Guy Dangain (born 12 July 1935) is a French classical

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ist.

Life

Born in

Sains-en-Gohelle Sains-en-Gohelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Sains-en-Gohelle is an ex-coalmining town, nowadays a farming and light industrial commune, northwest of Lens, at the junction o ...

(

Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments of France, with 890, and is the ...

), Dangain, originally from the Pas-de-Calais mining area, began his musical studies in the orchestra of the mining town of Sains-en-Gohelle. From 1951 to 1952, he studied at the

Conservatoire de Lille The Conservatoire de Lille is a music school in Lille, France. Founded in 1803, it was originally set out as a music conservatory, later branching out into theatre and dance in the second half of the 20th century. The conservatory took the place ...

with Edmond Hannart. He then studied with

Ulysse Delécluse Ulysse Delécluse (1907–1995) was a French clarinetist and professor at the Paris Conservatory. Born 22 January 1907 in Pas-de-Calais, he won first prize in clarinet at the conservatory in 1925 and became an orchestral player. He was hired as ...

at the

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, where he obtained a first prize in 1953. As clarinet soloist with the

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1963 to 1993, he performed under the direction of

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, Karl Munchinger,

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and

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. He won the Grand Prix du Disque (

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) for his interpretation of Claude Debussy's ''Rhapsody'', with the

conducted by Jean Martinon. In

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, he played with

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. From 1975 to 2000, as ''professeur de déchiffrage'' of the

, Dangain gave master classes around the world, including the Tchaikovski Conservatory in Moscow, the United States (Los Angeles, Boston, Minneapolis, Cincinnati), China (Beijing, Shanghai, Canton, Hong Kong), Taiwan, Korea and Turkey. He first taught clarinet from 1972 to 1975, and has taught at the

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since 2000. He is the musical director of a

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of scores and educational works published by Billaudot, and is a tester and designer for the wind instrument manufacturer Selmer. Strongly attached to the amateur musical world, he served several years as president of the artistic council of the . In 1992, he helped found the Haut-Bugey Music Festival. He is an officer of the

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and a chevalier of the

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Premieres

* Scores published in his

at éditions Billaudot (unless otherwise specified by the publisher), and which are dedicated to him.

For clarinet only

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: ''Hommage à Klosé'' : Chaconne. cop.1987 * Pierre-Max Dubois: ''10 études transcendantes'' (1976). First audition by Dangain in Tokyo (Japan). * Pierre-Max Dubois: ''Sonate brève''. Premiere by Dangain in Helsinki - éd. Leduc * Sung Ki Kim: ''Monologue for Guy'' - cop. 1992 *

Marcel Mihalovici Marcel Mihalovici (Bucharest, 22 October 1898 – Paris, 12 August 1985) was a French composer born in Romania. He was discovered by George Enescu in Bucharest. He moved to Paris in 1919 (at age 21) to study under Vincent d'Indy. His works include ...

: ''Récit'' (9 February 1973) - cop. 1974 - First audition on September 6, 1973 by Dangain, his dedicatee *

Jean Rivier Alexis Fernand Félix Jean Rivier (21 July 1896 – 6 November 1987) was a French composer of classical music in the neoclassical style. The son of , a co-inventor of Armenian paper, he composed over two hundred works, including music for orche ...

: ''Les trois S : Sillages, Soliloque, Serpentins'' (dedicated to J. Lancelot, G. Dangain, G. Deplus)- éd. Transatlantiques, cop. 1974 * Lucie Robert: ''Dialogues avec soi-même'' - cop. 1981 * Louis Saguer: ''Quatre essais'', éd. Jobert, cop. 1973 *

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: ''Invocations pour Ellora'' (1969). Premiere 4 December 1972 by Dangain at

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Other works

* Alain Bancquart: ''Écorces II'' (1966), for violin, clarinet, horn, piano, premiered by Michèle Boussinot, Dangain, André Fournier, Fabienne fournier at

in 1966. éd. Jobert * Alain Bancquart: ''Possibles'' (1968), for violon, clarinet and piano, créé by Michèle Boussinot, Guy Dangain, Fabienne Fournier à la Société Nationale in 1968. éd. Jobert (private commission) * Jean Bizet: ''Chant de la nuit, pour clarinette et cordes'' - Premiered 17 January 1974, ORTF Chamber Orchestra, conducting by André Girard. * Pierre-Max Dubois: ''Coïncidence'' (clarinet and piano, concours du Conservatoire de Paris). Premiered in Paris by Dangain and A.M. Panhaleux. Leduc * Pierre-Max Dubois: ''Mini-Môme'': three pieces dedicated to Guy Dangain. * Pierre-Max Dubois: ''Beaugency-Concerto'' - Orchestre de chambre de l'ORTF, conducted by Gérard Devos *

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: ''Elégia'', cop.1977; Romance, cop.1981 (clarinet and piano) *

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: ''Trio clarinette, violon et piano'' premiered by Michèle Boussinot, Dangain, Fabienne Fournier *

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: ''Images de Norvège'' (clarinet and piano) - cop. 1980, 1997 *

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: ''Logo I'' (clarinet and piano, 1978–79); ''Logo II'' (clarinet, piano, 4 percussions) Premiere in Boston with members of the National Orchestra - éd. Jobert *

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: ''Sonate for Clarinet and Piano Op. 23''. Premiered 26 August 1980, Oslo - éd. Musikk-Huset A/S, 1981 * Trygve Madsen: ''Concerto Op.40'' - éd. Musikk-Huset A/S, 1986 *

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: ''Parfums d'Orient'' - (clarinet and piano) - cop.2000 *

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: ''Hommage à Kennedy, for baryton and 3 clarinets (cors de basset)'' - Bernard Demigny, baryton; Dangain; Roland Simoncini and Henri Cliquennois ?. 16 March 1967, Radio France.

Publications

* ''À propos de la clarinette'', Billaudot, 1991, 114 pages * ''Prestige de la clarinette'' (in Japanese), ed. Kosei, Japan * ''Debussy et la Rhapsodie pour clarinette'', ''Clarinette magazine'' °10, 3rd Trimester 1986, ; reproduit aussi dans le journal ''Fréquences Selmer'', supplément au n°15, December 2003
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Bibliography

* ''Guy Dangain, chef d'orchestre'', ''Journal de la C.M.F.'' n°469, April 1997, * ''Le clarinettiste Guy Dangain, l'anche de raison'', Éditions Robert Martin: ''Newslettre'' n °11, April 2011 * Christine Bergna, Jack Hurier, J. Spenlehauer, ''Guy Dangain : le Retour aux sources'', ''Journal de la C.M.F.'' n°441, August 1992, * Christine Bergna, Laurence Solnais, ''Guy Dangain : l'effort et la méthode'', ''Journal de la C.M.F.'' n° 448, October 1993, * Jean-Marie Paul, ''Guy Dangain: interview'', ''Clarinette magazine'', n°6, 3rd trimester 1985,

References

External links

Biographie sur site Selmer

Biographie sur site Vandoren

Page on windmusic.org

Henri Tomasi Introduction and Dance Guy Dangain clarinet and Keiko Kurachi, piano
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