Jacques Grimbert (10 May 1929 – 17 December 2019) was a French conductor and choral conductor.

Biography

After studying western concert flute at the

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, Grimbert integrated the Conservatoire de Paris, where

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and Darius Milhaud were his teachers among others. On

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Grimbert conducted the "La Faluche" students choir, during the 5th Zimriya, a jewish international choir festival in Israel. He was the founder of the Chœur et Orchestre de Paris Sorbonne in 1975, and was the

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of until 2008. His multiple collaborations (

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...) associated with his real desire to transmit to young artists gave rise to vocations, such as those of choral conductors

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, and Denis Rouger. In February 2009, he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur. Grimbert died on 17 December 2019.

References

External links

Jacques Grimberg
on Who's Who
Discography
on Discogs
Henry Purcell : "Hither This Way","Two Shepherdesses" (from King Arthur) - Jacques Grimbert
on YouTube 1929 births 2019 deaths French choral conductors French male conductors (music) Conservatoire de Paris alumni Knights of the Legion of Honour 21st-century French conductors (music) 21st-century French male musicians {{France-conductor-stub