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Jean Francisque-Étienne Martinon (usually known simply as Jean Martinon (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ maʁtinɔ̃]); 10 January 1910  1 March 1976)[1] 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 study under Albert Roussel for composition, under Charles Munch and Roger Désormière for conducting, under Vincent d'Indy for harmony, and under Jules Boucherit for violin. He served in the French army during World War II, and was taken prisoner in 1940, composing works such as Chant des captifs while incarcerated. Among his other compositions are four symphonies, four concertos, additional choral works and chamber music.[2]

After the war, Martinon was appointed conductor of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire of Paris, and, in 1946, of the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine.

On Martinon's first visit to Dublin in March 1946, his interpretation of Debussy's La Mer (the Irish premiere of the work) was described as ‘a musical event of real importance’.[3] The success of that first concert led Radio Éireann (the Irish public broadcasting service) to engage him in the following year to assist in the selection of musicians and the general organisation of the newly constituted Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra. While in Dublin Martinon encouraged the development of Our Lady's Choral Society, he conducted that choir in several important events with the radio orchestra, and he gave master classes in orchestral conducting and in composition in the Summer School of Music.[4]

Other orchestras with which he was associated were the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as music director from 1963 to 1968; the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, the French National Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Concerts Lamoureux and Het Residentie Orkest in The Hague.

Martinon's repertoire focused on the works of early twentieth-century French and Russian composers. The premieres of his violin and cello concertos were given by Henryk Szeryng and Pierre Fournier respectively.

He was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity.[5]

Martinon was diagnosed with bone cancer not long after he guest-conducted the San Francisco Symphony in its first complete performances of Deryck Cooke's completion of Gustav Mahler's tenth symphony.[6] He died in Paris.


Compositions



References


  1. "MusicSack". Retrieved October 9, 2011.
  2. "Jean Martinon (Obituary)". The Musical Times. 117 (1599): 425. May 1976. JSTOR 959281.
  3. "Irish Press", 2, 1 April 1946.
  4. Joe Kehoe, ‘Maestro, Magician, Midwife: Jean Martinon in Dublin,’ in "Notes and Narratives: France and Ireland", Una Hunt and Mary Pierse (eds), (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2015) 199–215.
  5. Delta Omicron Archived 2010-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
  6. San Francisco Chronicle


Cultural offices
Preceded by
Paul Paray
Music Director, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
1957-1959
Succeeded by
Zubin Mehta
Preceded by Principal Conductor, Lamoureux Orchestra
1957-1961
Succeeded by
Preceded by Music Director, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
1963-1969
Succeeded by
Irwin Hoffman
Preceded by
Willem van Otterloo
Principal Conductor, Het Residentie Orkest
1975-1976
Succeeded by

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[de] Jean Martinon

Jean Martinon (* 10. Januar 1910 in Lyon; † 1. März 1976 in Paris) war ein französischer Dirigent und Komponist. Er war der international bedeutendste französische Dirigent der Generation zwischen Pierre Monteux und Pierre Boulez, was unter anderem in seinem Schallplattenvertrag mit EMI zum Ausdruck kam.
- [en] Jean Martinon

[es] Jean Martinon

Jean Martinon (Lyon, 10 de enero de 1910 — París, 1 de marzo de 1976) fue un director de orquesta y compositor francés.

[ru] Мартинон, Жан

Жан Мартинон (фр. Jean Martinon; 10 января 1910, Лион — 1 марта 1976, Париж)[1] — французский дирижёр и композитор.



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