Roger Jean Boutry (27 February 1932 – 7 September 2019) was a French composer and

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Biography

Born in the

10th arrondissement of Paris The 10th arrondissement of Paris (''Xe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, the arrondissement is referred to as ''le dixième'' (; "the tenth", formally ''l ...

, he resided in Paris. A virtuoso pianist, renowned and internationally recognized conductor, ingenious and elegant arranger, accomplished composer, Boutry was born of musician parents, native of

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, (mother pianist and singer, father solo

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at the

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of which he was one of the founders with Ingelbrecht). While continuing his secondary studies at

Lycée Chaptal The Lycée Chaptal, formerly the Collège Chaptal, is a large secondary school in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, named after Jean-Antoine Chaptal, with about 2,000 pupils. It was taken over by the City of Paris in 1848 after the founder ran into ...

, he was admitted in 1944 to the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ...

where he won several first prizes: solfege in 1944 ( Lucette Descaves's class), piano: 1st appointed in 1948 ( Jean Doyen's class),

harmony In music, harmony is the concept of combining different sounds in order to create new, distinct musical ideas. Theories of harmony seek to describe or explain the effects created by distinct pitches or tones coinciding with one another; harm ...

in 1949 ( Henri Challan's class),

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in 1949 (P. Pasquien's class), piano accompaniment in 1950 (

Nadia Boulanger Juliette Nadia Boulanger (; 16 September 188722 October 1979) was a French music teacher, conductor and composer. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and organis ...

's class),

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and

counterpoint In music theory, counterpoint is the relationship of two or more simultaneous musical lines (also called voices) that are harmonically dependent on each other, yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. The term originates from the Latin ...

in 1951 (

Noël Gallon Noël Jean-Charles André Gallon (; 11 September 1891 – 26 December 1966) was a French composer and music educator. His compositional output includes several choral works and vocal art songs, 10 preludes, a ''Toccata'' for piano, a ''Sona ...

's class),

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: 1st appointed in 1953 (

Louis Fourestier Louis (Félix André) Fourestier (31 May 1892 – 30 September 1976) was a French conductor, composer and pedagogue, and was one of the founders of the Orchestre Symphonique de Paris. Early years, compositions and prizes Fourestier was born in Mo ...

's class),

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in 1954 (

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's class),

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in 1954 and finalist at the

International Tchaikovsky Competition The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia, for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 32 years of age and singers between 19 and 32 years of ...

in Moscow in 1958. On his return from the

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, he did his military service first in Grenoble with the 6th Battalion of the Alpine Chasseurs and then during two years in Grande Kabylie. On his return from Algeria in 1962, he began an international concert career in the USA, USSR, Australia, Japan... and played under the direction of the most eminent conductors:

André Cluytens Augustin Zulma Alphonse "André" Cluytens (, ; 26 March 19053 June 1967)Baeck E. ''André Cluytens: Itinéraire d’un chef d’orchestre.'' Editions Mardaga, Wavre, 2009. was a Belgian-born French conducting, conductor who was active in the conce ...

Pierre Dervaux Pierre Dervaux (born 3 January 1917 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, France; died 20 February 1992 in Marseilles, France) was a French operatic conductor (music), conductor, composer, and pedagogue. At the Conservatoire de Paris, he studied counterpoint and ha ...

, Ingelbrecht,

Jean Martinon Jean Francisque-Étienne Martinon (also known as Jean Martinon (); 10 January 19101 March 1976) was a French conductor and composer. Biography Martinon was born in Lyon, where he began his education, going on to the Conservatoire de Paris to ...

Pierre Monteux Pierre Benjamin Monteux (; 4 April 18751 July 1964) was a French (later American) conductor. After violin and viola studies, and a decade as an orchestral player and occasional conductor, he began to receive regular conducting engagements in 1 ...

... As a conductor, he began his career with the

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Orchestra, then conducted the orchestras of the Brussels R.A.T.B., the Rome R.A.I., the

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Orchestre Lamoureux The Orchestre Lamoureux () officially known as the Société des Nouveaux-Concerts and also known as the Concerts Lamoureux) is an orchestral concert society which once gave weekly concerts by its own orchestra, founded in Paris by Charles Lamoure ...

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. Appointed a professor at the Conservatoire, he taught harmony from 1962 to 1997. His students included ,

Thierry Escaich Thierry Joseph-Louis Escaich (born 8 May 1965) is a French organist and composer. Life Born in Nogent-sur-Marne, Escaich studied organ, improvisation and composition at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP), where he won eight First Prizes a ...

Selman Ada Selman Ada (born February 24, 1953, Ceyhan) is a Turkish composer, conductor and pianist. When he started to conduct the Istanbul Opera Orchestra in 1973 at the age of 20, he went down in history as “the youngest opera conductor in the world” ...

