Jean Périsson
Appearance
Jean Périsson (6 July 1924 in Arcachon – 18 February 2019)[1] was a French conductor. The 1952 winner of International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors, he was invited by the People’s Republic of China to hold a one-month position with China National Symphony (formerly Central Philharmonic Society) in May 1980. He later conducted and recorded Bizet’s Carmen with Central Opera Theatre of China in 1982.
Publications
- Une Vie de héraut : Un chef d'orchestre dans le siècle, Paris, Éditions L'Harmattan [1], July 2014, 318 p. ISBN 978-2-343-03673-1 Mémoires.
- Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d'Hoffmann. Commentaire littéraire et musical. Ed. L'Avant-scène Opéra N°25 (January/February 1980)
Sources
- Pâris, Alain (1989). Dictionnaire des interprètes et de l'interprétation musicale au XXe. Bouquins (in French). Paris: Éditions Robert Laffont. pp. 1112. ISBN 978-2-2210-6660-7. OCLC 319830089.
- José Beckmans: Prisonnier de son art - mémoires - (1989).[2] Ed. Librairie Séguier
- Jacques Lonchampt: Regards sur l'opéra de Verdi à Georges Aperghis[3] Ed. L'Harmattan 2003
References
- ^ "Décès du chef d'orchestre Jean Périsson - Forum Opéra". www.forumopera.com.
- ^ Prisonnier de son art - mémoires on WorldCat
- ^ "REGARDS SUR L'OPERA - De Giuseppe Verdi, Georges Aperghis, Jacques Lonchampts - livre, ebook, epub". www.editions-harmattan.fr.
External links
- Discography on Discogs
- Perisson on the Who's who
- Régine Crespin (Cassandre), Les Troyens Berlioz San Francisco1966, dir Jean Périsson (YouTube)
Categories:
- 1924 births
- 2019 deaths
- People from Arcachon
- École Normale de Musique de Paris alumni
- French conductors (music)
- French male conductors (music)
- French male musicians
- 20th-century French musicians
- 20th-century conductors (music)
- 21st-century conductors (music)
- 20th-century French male musicians
- 21st-century French male musicians
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