Bernard Gavoty

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Bernard Georges-Marie Gavoty (2 April 1908 – 24 October 1981) was a 20th-century French

music critic and talk show
host.

Biography

Bernard Gavoty was born in 1908 to Raymond Gavoty (a deputy of the Var department; 11 March 1866 - 20 January 1937 in Paris) and Geneviève Magimel (9 October 1875 in Paris - 17 October 1946 ibid.) in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.

After being a pupil of Louis Vierne, Bernard Gavoty entered the Conservatoire de Paris where his classmates for the organ included Denise Launay, Michel Boulnois, Antoine Reboulot, Félicien Wolff and Jean-Jacques Grunenwald.

He held a special place there among the students of

Eugénie
.

In 1942, he was appointed the titular organist of the grand organ of the

Église Saint-Louis des Invalides which he in 1955 had rebuilt by the Beuchet-Debierre [fr] company in the neoclassical style. In the 1950s and 1960s, he frequently appeared on the single television channel to discuss classical music.[1][2] In 1976, he was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, succeeding Julien Cain
in the free members section.

He was also an agricultural engineer, having graduated from the

côtes de Provence.[3][4][5]

Personal life

In 1944, Bernard Gavoty married Victoire Vignon (1916-2003) with whom he had two daughters: Marie-Ange (born 1945) and Cécile (born 1949).

Gavoty passed away in the autumn of 1981 in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.

Bibliography

Discography

Theatre

References

  1. ^ See for example the interview with Maria Callas by Bernard Gavoty on Dailymotion in 1965 (accessdate 26 July 2017) or else on the website of the INA.
  2. ^ Au cœur de la musique
  3. ^ NOTICE SUR LA VIE ET LES TRAVAUX DE M. Bernard GAVOTY, accessdate 27 July 2017
  4. ^ "Domaine Gavoty". Archived from the original on 2016-12-25. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  5. ^ Domaine Gavoty on Le Figaro

External links

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