Pascal Vigneron (born 23 June 1963) is a French classical musician, both

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standar ...

er,

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists. In addition, an organist may accompany congregational ...

, and

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Life

Born in

Commercy Commercy () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The 18th-century Lorraine historian Nicolas Luton Durival (1713–1795) was born in Commercy. History Commercy dates back to the 9th century, and at that ti ...

(

Lorraine Lorraine , also , , ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; german: Lothringen ; lb, Loutrengen; nl, Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of G ...

), Vigneron's genealogy goes back to 1841, when his ancestors lived in the town of

Bruley Bruley () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France. Bruley is notable for its wine production. Population Personalities * Jean-Baptiste Vatelot (1688 – 1748), the canon who founded the Sisters of the Chri ...

. He has been a professor at the

École normale de musique de Paris The École Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot" (ENMP) is a leading conservatoire located in Paris, Île-de-France, France. At the time of the school's foundation in 1919 by Auguste Mangeot, Alfred Cortot. The term ''école normale'' (En ...

from 1999 to 2007 and is the initiator and artistic director of the Bach Festival of Toul founded in 2010.

Trumpet

Heir to the tradition of the French Trumpet School bequeathed by his masters Roger Delmotte and Marcel Lagorce, his objective was to make this instrument known through original works from

Renaissance music Renaissance music is traditionally understood to cover European music of the 15th and 16th centuries, later than the Renaissance era as it is understood in other disciplines. Rather than starting from the early 14th-century '' ars nova'', the T ...

to the present day. Pedagogue, musicologist, passionate about art and instrumental making, he has been a privileged collaborator of the Selmer company for 20 years (http://www.selmer.fr).

Organist

Vigneron was a pupil of Jacques Marichal (organist at the

Notre-Dame de Paris Notre-Dame de Paris (; meaning "Our Lady of Paris"), referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (an island in the Seine River), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. The cathedral, dedicated to th ...

cathedral). In 2005, after a work of more than four years, he published Bach's ''

The Art of Fugue ''The Art of Fugue'', or ''The Art of the Fugue'' (german: Die Kunst der Fuge, links=no), BWV 1080, is an incomplete musical work of unspecified instrumentation by Johann Sebastian Bach. Written in the last decade of his life, ''The Art of F ...

'' with a new instrumentation, for brass, woodwind and organ according to the order of

Jacques Chailley Jacques Chailley (24 March 1910 – 21 January 1999) was a French musicologist and composer. Alain Lompech, "Jacques Chailley, musicologue-praticien et infatigable chercheur", ''Consociatio internationalis musicæ sacræ, Musicæ sacræ ministeriu ...

. As an organist, he has recorded Bach's ''

Well Tempered Clavier ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'', BWV 846–893, consists of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the composer's time, ''clavier'', meaning keyboard, referred to a variety of ins ...

'' with Dimitri Vassilakis and Christine Auger. In 2008, he also recorded '' the Goldberg Variations'' on the Gran
Kurt Schwenkedel
Organ of the

Toul cathedral Toul Cathedral (''Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Toul'') is a Roman Catholic church in Toul, Lorraine, France. It is a classic example of late Gothic architecture in the Flamboyant style. The cathedral has one of the biggest cloisters in France. T ...

and a new setting of ''

The Musical Offering ''The Musical Offering'' (German: or ), BWV 1079, is a collection of keyboard canons and fugues and other pieces of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, all based on a single musical theme given to him by Frederick the Great (King Frederick II of Pr ...

'' BWV 1079.

Conductor

Vigneron is the conductor of the Orchestre de chambre du Marais. He has conducted Brahms' ''

Ein deutsches Requiem ''A German Requiem, to Words of the Holy Scriptures'', Op. 45 (german: Ein deutsches Requiem, nach Worten der heiligen Schrift, links=no) by Johannes Brahms, is a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, a soprano and a baritone soloist, com ...

'', the great lyrical works of

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

, Berlioz' ''

Symphonie fantastique ' (''Fantastical Symphony: Episode in the Life of an Artist … in Five Sections'') Op. 14, is a program symphony written by the French composer Hector Berlioz in 1830. It is an important piece of the early Romantic period. The first performanc ...

