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Louis Frémaux (born August 13, 1921 in Aire-sur-la-Lys, France) is a French conductor. ==Life and career== Frémaux comes from an artistic background; his father was a painter, and his wife was a music teacher.〔Harding J. Louis Frémaux a man for all music. ''Performance'', Summer, 1981.〕 He studied music at the conservatoire in Valenciennes, but his studies were interrupted by the Second World War, when he joined the French Resistance; at the end of the war he was commissioned in the French Foreign Legion and was posted to Vietnam in 1945-46.〔 He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1947, studied under Louis Fourestier and Jacques Chailley, and graduated in 1952 with a first prize in conducting.〔 Frémaux worked with the orchestra of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, after having been released from the French Foreign Legion (to which he had been recalled for service in Algeria) at the request of Prince Rainier. For ten years he helped build the reputation of the Monte Carlo orchestra, as well as conducting opera premieres there. He was the first music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique Rhône-Alpes (later the Orchestre National de Lyon), from 1969 to 1971.〔 In the UK, Frémaux was principal conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) from 1969 to 1978. During his CBSO tenure, he formed the CBSO Chorus, with Gordon Clinton as its chorus master.〔Cross, Anthony, "Reports: Birmingham" (September 1978). ''The Musical Times'', 119(1627): pp. 783-785.〕 In 1978 he was awarded an honorary DMus from Birmingham University; he also became a member of the Royal Academy of Music.〔 However, his CBSO tenure ended in controversy after the relationship between Frémaux and the orchestra players had broken down. Frémaux served as chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra from 1979 to 1982.〔Blanks, Fred R., "Reports: Australia" (October 1977). ''The Musical Times'', 118(1616): pp. 845-846.〕〔Blanks, Fred R., "Reports: Sydney" (June 1981). ''The Musical Times'', 122(1660): p. 405.〕 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「Louis Frémaux」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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