Jeanine Rueff

Jeanine Rueff ( born February 5, 1922 in Paris, † September 1999 ibid ) was a French composer.

Rueff studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Tony Aubin, Henri Challan, Jean and Noël Gallon and Henri Busser. In 1948 she won behind Odette Gartenlaub the First Second Grand Prix de Rome.

They worked from 1950 as a companion to the saxophone class of Marcel Mule and in the clarinet class of Ulysse Delécluse at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1960 she was a teacher here for solfege, from 1977 to 1988 she taught harmony. Her most famous student was Jean -Michel Jarre.

1945 Rueff was honored for her work, marked by Jazz Piano Quintet with the Prix Favareille - Chailley - Richez. They also composed the chamber opera Le Femme d' Enée (1954 ), a concerto en quatuor for four saxophones and a Symphonietta (1956).

The ensemble Saxallegro ( with Hannes Kawrza, saxophone, and Florian Pagitsch, organ) played her Chanson et Passepied one together with works by Eugène Bozza, Pierre -Max Dubois and Jacques Ibert on CD in 1997. 1999 was her Concert Pieces for Bass Trombone on the program of the Concours International de Trombone in Guebwiller.

Rueff was buried on 22 September 1999. The saxophone quartet Ledieu was in 2000 in her memory a concert where performed it part of their Concert en quatuor.