Michel Corboz (1990) by Erling Mandelmann

Michel Corboz (14 February 1934 – 2 September 2021) was a Swiss conductor.

Life

Corboz was born in

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. He studied vocal performance and composition at the conservatory in

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. In 1953, he moved to

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, where he became director of church music. In 1961, he founded the

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, with which he has recorded and toured extensively. He also had an association with the Gulbenkian Choir of

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and taught at the

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. Corboz died on 2 September 2021, aged 87.

Awards

Corboz received the Prize of Critics in Argentina in 1995 and 1996. The French Republic honoured him with the title of ''Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres''. The Great Prize of the Town of Lausanne was awarded to him in 1990. In December 1999, Corboz was decorated by the President of the Republic of Portugal with the Great Cross of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique.Biography on gulbenkian.pt
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References

External links

*https://gulbenkian.pt/musica/en/biography/michel-corboz-2/ *http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Corboz-Michel.htm * * 1934 births 2021 deaths Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève People from the canton of Fribourg Swiss conductors (music) Male conductors (music) Bach conductors 21st-century conductors (music) Erato Records artists {{Switzerland-conductor-stub