Eugène Foveau (26 November 1886 – 5 January 1957) was a French

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er and

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ist. He was professor of trumpet at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ...

from 1925 to 1947.

Life

Born in

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

, Foveau is a former student of

Merri Franquin Merri Jean Baptiste Franquin (19 October 1848 in Lançon-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône – 1934 in Paris) was a French trumpeter, cornetist, and flugelhornist who was professor of trumpet at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1894 until 1925. Franquin ...

at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1907, he won a First Prize for trumpet. In 1925, he succeeded Alexandre Petit in his cornet class. In 1945 he took over the direction of a trumpet class. Marcel Caens, Robert Pichaureau, Robert Pichaureau
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Pierre Thibaud Pierre Thibaud (22 June 1929 – 29 October 2004) was a French classical trumpeter. Life Born in Proissans, Dordogne, Thibaud studied violon and trumpet at the Conservatoire de Bordeaux, then at the Conservatoire de Paris in Eugène Foveau's c ...

, Raymond Sabarich and Roger Delmotte were some among his many students. Foveau died in Paris at age 70.

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1886 births 1957 deaths Musicians from Dijon Conservatoire de Paris alumni Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris French classical trumpeters French male trumpeters 20th-century French trumpeters 20th-century French male musicians 20th-century French classical musicians {{France-musician-stub