Roger Delmotte (born 20 September 1925) is a French classical trumpeter.

Life

Born in

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, Delmotte first played the

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, a wind instrument, in a French wind

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. After his first studies with Maurice Leclercq at the Roubaix Conservatory, he was awarded the Prix d'honneur in 1944. He continued his studies in 1944 at the

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with

Eugène Foveau Eugène Foveau (26 November 1886 – 5 January 1957) was a French trumpeter and cornetist. He was professor of trumpet at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1925 to 1947. Life Born in Dijon, Foveau is a former student of Merri Franquin at the Conser ...

. He won the First Prize for trumpet in 1946 and was the first trumpeter to win the First Prize at the

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in 1950. He held the principal trumpet console of the

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from 1950 to 1985. Delmotte was solo trumpet with many orchestras (France, Germany, Austria, Japan, Yugoslavia), trumpet teacher at the Versailles Conservatory until 1994, professor of trumpet at the Paris Conservatory, assistant to Raymond Sabarich, then professor from 1966. He has also been professor of trumpet at the

Lausanne Conservatory The Haute école de musique de Lausanne (HEMU, known as Institute of Advanced Musical Studies prior to 2010, founded in 1861 as Conservatoire de Lausanne) is a Swiss music school located in Romandy, the French-speaking western part of Switzerland. ...

in Switzerland, director of the Toulon International Wind Instruments Competition for 25 years. With

Pierre Cochereau Pierre Eugène Charles Cochereau (9 July 1924 – 6 March 1984) was a French organist, improviser, composer, and pedagogue. Cochereau was titular organist of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris from 1955 to his death in 1984 and was responsible ...

, titular organist of

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cathedral, he created the Duo "Orgue et Trompette" in 1968, and played with him in many countries. He participated in Pierre Cochereau's Summer Tours, which introduced the organ to an even wider audience, with his portable 14-piece instrument with which he travelled and gave recitals. He has been awarded the honorary prize of the

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on 28 May 2011 at

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Roger Delmotte honoré par l'International Trumpet Guild
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Bibliography

* Michel Laplace, ''Maîtres du XXe : Roger Delmotte'', ITG Journal vol. 8, No.4 (1984).

Awards

* Chevalier of the

Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

* Ordre National du Mérite *

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and Letters) is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is ...

References

External links

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Discography
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