Jean-Pierre Armengaud (born 17 June 1943) is a French music educator,

musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...

, researcher and pianist.

Career

Armengaud was born in

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, , ; or simply ; ) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population of 147,284 (2020). Its metropolitan area () had 504,157 inhabitants at the 2018 ...

. From 1967 to 1974, he seconded Germaine Arbeau-Bonnefoy in the presentation of the , pedagogical cycles of concerts-lectures given at the

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées () is an entertainment venue standing at 15 avenue Montaigne in Paris. It is situated near Avenue des Champs-Élysées, from which it takes its name. Its eponymous main hall may seat up to 1,905 people, while th ...

.Laurent Herz, ''Les Musigrains, une institution pédagogique et musicale (1939–1986)'', Éditions

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, Paris, 2013 Armengaud is the author of several publications about

Erik Satie Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (born 17 May 18661 July 1925), better known as Erik Satie, was a French composer and pianist. The son of a French father and a British mother, he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, Paris Conservatoire but was an undi ...

Jean Dubuffet Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (; 31 July 1901 – 12 May 1985) was a French Painting, painter and sculpture, sculptor of the School of Paris, École de Paris (School of Paris). His idealistic approach to aesthetics embraced so-called "low art" a ...

Henri Dutilleux Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (; 22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer of late 20th-century classical music. Among the leading French composers of his time, his work was rooted in the Impressionistic style of Debussy and R ...

Edison Denisov Edison Vasilievich Denisov (, 6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in the so-called " Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of Soviet music. Biography Denisov was born in Tomsk, Siberia. He studied math ...

, as well as numerous articles on French music, Russian music, musical creation, pianistic interpretation, and some thirty or so discographic publications (integrals of Satie,

Debussy Achille Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influe ...

Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include mélodie, songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among th ...

, Roussel). Armengaud is director of the University of Évry festival "Les Friches musicales".Evry – Festival Les Friches musicales
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Publications

* "Comment interpréter

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" in ', June 2004 * Study "Pour un nouveau Projet Culturel et Patrimonial de L'Abbaye Royale de

Fontevraud Fontevraud-l'Abbaye () is a commune in the western French department of Maine-et-Loire. It is situated both in the Loire Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site between Chalonnes-sur-Loire and Sully-sur-Loire, and the Loire Anjou Touraine Frenc ...

; éléments pour un contrat d'objectif", September 2004, 35 pages * Publication of a communication on ''Critique et Interprétation d'

'' in ''Cahiers du séminaire inter-arts Paris1-Paris 4'', directed by par Marc Jimenez, 2005 * Preparation of proceedings of the symposium on pianistic interpretation, published in an issue of the ''Cahiers d'esthétique'' (Université de Paris 1) March 2008 * Co-organization of a symposium on

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 ...

''Nouveaux regards, Nouvelles écoutes'' at the University of Évry, 7 and 8 December 2006; realisation of a communication on ''Schumann à travers l'autobiographie inédite de Jean-Bonaventure Laurens'', with an unpublished portrait of Robert Schumann * Publication of a text and a double CD devoted to the piano work of

Albert Roussel Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel (; 5 April 1869 – 23 August 1937) was a French composer. He spent seven years as a midshipman, turned to music as an adult, and became one of the most prominent French composers of the interwar period. His ...

, including the analysis and execution of six unpublished works, Mandala-Harmonia Mundi, November 2006 * Publication of an article on "L'œuvre d'

" in ''La Revue d'Histoire de la

Touraine Touraine (; ) is one of the traditional provinces of France. Its capital was Tours. During the political reorganization of French territory in 1790, Touraine was divided between the departments of Indre-et-Loire, :Loir-et-Cher, Indre and Vien ...

'', March 2007, translated into Italian for the magazine ''Finnegans'', (Lombardy), published in November 2007 * Masterclass for concertists and musicologists at

Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of London, formerly Goldsmiths College, University of London, is a constituent research university of the University of London. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by ...

, Warsaw Academy of Music, Trieste and Rovigo conservatories, Beijin Central Conservatory, The Academy of Music of

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* Numerous conferences/concerts for Universities of the Third Age *

Recordings (selection)

* Quintet version of ''

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'' by Darius Milhaud * Fantasy for violin and piano and ''

Quatuor pour la fin du temps ''Quatuor pour la fin du Temps'' (), originally ''Quatuor de la fin du Temps'' ("''Quartet of the End of Time''"), also known by its English title ''Quartet for the End of Time'', is an eight-movement piece of chamber music by the French composer ...

'' by

Olivier Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithology, ornithologist. One of the major composers of the 20th-century classical music, 20th century, he was also an ou ...

* CD of unedited transcriptions by

Maurice 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 ...

* CD-book of late works for piano by

, written at the time of the meeting with Jean-Joseph Bonaventure Laurens

References

External links

Personal website

on Pianobleu.com

on

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Jean-Pierre Armangaud
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