Frédéric Lodéon (born 26 January 1952 in the

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) is a contemporary French

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and

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Biography

In 1960, his father, André Lodéon, was appointed director of the School of Music of

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(

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). It was there that the young Frédéric began learning music with the cellist Albert Tétard. Frédéric Lodéon received the first prize of cello at the

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in 1969 (awarded unanimously by the jury). In 1977, he won ''ex-aequo'' the first Mstislav Rostropovich competition. He is the only Frenchman to have won it. Thereafter, he directed several orchestras, among which the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, and the

Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine The ''Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine'' (ONBA) is a French symphony orchestra based in Bordeaux. Its principal concert venue is the ''Palais des sports''. In addition to its regular symphony concerts, the ONBA serves as the accompanying orches ...

. At the beginning of the 1990s, he presented on

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the program ''Musiques, Maestro !'' which wants to make the Orchestre de Paris, the Orchestre National Bordeaux-Aquitaine or the l'Orchestre National de Lyon known to a very large audience. He became famous to the general public by his programs on

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, for which he animated ''

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'' from 1992, as well as ''Les grands concerts de Radio France''. His cheerful tone and his erudition earned him continued success. He also presented the '' Victoires de la musique classique'' on

. In June 2014, his broadcasts are removed from France Inter but ''Carrefour de Lodéon'' is aired on

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. In 2015, he became the godfather of music festival of

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"Classique au large". Frédéric Lodéon is chevalier of the

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and officier of the

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Selected discography

* Cello concertos by

Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist, impresario of Baroque music and Roman Catholic priest. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lif ...

with

Jean-François Paillard Jean-François Paillard (12 April 1928 – 15 April 2013) was a French conductor. He was born in Vitry-le-François and received his musical training at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he won first prize in music history, and the Salzburg Mo ...

* Cello concertos by

Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( ; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

* Cello concertos by

Boccherini Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (, also , ; 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and '' galante'' style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major classic ...

* Cello concertos by

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; ; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic music, Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber ...

* Cello concerto by Lalo * Schumann's Complete Chamber Music (with Jean Hubeau, Jean Moullière, the Via Nova Quartet (

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) * ''L’Épiphanie'' by

André Caplet André Caplet (23 November 1878 – 22 April 1925) was a French composer and conductor of classical music. He was a friend of Claude Debussy and completed the orchestration of several of Debussy's compositions as well as arrangements of severa ...

(Grand Prix of the

Académie Charles-Cros An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

) * Sonatas by

Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...

Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded ...

Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''. , group=n ( – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who l ...

* Trios by Schubert,

Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...

* Trio Op 50 by

Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer during the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular ...

(Grand Prix of the Académie du disque français) * Chamber music by Fauré * ''Carmen'', ''suites n° 1 & 2'' ; ''Symphony n°1 in C major'', by

Georges Bizet Georges Bizet (; 25 October 18383 June 1875) was a French composer of the Romantic music, Romantic era. Best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death, Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, ''Carmen'', w ...

(directed by the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine)

Distinctions

* Chevalier of the

, 2001 * Prix Richelieu 2007 * Commander of the

, 2019

References

External links

Frédéric Lodéon, animateur miélomane
on ''

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Frédéric Lodéon : ''Je suis peut-être un descendant d'Alexandre Dumas''
on France Info *
Frédéric Lodéon's biography
on Valmalette
''Carrefour de Lodéon'' sur France Inter

''Les grands concerts de Radio France'' sur France Inter

''Plaisir d'amour'' sur France Musique

Festival Bach en Drôme

Beethoven Triple Concerto Movt 2-3 Part 3
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