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Ernest Bour (April 20, 1913 - June 20, 2001) was a noted conductor. Born in Thionville, Moselle (in north-eastern Lorraine, then part of Germany), Bour studied at both the University and the Conservatoire of Strasbourg. His conducting teachers included Fritz Münch and Hermann Scherchen. Perhaps his most heard recording is of Ligeti's ''Atmospheres'' with the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra aka Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks Baden-Baden heard on the soundtrack to 2001: A Space Odyssey. After serving as chorus master for the radio choruses of Geneva and Strasbourg, he was appointed conductor of the Orchestre de Mulhouse in 1941. In 1950 he became conductor of the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra and in 1955 of the Strasbourg Opera House, where he had conducted the premiere of Delannoy's ''Puck'' in 1949. He was principal conductor of the SWF Symphony Orchestra 〔"Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks Baden-Baden" (Ernest Bour )〕 in Baden-Baden from 1964 to 1979. He conducted the European premiere of Berio's Sinfonia during the 1969 Donaueschingen Festival by the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. From 1976 until 1987 he was permanent guest conductor of The Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra located in the VARA radio headquarters in Hilversum.〔"Naxos" (Classical Artists )〕 Bour's repertoire was marked by a concentration on contemporary music. World premières he presided over included works by Bussotti, Ferneyhough, Górecki, Ligeti, Rihm, Stockhausen and Xenakis, and he gave the French premières of Hindemith's Symphony ''Mathis der Maler'' and Stravinsky's ''The Rake's Progress'' and the European premiere of Susman's ''Trailing Vortices''.〔El Pais, Enrique Franco, Enviado Especial - Alicante - 23 September 1987 ()〕 His recordings ranged from music of François Couperin〔Mellers, Wilfrid, "French Classics on the Gramophone" (January 1957). ''Music & Letters'', 38 (1): 66-73.〕 to André Jolivet.〔Goldman, Richard F., "Reviews of Records: Jolivet: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Concerto for Trumpet, Piano and String Orchestra; Andante for String Orchestra" (July 1954). ''The Musical Quarterly'', 40 (3): 465-466.〕 Bour died in Strasbourg, aged 88. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ernest Bour」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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