Jean-Claude Malgoire

Malgoire in 2015

Jean-Claude Malgoire (25 November 1940 – 14 April 2018) was a French oboist and later conductor.

Early life

Malgoire was born on 25 November 1940 in Avignon, France.[1][2][3] His father was a warehousman and mother was born in Italy.[1]

He began his musical journey at the Conservatoire d’Avignon. At 16, he moved to paris and admitted to Paris Conservatory, where he obtained a first prize in oboe and chamber music. After completing his studies, he began his career as an instrumentalist.[4]

Malgoire graduated from the Paris Conservatory.[1][5]

Career

Malgoire began his career as an oboist.[2] He played the cor anglais for the Orchestre de Paris, under the direction of conductor Charles Munch.[2] Over the course of his career, he played for conductors Herbert von Karajan, Georg Solti and Seiji Ozawa.[3] In 1971, he played the cor anglais in Ravel's Piano Concerto alongside pianist Samson François, conducted by André Cluytens.[2] He also played the cor anglais in Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.[2]

Malgoire founded La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy, a period-instrument Baroque music ensemble, in 1966.[1] He played the works of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, André Campra,[1] and Jean-Philippe Rameau. He also founded the Florilegium Musicum de Paris,[6] a medieval music group.[2] In 1972, he joined Ensemble 2e2m founded by Paul Méfano.[2] He was the artistic director of the Atelier lyrique in Tourcoing from 1981 to 2018.[5]

Malgoire was awarded the Victoires de la Musique in 1992.[5]

Awards / Distinctions

Source:[7]

  • Gold record in 1986 at Paul Bocuse's restaurant on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy
  • Victoires de la musique classique 1993 for the recording of Vivaldi 's Montezuma, Florence Malgoire (solo violin), CD 1992
  • Honorary Music Award 2003

Death

Malgoire died on 14 April 2018 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Talabot, Jean (14 April 2018). "Mort du chef d'orchestre Jean-Claude Malgoire, maître du baroque". Le Figaro. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Machart, Renaud (14 April 2018). "Jean-Claude Malgoire, hautboïste et chef d'orchestre, est mort". Le Monde. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 de Laleu, Aliette (14 April 2018). "Jean-Claude Malgoire, roy de la musique, est mort". France Musique. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres» Blog Archive » Remise des insignes d'Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres à Jean-Calude Malgoire" (in French). Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  5. 1 2 3 "Le chef d'orchestre Jean-Claude Malgoire est mort". Télérama. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  6. ↑ Discography of the Florilegium Musicum De Paris on Discogs
  7. ↑ "Jean-Claude Malgoire (Conductor) - Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 2026-01-07.

Further reading

  • Schaefer-Kasriel, Virginie (2005). Jean-Claude Malgoire : 50 ans de musiques et d'aventure. Lyon: Symétrie. ISBN 9782914373180. OCLC 420730406.
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