Guy Touvron

One of France's most famous classical trumpeters, Guy Touvron was born in Vichy (Allier) on February 15, 1950. The grandson of a cornet player, he learned to play the instrument at the conservatory at the age of 10, before entering the Paris Conservatoire in 1967, in a class taught by classical trumpeter Maurice André. Guy Touvron won first prize for cornet and trumpet in 1969, and between 1971 and 1975, won three grand prizes at the Munich, Prague, and Geneva competitions. His recording career began in 1972, and the trumpeter performed all over the world, collaborating with numerous orchestras and participated in Baroque and Classical concerto repertoires. He performed alongside Rudolf Baumgartner at the Lucerne Festival and recorded with Wolfgang Karius, Jean-Claude Casadesus and The English Chamber Orchestra (1978), soprano Rachel Yakar (1981), Jean-Pierre Wallez (1982), Jean-François Paillard (1986), Bohdan Warchal (1986), organist Marie-Claire Alain (1988), Jörg Faerber (1992), and the I Solisti Veneti ensemble conducted by Claudio Scimone (1994). His success as a soloist was reflected in recordings of solo recitals and with orchestra, including Hummel - Albinoni - Telemann: Concertos for Trumpet (1978), Albinoni: Concertos for Two Trumpets with Maurice André (1980), Classic Trumpet (1991), Trumpet Concertos (1992), Rêverie (1995) and Pavane (1996). His wide-ranging repertoire was not confined to Baroque music, but extended right through to the modern period, as demonstrated by the albums Études Françaises du XXe Siècle (2001) and Gershwin: Trumpet in Blue (2011). He continued to record and promote young trumpeters Lucienne Renaudin-Vary and Carine Clément, whom he invited to perform on the album Générations (2013). Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Guy Touvron died in Paris on March 9, 2024, at the age of 74.

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