Jean Franisque-Étienne Martinon (10 January 1910 – 1 March 1976) Martinon was born in Lyon, where he began his education, going on to the Conservatoire de Paris to study under Albert Roussel for composition, under Charles Munch and Roger Désormière for conducting, under Vincent d'Indy for harmony, and under Jules Boucherit for violin. He served in the French army during World War II, and was taken prisoner in 1940, composing works such as Chant des captifs while incarcerated. Among his other compositions are four symphonies, four concertos, additional choral works and chamber music. After the war, Martinon was appointed conductor of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire of Paris, and, in 1946, of the Bordeaux Philharmonic Orchestra. Other orchestras with which he was officially associated include the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as music director from 1963 to 1968; the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, the French National Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra, the Concerts Lamoureux, and Het Residentie Orkest in The Hague. Martinon's repertoire focused on the works of the early twentieth century French and Russian masters. The premieres of his violin- and cello-concerti were given by Henryk Szeryng and Pierre Fournier respectively. He was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity. Martinon was diagnosed with bone cancer, not long after he guest conducted the San Francisco Symphony in their first complete performances of Deryck Cooke's orchestration of Gustav Mahler's tenth symphony. He died in Paris. ****************************************** 
Gustav Mahler Symphony No.3 Regina Resnik, mezzo Chicago Children's Choir Female Choir of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra 23-25.03.1967 Symphony No. 8 Stuart Burrows, tenor Robert Holl, bass-baritone Ruud van der Meer, baritone Anne Elgar, soprano Carole Farley, soprano Hanne van Bork, soprano Helen Watts, contralto Jocelyne Taillon, contralto Choir of the Federal Dutch Singer Bound Utrecht Symphony Orchestra Hague Philharmonic Orchestra 23.06.1975 Jean Martinon ****************************************** Третья симфония из личной коллекции, а Восьмую мне прислали сочувствующие благодетели. | 
