Guy Touvron
French trumpet virtuoso Guy Touvron forged a highly successful career as a soloist, orchestral player, and teacher. As a soloist, he performed with the leading orchestras in Europe, sometimes appearing with ensembles he was once a member of. As a teacher he has been called one of the leading pedagogues of trumpet technique and interpretation France has ever produced. Indeed, he regularly held master classes at major venues across the globe, including at New York City (Juilliard), Manchester (Royal Northern College of Music), Oslo, Tokyo, and Nice. The busy Touvron also founded his own brass ensemble and was prolific in the recording studio, having made more than 70 recordings spread over a range of labels, including EMI, Naxos, Erato, BMG, Philips, DG, and Decca. While many identified Touvron with Baroque repertory, particularly with the works of J.S. Bach, Albinoni, and Torelli, he was quite active promoting contemporary music: nearly 30 compositions were written for him, including works by Karol Beffa, Anthony Girard, Graciane Finzi, and Alain Margoni. Moreover, he premiered major trumpet concertos by Ivan Jevtic, Charles Chaynes, Jacques Loussier, François Rauber, and Jérôme Naulais.
Guy Touvron was born in Vichy, France, on February 15, 1950. He began playing cornet at 10 and by his mid-teens was accomplished on both the cornet and trumpet. At 16 he enrolled at the Paris Conservatory of Music, where he studied under iconic trumpet virtuoso Maurice André.
Touvron won first prizes at the Conservatory in cornet playing (1968) and trumpet playing (1969). He was principal trumpet for the Orchestre National de Lyons from 1969-1971 and the French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, from 1971-1974. Meanwhile, he entered competitions with almost unparalleled results: he captured first prizes at Munich (1972), Prague (1975), and Geneva (1976). In the midst of this success, he founded the Guy Touvron Brass Ensemble (1973) and joined the faculty at the Lyons Conservatory in 1974.
From the mid-'70s Touvron was active as a soloist and chamber player, particularly with his ensemble. In 1990 he left the Lyons Conservatory to take a teaching post at the Conservatoire National de Région in Paris. In the 1990s Touvron appeared on many successful recordings with fellow soloists, including the 1995 Shostakovich Concerto for piano, trumpet, and strings, with Martha Argerich (DG). In 2003 Touvron published a biography of Maurice André entitled Maurice André -- A Trumpet for Fame. Guy Touvron died on March 9, 2024 at the age of 74.
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Diskografie
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Shostakovich: Concerto For Piano, Trumpet And String Orchestra, Op. 35 / Haydn: Concerto For Piano And Orchestra In D Major, Hob. XVIII:11
Martha Argerich, Guy Touvron, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Jörg Faerber
Klassik - Erschienen bei Deutsche Grammophon (DG) am 01.01.1994
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Handel: The Trumpet Shall Sound
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ligia am 04.12.2015
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Torelli: Trumpet Concerto in D Major (Digitally Remastered)
Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Bohdan Warchal, Guy Touvron
Instrumentalmusik - Erschienen bei EMG Classical am 28.08.2015
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Gershwin & Bernstein: Trumpet in Blue
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ligia am 01.05.2011
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Moussorgski: Tableaux d'une exposition
Klassik - Erschienen bei HORTUS am 20.11.2020
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Arban : Verdissimo ! (Fantaisies, Cavatines et variations sur des opéras de Verdi)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ligia am 01.08.1996
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Ah, cette belle époque !
Guy Touvron, Michel Glasko, Bruno Membrey
Europa - Erschienen bei Ligia am 04.12.2015
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Happy Birthday Guy Touvron (The Very Best Of)
Instrumentalmusik - Erschienen bei Ligia am 01.01.2010
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Dialogue pour trompette et orgue
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ligia am 02.11.1992
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Trumpet Concertos
Slovak Chamber Orchestra, André Bernard, Guy Touvron
Klassik - Erschienen bei Int - Bertus am 07.10.2016
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Festive Music for Trumpet and Organ
Klassik - Erschienen bei Edition Clarino am 16.06.2000
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Molter: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra No. 1 in D Major, MWV4/12 (Digitally Remastered)
Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Guy Touvron
Klassik - Erschienen bei EMG Classical am 15.07.2014
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Trompette au bal musette (French Accordion)
World Music - Erschienen bei Forlane am 01.01.2006
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Vichy
Guy Touvron, Orchestre d'Harmonie de Vichy, Christian Legardeur
Klassik - Erschienen bei Corelia am 01.01.2010
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Melodies Sans Paroles, Songs Without Words
Guy Touvron, Jacqueline Bourges Maunoury
Klassik - Erschienen bei Corelia am 01.10.2008
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Femmes majeures
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ligia am 30.10.2020
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Trompette, études françaises du XXè siècle
Klassik - Erschienen bei Frémeaux & associés am 01.01.2001
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Mozart Touvron
Guy Touvron, Prague Chamber Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ligia am 01.01.1997
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Fantasia per tromba e organo
Klassik - Erschienen bei Bongiovanni am 01.01.1990
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