'', Stravinsky's ''

L'Histoire du soldat ' (''The Soldier's Tale'') is a theatrical work "to be read, played, and danced" () by three actors and one or several dancers, accompanied by a septet of instruments. Conceived by Igor Stravinsky and Swiss writer C. F. Ramuz, the piece was based ...

'' with Hae Sun Kang, Dimitri Vassilakis,

André Isoir André Jean-Marie Isoir (20 July 1935 – 20 July 2016) was a French organist and pedagogue. Biography André Isoir was born in 1935 in Saint-Dizier in Grand Est, France. Isoir studied with Édouard Souberbielle (organ) and Germaine Mounier ( ...

, Michel Chapuis, François Castang, Monique Zanetti, Jérôme Correas, Kun Woo Paik, Sergei Edelmann, Sylvie Hue as soloists... He has recorded Vivaldi's ''

Four seasons The Four Seasons, originally referring to the traditional seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter (typical of a temperate climate), may refer to: Music * ''The Four Seasons'' (Vivaldi), a 1725 set of four violin concertos by Antonio Viv ...

'' with

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as solo violinist. He has to his credit more than 28 recordings: the complete work with trumpet by

Jean Langlais Jean François-Hyacinthe Langlais III (15 February 1907 – 8 May 1991) was a French composer of modern classical music, organist, and improviser. He described himself as "" ("Breton, of Catholic faith"). Biography Langlais was born in La F ...

, the complete ''chorals'' by

Johann Ludwig Krebs Johann Ludwig Krebs (baptized 12 October 1713 – 1 January 1780) was a German Baroque musician and composer for the pipe organ, harpsichord, other instruments and orchestras. His output also included chamber music, choral works and concertos. ...

, the trumpet concertos by

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

Hummel Hummel may refer to: People * Hummel (surname), origin and list of people with the surname Hummel Companies * Hummel International, a Denmark-based sporting goods and apparel company * Hummel figurines * Hummel Aviation, American aircraft man ...

Telemann Georg Philipp Telemann (; – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hi ...

, numerous baroque pieces including the Concertos for organ Op. 4 by

Haendel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his training i ...

with Michel Chapuis. New works are dedicated to him: pieces by Pierre Jansen (Grand Prix symphonique of the Sacem), Antoine Tisné, Pierre-Yves Level,

Pierre Lantier Pierre Lantier (30 April 1910 – 4 April 1998) was a French composer and pianist, and the husband of fellow composer Paule Maurice. Born in Marseilles, Lantier was affiliated with the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1937, he won the prestigious Prix d ...

. He also recorded the ''Paraphrases sur Les Jours de l'Apocalypse'' after

Armel Guerne Armel may refer to: *Armel, Virginia, unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia, United States * Saint Armel, early 6th century Breton holy man * Armel, a member of the Wu-Tang Clan affiliates *ARM architecture ARM (stylised i ...

's poems (Éditions du Zodiaque, 1967), with

Marie-Christine Barrault Marie-Christine Barrault (born 21 March 1944) is a French actress. She is best known for her performance in '' Cousin Cousine'' (1975) for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2010, she released her autobiography, ti ...

. They also inaugurated together the Saint-Étienne cathedral of Toul on 20 September 2008 with more than 1200 people attending.

Other activities

Vigneron masters digital audio and video techniques. In this capacity he was artistic director of the Orchestre national d'Île-de-France conducted by

Yoel Levi Yoel Levi (Hebrew: יואל לוי) (born 16 August 1950) is an Israeli musician and conductor. Early life Born in Romania, Levi grew up in Israel. He studied at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music, receiving a Master of Arts degree with distinction. ...

, for the complete

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Second Piano Concerto ...

's symphonies. Director of the Quantum classic label, he has been

artistic director An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the ...

of the Bach festival of Toul since 2010.

