Fernand Oubradous

Fernand Oubradous ( born February 12, 1903 in Paris, † January 6, 1986 ibid ) was a French composer, bassoonist and music teacher.

The son of a bassoonist studying at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he won a first place in the bassoon. In 1927 he founded with Myrtil Morel, the Solooboisten the Concerts Colonne, and Pierre Lefebvre, the principal clarinet of the Concerts Lamoureux, the trio d' anches de Paris, for his first concert Henri Martelli composed a piece. The group has performed throughout France, Switzerland and Germany and gave the world premiere of works by the composer Albert Roussel, Darius Milhaud, Jacques Ibert, Reynaldo Hahn, Pierre- Octave Ferroud, Georges Auric, Henry Barraud and Daniel Lesur.

1934 has been principal bassoonist of the Oubradous Concerts Walter Straram and the Orchestre National de la Radio Diffusion francaise, 1935, the Orchestra of the Paris Opera and in 1936 the lSociété des Concerts du Conservatoire.

From 1944 to 1969 Oubradous taught chamber music at the Conservatoire de Paris, next to 1954-1958 also at the Mozarteum in Salzburg .. He was from 1944 to 1979 chief conductor of the Association des Concerts de Chambre de Paris. In 1959 he founded the Académie Internationale d' été de Nice, which he was president until his death.

Oubradous was honored as an Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the Ordre des Arts et Lettres and officer of the Ordre du Mérite. His recordings of Weber and Mozart's bassoon concertos he received in 1938 and 1939 the Grand Prix du Disque.

He composed works for wind ensembles in different occupation of chamber music, pieces for flute, harp and cello, an overture for large orchestra and orchestration of Johann Sebastian Bach's Musical Offering. He also published a collection of classical and contemporary French music.

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