Roger Boutry

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Roger Boutry

Roger Jean Boutry (27 February 1932 – 7 September 2019)[1] was a French composer and conductor.

Biography

Born in the

composition in 1954 (Tony Aubin's class), Grand prix de Rome in 1954 [3] and finalist at the International Tchaikovsky Competition
in Moscow in 1958.

On his return from the

Concerts Colonne, Orchestre Lamoureux, Pasdeloup Orchestra. Appointed a professor at the Conservatoire, he taught harmony from 1962 to 1997. His students included Claude Pichaureau [nl], Thierry Escaich, Selman Ada, Olivier Chassain, François Weigel, Naji Hakim
etc.

He also taught choral conducting at the Centre national de préparation au CAEM (Paris)[4] 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 Republican Guard 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

Sacem (1970) - Prix de la Fondation Pineau-Chaillou (1971) for Rosaire de Joies, Concerto-Fantaisie, Reflets sur Rome - Grand Prix of the Académie Charles Cros
(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 14th arrondissement of Paris in 2019.

Selected discography

  • Tubacchanale by David Maillot saxhorn and Géraldine Dutroncy,[5] piano at Hybrid'Music (October 2008)
  • Musiques de kiosque with Maurice André (trumpet) 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's Première Suite and Albert Roussel'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 Concert band of the Garde républicaine, Roger Boutry conducting, Corélia 2006 CC 850.
  • French trumpet music with Daniel Doyon[6] and the Brest Fleet Band, Corélia 2005.
  • La clarinette de la Belle Époque, vol. I & Il, piano: Roger Boutry, clarinet: Sylvie Hue, REM (Polygram) 311209 XCD/ 311295 XCD.
  • Breeze on the sea, with clarinettist Sylvie Hue, 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 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[7] and Roger Boutry, Corelia 2011.
  • French Masterworks for bassoon and piano by Laura Bennett Cameron[8] 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

  1. ^ Kubik, Suzana (Sep 7, 2019). "Disparition de Roger Boutry, compositeur et président honoraire de l'Orchestre de la Garde républicaine". France Musique. Retrieved Sep 9, 2019.
  2. ^ "Prix de Rome 1950-1959". www.musimem.com. Retrieved Sep 9, 2019.
  3. ^ "Roger Boutry" in Sax, Mule & Co, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Anagramme Ed., 2004, p. 103
  4. ^ "Centre national de préparation au C.A.E.M., Paris. Historique". www.musimem.com. Retrieved Sep 9, 2019.
  5. ^ Géraldine Dutroncy
  6. ^ Daniel Doyon (BNF)
  7. ^ Émilie Leclercq
  8. ^ "Laura Bennett Cameron". Laura Bennett Cameron. Retrieved Sep 9, 2019.

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