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Officer of the Legion of Honour
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SACRED LEGACY ARCHIVES™
1918-08-15 – 1994-08-13
Raymond Gallois-Montbrun (15 August 1918, Saigon – 13 August 1994, Paris) was a French violinist and composer. He was the director of the Conservatoire de Paris from 1962 to 1984.
He studied violin and composition at the Conservatoire de Paris, and won the Prix de Rome in 1944.
His works include a violin concerto and the symphony Japan, as well as film scores, such as Danger de mort (1947) and Cry, the Beloved Country (1951).
composer, violinist, pedagogue, musician
Conservatoire de Paris
Officer of the Legion of Honour; Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit; Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres; Prix de Rome
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit · Officer of the Legion of Honour · Prix de Rome
Conservatoire de Paris
Académie des beaux-arts
Conservatoire de Paris
Officer of the Legion of Honour
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Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit
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Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
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Prix de Rome
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