Jean-Pierre Armengaud (born 17 June 1943) is a French music educator,

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

, researcher and pianist.

Career

Armengaud was born in

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat (dialect), Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population ...

. From 1967 to 1974, he seconded

Germaine Arbeau-Bonnefoy Germaine Arbeau-Bonnefoy (26 June 1893 in Paris – 7 January 1986 id.) was a French teacher of piano who founded the ''Évolution Musicale de la Jeunesse'' (EMJ) in July 1939, a Parisian association of concerts-educational conferences better known ...

in the presentation of the , pedagogical cycles of concerts-lectures given at the

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées () is an entertainment venue standing at 15 avenue Montaigne in Paris. It is situated near Avenue des Champs-Élysées, from which it takes its name. Its eponymous main hall may seat up to 1,905 people, while th ...

.Laurent Herz, ''Les Musigrains, une institution pédagogique et musicale (1939–1986)'', Éditions

L'Harmattan Éditions L'Harmattan, usually known simply as L'Harmattan (), is one of the largest French book publishers. It specialises in non-fiction books with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. It is named after the Harmattan, a trade wind in W ...

, Paris, 2013 Armengaud is the author of several publications about

Erik Satie Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (, ; ; 17 May 18661 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. He was the son of a French father and a British mother. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, but was an und ...

Jean Dubuffet Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (31 July 1901 – 12 May 1985) was a French Painting, painter and sculpture, sculptor. His idealistic approach to aesthetics embraced so-called "low art" and eschewed traditional standards of beauty in favor of what ...

Henri Dutilleux Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (; 22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. His small body of published work, which garnered international acclaim, followed in the tradition of ...

Edison Denisov Edison Vasilievich Denisov (russian: Эдисо́н Васи́льевич Дени́сов, 6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in the so-called "Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of Soviet music. B ...

, as well as numerous articles on French music, Russian music, musical creation, pianistic interpretation, and some thirty or so discographic publications (integrals of Satie,

Debussy (Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the ...

Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among the best-kno ...

, Roussel). Armengaud is director of the University of Évry festival "Les Friches musicales".Evry – Festival Les Friches musicales
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Publications

* "Comment interpréter Aliénor d'Aquitaine" in ', June 2004 * Study "Pour un nouveau Projet Culturel et Patrimonial de L'Abbaye Royale de

Fontevraud Fontevraud-l'Abbaye () is a commune in the western French department of Maine-et-Loire. It is situated both in the Loire Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site between Chalonnes-sur-Loire and Sully-sur-Loire, and the Loire Anjou Touraine French r ...

; éléments pour un contrat d'objectif", September 2004, 35 pages * Publication of a communication on ''Critique et Interprétation d'

'' in ''Cahiers du séminaire inter-arts Paris1-Paris 4'', directed by par Marc Jimenez, 2005 * Preparation of proceedings of the symposium on pianistic interpretation, published in an issue of the ''Cahiers d'esthétique'' (Université de Paris 1) March 2008 * Co-organization of a symposium on

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...

''Nouveaux regards, Nouvelles écoutes'' at the University of Évry, 7 and 8 December 2006; realisation of a communication on ''Schumann à travers l'autobiographie inédite de Jean-Bonaventure Laurens'', with an unpublished portrait of Robert Schumann * Publication of a text and a double CD devoted to the piano work of

Albert Roussel Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel (; 5 April 1869 – 23 August 1937) was a French composer. He spent seven years as a midshipman, turned to music as an adult, and became one of the most prominent French composers of the interwar period. His ...

, including the analysis and execution of six unpublished works, Mandala-Harmonia Mundi, November 2006 * Publication of an article on "L'œuvre d'

" in ''La Revue d'Histoire de la

Touraine Touraine (; ) is one of the traditional provinces of France. Its capital was Tours. During the political reorganization of French territory in 1790, Touraine was divided between the departments of Indre-et-Loire, :Loir-et-Cher, Indre and Vie ...

'', March 2007, translated into Italian for the magazine ''Finnegans'', (Lombardy), published in November 2007 * Masterclass for concertists and musicologists at

Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of London, officially the Goldsmiths' College, is a constituent research university of the University of London in England. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Wor ...

, Warsaw Academy of Music, Trieste and Rovigo conservatories, Beijin Central Conservatory, The Academy of Music of

Tirana Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea ...

* Numerous conferences/concerts for Universities of the Third Age *

Recordings (selection)

* Quintet version of ''

La création du monde ''La Création du monde'', Op. 81a, is a 15-minute-long ballet composed by Darius Milhaud in 1922–23 to a libretto by Blaise Cendrars, which outlines the creation of the world based on African folk mythology. The premiere took place on 25 Oc ...

'' by Darius Milhaud * Fantasy for violin and piano and ''

Quatuor pour la fin du temps ''Quatuor pour la fin du temps'' (), originally ''Quatuor de la fin du temps'' ("''Quartet of the End of Time''"), also known by its English title ''Quartet for the End of Time'', is an eight-movement piece of chamber music by the French composer ...

'' by

Olivier Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist who was one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex; harmonically ...

* CD of unedited transcriptions by

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...

* CD-book of late works for piano by

, written at the time of the meeting with

Jean-Joseph Bonaventure Laurens Jean-Joseph Bonaventure Laurens (14 July 1801, Carpentras – 28 June 1890, Montpellier) was regarded by some as a "universal spirit", as attested not only by his Oil painting, paintings, watercolours and lithographs, but also by his vocation as ...

References

External links

Personal website

on Pianobleu.com

on

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Jean-Pierre Armangaud
on Université Évry Val d'Essonne {{DEFAULTSORT:Armengaud, Jean-Pierre 1943 births 20th-century French musicologists 21st-century French male classical pianists 21st-century French musicologists École Normale de Musique de Paris alumni Living people Writers from Clermont-Ferrand Musicians from Clermont-Ferrand