Maurice Vieux

Maurice Vieux Edgard ( born April 14, 1884 in Savy - Berlette at Valenciennes, † April 28, 1951 in Paris) was a French violist and composer and professor of viola at the Paris Conservatory.

The study of the viola with Théophile Laforge, the first professor of viola at the Paris Conservatory, graduating in 1902 from Maurice Vieux with a first prize. Subsequently, he was from 1907 to 1949 first violist at the Paris Opera and the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, now Orchestre de Paris. In 1918, after the death of Laforge, he received the Professor of viola at the Conservatory.

Among the compositions of Vieux are especially his " 20 Etudes for Viola " ( Vingt Études pour Alto) become known, which appeared in 1927 at the Éditions Alphonse Leduc. In addition, numerous compositions for viola him were dedicated, including by Max Bruch ( Romance for Viola and Orchestra, Op 85, 1911), Reynaldo Hahn, Désiré -Émile Inghelbrecht and Joseph Jongen.

Founded in 1983, " International Viola Competition " Maurice Vieux " " ( Concours International d' Alto Maurice Vieux ) is named after him. The first prize was awarded at the first running of the competition on the German violist Tabea Zimmermann. In 2000, the French violist Antoine Tamestit, a student of Mrs. Zimmermann at the Academy of Music "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin it was.

  • Violist
  • University teachers ( CNSMD Paris)
  • Frenchman
  • Born in 1884
  • Died in 1951
  • Man
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