Jean Martinon ( Fr. Jean Martinon ; January 10, 1910, Lyon - March 1, 1976, Paris ) - French conductor and composer.
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| Date of Birth | January 10, 1910 |
| Place of Birth | Lyon |
| Date of death | March 1, 1976 (66 years old) |
| Place of death | Paris |
| A country |  France |
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He studied at the Paris Higher National Conservatory of Music and Dance with Albert Russell (composition) and Charles Munsch (conducting). During the Second World War he was arrested and imprisoned; in prison he wrote, in particular, “The Song of the Prisoners” ( fr. Chant des captifs ).
In 1946 he headed the Bordeaux Philharmonic Orchestra. Later he was the artistic director and chief conductor of such groups as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (1957-1959), the Lamouraud Orchestra (1957-1961), the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1963-1968), the French National Orchestra (1968-1973), and the Hague Philharmonic Orchestra. (1975-1976). As a conductor, he showed the greatest interest in French and Russian music at the beginning of the 20th century, as well as in the work of Gustav Mahler .
In the creative heritage of Martinon-composer, the central place is occupied by his concerts for violin and cello and orchestra, first performed by Henrik Schering and Pierre Fournier , respectively, the oratorio Narcissus of Saron, or Song of Songs ( Fr. Le Lis de Saron ou le Cantique des Cantiques ; 1952 ), Fourth Symphony (1965).