orchestras abroad.
In 1979, he founded the Chorus of the
Orchestre national de Lyon
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and conducted the professional vocal ensemble Les Solistes de Lyon.
Les Solistes de Lyon
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, Groupe vocal de France…).
He has recorded more than thirty-five CDs and in particular made the world's first recordings of Gabriel Fauré
Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. ...
's ''La Naissance de Vénus'', and Felix Mendelssohn
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's ''Athalie''.
Tétu has brought to light many unpublished works of early and contemporary music. After the first auditions of Purcell's ''King Arthur
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'' and of the ''Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
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'', he is responsible for the restitution and first recordings of works by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (; 1643 – 24 February 1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. One of his most famous works is the main theme from the prelude of his ''Te Deum'' ''H.146, Marche en rondeau''. This theme is st ...
and Marc'Antonio Ingegneri
Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (also spelled Ingegnieri, Ingignieri, Ingignero, Inzegneri) (c. 1535 or 1536 – 1 July 1592) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance. He was born in Verona and died in Cremona. Even though he spent most of his life ...
, as well as the premieres of works by Antoine Duhamel
Antoine Duhamel (30 July 1925 – 11 September 2014) was a French composer, orchestra conductor and music teacher.
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Born in Valmondois in the Val-d'Oise département of France, Antoine Duhamel was one of the three sons of the Fren ...
, Gilbert Amy
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Born in Paris, Amy entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1954, where he was taught and influenced by Olivier Messiaen and Darius Milhaud and studied piano with Yvonne ...
, Mauricio Kagel
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, Maurice Ohana
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Ohana was born in Casa ...
, Jean Françaix
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, Philippe Hersant
Philippe Hersant (born 21 June 1948 in Rome) is a French composer. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris.
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:: Hersant's works are largely published by Éditions Durand.
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* ''Le Château des Carpathes (opera), Le Châtea ...
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He regularly participates in international competition juries. At the he has created the first class in France for the training of professional choral conductors: about sixty choral conductors from his class are currently posted in France or abroad.
Tétu is Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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, a member of the Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts of Lyon
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.
References
External links
Official website
Presentation
on Agence DaCapo
Bernard Tétu
on BnF
Bernard Tétu
(YouTube)
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1944 births
Living people
French male conductors (music)
French choral conductors
Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
20th-century French conductors (music)
21st-century French conductors (music)
20th-century French male musicians
21st-century French male musicians