, Olivier Chassain,

François Weigel François Weigel (born 1964, Trier, West Germany) is a French pianist, conductor and composer. Biography Weigel began piano studies at age four. At age 12, he played organ and conducted a choir which performed his own works. In 1979, he entere ...

Naji Hakim Naji Subhy Paul Irénée Hakim (Arabic: ''ناجي صبحي حكيم'' 'Naji Sobhi Hakim'' born 31 October 1955) is a Franco-Lebanese organist, composer, and improviser. He studied the organ under Jean Langlais at the Conservatoire de Paris, ...

etc. He also taught choral conducting at the Centre national de préparation au CAEM (Paris) from 1965 to 1970, and from 1963 he was in charge of preparing the writing tests for the recruitment competitions for army music conductors. In January 1973, after a competition on title, he was appointed music director of the

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and thus conducted the harmony orchestra, symphony orchestra, string orchestra and chamber music ensembles until February 1997. First military band leader to hold the rank of colonel, he was appointed honorary president of the

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. Grand Prix Musical of the Ville de Paris (1963) for the ''Rosaire de Joies'' - of the

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(Académie des Beaux Arts) (1967) for the Concerto for Orchestra - Grand Prix de la Promotion Symphonique of the

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(1970) - Prix de la Fondation Pineau-Chaillou (1971) for ''Rosaire de Joies'', ''Concerto-Fantaisie'', ''Reflets sur Rome'' - Grand Prix of the

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(1974) for the record "les Chefs d’œuvres de la musique russe" - Prix Sacem (Pierre and Germaine Labole) (1979) for the whole of his work for harmony orchestra. He died in the

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in 2019.

Selected discography

* ''Tubacchanale'' by David Maillot

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and Géraldine Dutroncy, piano at Hybrid'Music (October 2008) * ''Musiques de kiosque'' with

Maurice André Maurice André (21 May 1933 – 25 February 2012) was a French trumpeter, active in the classical music field. He was professor of trumpet at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris where he introduced the teaching of the pic ...

(

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) and the orchestre de la Garde républicaine (conductor Roger Boutry). * ''Tableaux symphoniques pour orchestre'', by Boutry, LP Versailles VER 35002 (1985) (but still analogic), with, as a program complement,

Jean-Joseph Mouret Jean-Joseph Mouret (11 April 1682 in Avignon – 10 December 1738 in Charenton-le-Pont) was a French composer whose dramatic works made him one of the leading exponents of Baroque music in his country. Even though most of his works are rarely per ...

's ''Première Suite'' and

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 ...

's ''Petite Suite''. As organist, Hakim Naji. Boutry Conducting the Orchestre symphonique de la Garde républicaine. * ''Festival'' for clarinet quartet by the Edison Clarinets Quartet, Corelia 1998 CC 875. * Boutry, ''Orchestral works'' (Ikiriu Yorokobi, Tétrade, Wu-Ji, Fête, Concerto for trumpet, Alternances, Chants de l'Apocalypse) by the

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of the Garde républicaine, Roger Boutry conducting, Corélia 2006 CC 850. * French trumpet music with Daniel Doyon and the Brest Fleet Band, Corélia 2005. * ''La clarinette de la Belle Époque'', vol. I & Il, piano: Roger Boutry, clarinet:

Sylvie Hue Sylvie Hue is a French classical clarinetist. Biography After having pursued musical and literary studies at the Paris 12 Val de Marne University and at the Conservatoire de Paris, this student of Guy Deplus and Christian Lardé obtained a Fi ...

, REM (Polygram) 311209 XCD/ 311295 XCD. * ''Breeze on the sea'', with clarinettist

, Édition Syrius (Coda) Syr 141349. * ''Songe, sonates et croquis'' (including the ''Sonate pour violon seul'', in three movements, dedicated to painter Paul Ambille), with

Alexis Galpérine Alexis Galpérine (born 1955) is a French classical violinist. Career Born in Paris, Galpérine studied at the Conservatoire de Paris and the Juilliard School in New York. His principal masters were Roland Charmy, Ivan Galamian and Henryk Szery ...

and Roger Boutry, L'algarade 2008. * Concert pour l'année Honnorat with the Cité internationale Orchestra, Adrian McDonnell conducting, L'algarade 2011. * ''Az'art'', with Émilie Leclercq and Roger Boutry, Corelia 2011. * French Masterworks for bassoon and piano by Laura Bennett Cameron bassoon and Roger Boutry piano, works by Boutry, Ibert, Debussy, Fauré, Vidal, Pierné, Damase, Dutilleux, and Fauré at Idésens 2016. * ''Evocations'', Musique Royale des Guides Belges, conducting and piano Roger Boutry, Robert Martin CD 076 (''Variations sur un thème Imaginaire, Évocations, Trombonera, Éclats d'Azur, Métachrome'')

References

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Discography
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