Jean-Louis Agobet (born 21 April 1968) is a French composer.
Agobet was born in
Blois
Blois ( ; ) is a commune and the capital city of Loir-et-Cher department, in Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the banks of the lower Loire river between Orléans and Tours.
With 45,898 inhabitants by 2019, Blois is the most populated city of the ...
Loir-et-Cher. He studied with Philippe Manoury at the
Conservatoire de Lyon.
Following a residence at the
Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg conductor François-Xavier Roth's recording of his works on the Timpani label was awarded record of the year at the
Victoires de la musique classique The Victoires de la musique classique (; en, "Victories of Classical Music") are an annual French classical music award event founded in 1986. The awards are the classical equivalent of the popular music awards Victoires de la Musique and the Victo ...
in 2005.
[Gramophone – Volume 83 1001 à 1005 2005 "Agobet. Generation. Feuermann. Phonal. Ritratto concertante : Alain Billard, Paul Meyer, Michel Portal... composer hints at great things to come Jean-Louis Agobet (1968) embodies his French musical heritage (Berlioz, ..."]
He is currently professor of composition at the Conservatoire de Bordeaux.
References
1968 births
People from Blois
Living people
French composers
French male composers
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