Amaury du Closel
Amaury du Closel | |
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 du Closel in 2015 | |
| Born | Amaury Barbat du Closel 6 February 1956 |
| Died | 7 October 2024 (aged 68) |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | Royal Conservatory of Mons |
| Occupation(s) | Conductor, composer |
Amaury Barbat du Closel (6 February 1956 – 7 October 2024) was a French conductor and composer.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Born on 6 February 1956, du Closel was the son of Alain Barbat du Closel, who served as deputy mayor of Versailles from 1995 to 2001 and was a titular member of the Académie des sciences morales, des lettres et des arts de Versailles et d'Île-de-France. Amaury studied musical composition under Max Deutsch at the Royal Conservatory of Mons in Belgium. He then took masterclasses in Vienna under Karl Österreicher and Charles Mackerras.
Throughout his career, du Closel directed more than 80 orchestras, most notably the Berliner Symphoniker and the Orchestre Les Métamorphoses.[2]
Amaury du Closel died on 7 October 2024, at the age of 68.[3]
Book
[edit]- Les Voix étouffées du IIIe Reich. Entartete Musik (2005)
Distinctions
[edit]- Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria Gold Medal
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
References
[edit]- ^ Lopez, Louis-Valentin (8 October 2024). "Mort d'Amaury du Closel, passeur des compositeurs persécutés et oubliés". Radio France (in French). Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ Lévy, Hervé (21 March 2024). "Autour de Schönberg dimanche à Strasbourg". Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (in French). Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Mort d'Amaury du Closel". Forumopera.com (in French). 8 October 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- Amaury du Closel at IMDb
- Amaury du Closel discography at Discogs