Daniel Chabrun (26 January 1925 – 12 December 2006) was a French
conductor
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Music
* Conductor (music), a person who leads a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra.
* ''Conductor'' (album), an album by indie rock band The Comas
* Conduction, a type of structured free improvisation ...
.
Life
Born in Mayenne, Chabrun pursued both graduate studies in literature and music under the direction of
Yves Nat
Yves Philippe Avit Nat (29 December 1890 – 31 August 1956) was a French pianist and composer.
Biography
Nat was born in Béziers and showed an early aptitude for both piano and composition. By the age of seven he was allowed to improvise each ...
Fernand Lamy
Fernand Lamy (8 April 1881 – 18 September 1966) was a French composer, music teacher, conductor and choral conductor.
(
harmony
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,
counterpoint
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, and
fugue
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conducting
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). In 1954, he won a first prize in conducting at the Conservatoire de Paris.
Chabrun is Officier of the
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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and Commander of the
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.
He died in the
Val-de-Grâce
The (' or ') was a military hospital located at in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was closed as a hospital in 2016.
History
The church of the was built by order of Queen Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII. After the birth of h ...
in Paris at age 81 and is buried in the family vault in
Crémieu
Crémieu () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. This small medieval village of 3,375 inhabitants (2019) hosts a celebration called "Les Médiévales" every year in September, which reconstitutes the lifestyle of the Mi ...
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Isère
Isère ( , ; frp, Isera; oc, Isèra, ) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.Selected discography on Discogs Obituary on '' Le Monde''
Obituary in ''
Libération
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