Lucien Martin

Lucien Martin ( * May 30, 1908 in Montreal, † October 20, 1950 ) was a Canadian violinist and conductor.

Martin had first violin lessons from his father, the violinist and violin maker Cyrice Martin. On the recommendation of Claude Champagne he was accepted at the age of seven years in the Conservatoire National du Montreal. He studied violin with Albert Chamberland (1917-1920), Alfred De Sève (1920-1923) and Camille Couture (1923-1925) and harmony with Georges -Émile Tanguay.

From 1925 to 1928, he appeared in numerous cities in the United States, after which he continued his studies with Camille Couture continues. In 1931 he won the Prix d'Europe and spent two years studying with Maurice Hayot in France. Upon his return to Canada, he was a violinist at the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (CSM ) and appeared as a soloist in Montreal and Quebec as well as in radio broadcasts. With the CSM he performed Max Bruch's First Violin Concerto in 1935.

After another visit to Paris, where he studied with George Enescu, Martin was 1937/1938 Second Violinist in the Dubois String Quartet. In addition, he devoted himself increasingly to the broadcast work, including in the series Les Joyeux Troubadours of the CBC, and appeared as a conductor. Among other things, he performed in Henri Miro's Scènes Moorish Women Delorimier Stadium.

His only published composition La Chanson des belles to a text by Tristan Klingsor was premiered by Jeanne Desjardins in the CBC broadcast Sérénade pour cordes.

• Conductor
• Classical violinist
• Canadian
• Born in 1908
• Died in 1950
• Man