Jean-Marie Londeix (20 September 1932) is a French saxophonist born in

Libourne Libourne (; oc, label= Gascon, Liborna ) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the wine-making capital of northern Gironde and lies near Saint-Émil ...

who studied

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

harmony In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches ( tones, notes), or chords. However ...

and

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

.Ingham, Richard (ed.)
''The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone''
Cambridge University Press (1998) p. 169. Umble, James; Gingras, Michèle; Corbé, Hervé; Street, William Henry; Londeix, Jean-Mari
''Jean-Marie Londeix: Master of the modern saxophone''
Roncorp Publications (2000) p. 104.

Career

Jean-Marie Londeix began his saxophone study with bassoonist Jules Ferry at the Bordeaux Conservatory. He later studied with

Marcel Mule Marcel Mule (24 June 1901 – 18 December 2001) was a French classical saxophonist. He was known worldwide as one of the great classical saxophonists, and many pieces were written for him, premiered by him, and arranged by him. Many of these piec ...

at the Paris Conservatory.'' Sax,

Mule The mule is a domestic equine hybrid between a donkey and a horse. It is the offspring of a male donkey (a jack) and a female horse (a mare). The horse and the donkey are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes; of the two pos ...

& Co'',

Jean-Pierre Thiollet Jean-Pierre Thiollet (; born 9 December 1956) is a French writer and journalist. Primarily living in Paris, he is the author of numerous books and one of the national leaders of the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CEDI), a ...

, H & D, 2004, p. 216. He also studied with

Fernand Oubradous Fernand Oubradous (12 February 1903 – 6 January 1986) was a French bassoonist, conductor and composer. Born in Paris, he studied in his native city with André Bloch André Bloch may refer to: *André Bloch (composer) (1873–1960), French comp ...

and

Norbert Dufourcq Norbert Stéphane Jean-Marie Dufourcq (21 September 1904 – 19 December 1990) was a French organist, music educator, musicologist and musicographer. Biography Norbert Dufourcq was born in 1904 in Saint-Jean-de-Braye in the Loiret department o ...

, among others. He then served as the saxophone instructor at the Conservatory of

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

for 18 years. He retired from the

Conservatoire de Bordeaux The Conservatoire de Bordeaux is an arts conservatory that offers higher education in music, dance and drama in Bordeaux, France. It is one of the leading schools in France for singers and saxophonists. Founded in 1821, the school is operated by ...

, France in 2001. Jean-Marie Londeix won an international saxophone competition when he was 15 years old. He is the founder of the "French Saxophonists Association" and the "International Saxophone Committee." More than 100 varied compositions have been written specifically for him, and he has published several pedagogical works. Some famous saxophone players that have studied with him include Richard Dirlam, Perry Rask, Russell Peterson,

Ryo Noda Ryo may refer to: * Ryō, a gold currency unit in pre-Meiji Japan Shakkanhō system * Ryō (actress) (born 1973), Japanese model, actress, and singer * Ryō (given name), a unisex Japanese given name * Ryo, Georgia, an unincorporated community in G ...

, James Umble, Robert Black, Ross Ingstrup, William Street,

Christian Lauba Christian Lauba (born 26 July 1952) is a Tunisian born French composer and teacher, especially noted for his compositions for saxophone.Umble, James; Gingras, Michèle; Corbé, Hervé; Street, William Henry; Londeix, Jean-Mari''Jean-Marie Londeix ...

and Jack Kripl (winner of the prize for Saxophone at the International Competition for Musical Performers in Geneva Switzerland, 1970).

Teaching Career

Selected former students: * Marie-Bernadette Charrier * Susan Cook *

Mark Engebretson Mark Engebretson, Doctor of Musical Arts, DMA, Northwestern University (born 1964, California) is a saxophonist and composer. His music combines computer music and live performance, the latter usually performed on saxophone. Biography Engebretso ...

* Susan Fancher *

Jean-Michel Goury Jean-Michel is a French masculine given name. It may refer to : * Jean-Michel Arnold, General Secretary of the Cinémathèque Française * Jean-Michel Atlan (1913–1960), French artist * Jean-Michel Aulas (born 1949), French businessman * Jean-Mic ...

* Ryō Noda

Works written for Jean-Marie Londeix

Selected works: Denisov, Edison: ''Concerto piccolo'' (1977); ''Sonate'' (1970) premiered at the 1970

World Saxophone Congress The World Saxophone Congress is a festival gathering approximately 1000 saxophone, saxophonists and other musicians from all over the world. It is held every three years at a different congress centre in a different country and focuses primaril ...

Dubois, Pierre-Max: ''Concerto'' (1959), ''Hommage à Hoffnung'' (1980), ''Le Lièvre et la Tortue--Impromptu'' (1957), ''Pièces caractéristiques''(1962) Noda, Ryo: ''Don Quichotte'', op. 2; ''Improvisation I'' (1972), ''Improvisation II'' (1973); ''Improvisation III'' (1974) Robert, Lucie: ''Strophes'' (1978) Rossé, François: ''Le frène égaré'' (1978-79). ''Etude en balance'', ''Lobuk constrictor'' (1982), ''Spath'' (1981) Sauguet, Henri: ''L'arbre'' (1976-80), ''Oraisons'' (1976), ''Sonatine bucolique'' (1964)

Bibliography

* "Jean-Marie Londeix :"Un dédain suicidaire"" in ''88 notes pour piano solo'',

, Neva Editions, 2015. p. 136-138.

References

1932 births Living people French classical musicians Classical saxophonists French saxophonists Male saxophonists Conservatoire de Paris alumni People from Libourne 21st-century saxophonists 21st-century French male musicians {{france-classical-musician-stub