Discography

;Johann Sebastian Bach *''The Art of fugue BWV 1080 pour cuivres, bois et orgue'' (Ordonnance des Fugues Jacques Chailley - setting Pascal Vigneron) *Johann Sebatian Bach, ''The well-tempered clavier'', vol.I and II, Recording with the three required instruments (organ, piano, harpsichord) tuned to the temperament Werckmeister III with Dimitri Vassilakis and Christine Auger, recording prefaced by Michel Chapuis and Gilles Cantagrel *Johann Sebastian Bach's '' The Goldberg Variations'' first critical recording with the three keyboard instruments - Pascal Vigneron, organ, Dimitri Vassilakis, piano and Christine Auger, harpsichord. *Johann Sebastian Bach's ''

'', Pascal Vigneron, "Curt Schwenkedel" organ of the Temple de l'Annonciation of Paris Soloists of the Orchestre de Chambre du Marais, Pascal Vigneron's brass ensemble. *Johann Sebastian Bach's ''Les Arias pour Mezzo-Soprano et instruments obligés'', Pascal Vigneron, "Curt Schwenkedel" organ of the Temple de l'Annonciation of Paris, Anne Maugard, mezzo-soprano, Vinh Pham, violin, Patricia Nagle, flute, Pierre Makareenko, oboe. *Johann Sebastian Bach, ''Partitas I-II-III'', Pascal Vigneron, organ Curt Schwenkedel du Temple de l'Annonciation de Paris, de la Cathédrale de Toul et de l'église d'Arques-la-Bataille *Johann Sebastian Bach, Transcriptions for

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

and piano, Preludes Chorales, Sonatas and Arias *Johann Sebastian Bach's Suites for Cello, transcribed for four-piston flugelhorn ;Jean-Baptiste Nôtre *

Jean-Baptiste Nôtre Jean-Baptiste Nôtre (4 September 1732 – 20 February 1807) was a French composer and organist. Biography Born in Toul, Jean-Baptiste Nôtre's father, Jacob Notter, from Mels near Sargans in Switzerland, married in Toul in 1721 and settled th ...

, ''Le Livre d'orgue'', first world recording ;Antonio Vivaldi *Antonio Vivaldi's '' The four seasons'', Frédéric Pelassy, violin - Orchestre de Chambre du Marais - P.Vigneron ;Baroque and classical musics *Georg Friedrich Haendel's ''Concertos for Organ and Orchestra'', Michel Chapuis, Organ, Orchestre du Marais, Pascal Vigneron *''Les Grands Concertos pour Trompette'': Haendel, Telemann, Mozart, Haydn, Hummel with the Prague Chamber Orchestra *Various recordings with organ with Pierre Méa, Vincent Warnier, Jacques Amade,Jacques Amade
on Bach Cantatas Website Jean-Paul Imbert, Michael Matthes, etc. *Several recitals of Italian, English, German music *Johann Ludwig Krebs: ''Intégrale des chorals pour trompette et orgue'' (world premiere) *''L’Art du Cantus Firmus vol.1&2, Bach, Précurseurs, Contemporains et Élèves'' ;French music of the 20th and 21st centuries, including several dedicated creations: *Jacques Chailley, Pierre Jansen, Antoine Tisné, Pierre Yves Level,

Marcel Landowski Marcel François Paul Landowski (18 February 1915 – 23 December 1999) was a French composer, biographer and arts administrator. Biography Born at Pont-l'Abbé, Finistère, Brittany, he was the son of French sculptor Paul Landowski and g ...

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 Henri Rivier, a co-inventor of Armenian paper, he composed over two hundred works, including m ...

André Jolivet André Jolivet (; 8 August 1905 – 20 December 1974) was a French composer. Known for his devotion to French culture and musical thought, Jolivet drew on his interest in acoustics and atonality, as well as both ancient and modern musical infl ...

, Pierre Ancelin (with organ) *Jean Aubain,

, Georges Enesco,

Jean Hubeau Jean Hubeau (22 June 191719 August 1992) was a French pianist, composer and pedagogue known especially for his recordings of Gabriel Fauré, Robert Schumann and Paul Dukas, which are recognized as benchmark versions. Biography Admitted at th ...

Florent Schmitt Florent Schmitt (; 28 September 187017 August 1958) was a French composer. He was part of the group known as Les Apaches. His most famous pieces are ''La tragédie de Salome'' and ''Psaume XLVII'' ( Psalm 47). He has been described as "one of th ...

(with piano) *

, complete works for trumpet and organ *Paraphrases on ''Les Jours de l'Apocalypse'' after Armel Guerne's poems with

. ; *''L'Anthologie du cornet à pistons'', first volume in 2007, out of twenty volumes planned (world premiere) ;Pascal Vigneron's Brass ensemble *''L'Europe des Cuivres, Bach, Gabrielli, Purcell, Lejeune, ... ''.

References

External links

Official websiteFestival Bach de Toul
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