Pierre Capdevielle (1 February 1906 - 9 July 1969) was a French conductor, composer, and music critic. In 1938 he was awarded the Prix Blumenthal and in 1948 he founded the Centre de documentation de musique internationale. For many years he was President of France's chapter of the International Society for Contemporary Music. He also served on the music council of UNESCO. In 1961 he was made a Chevalier of the Order of the Légion d'honneur. Born in Paris, Capdevielle studied at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1924-1926. While there he was a pupil of Armand Ferté (piano), André Gedalge (counterpoint and fugue), Isidor Philipp (piano), and Paul Vidal (music composition). After leaving the conservatoire he studied privately with Vincent d'Indy. During the 1930s, Capdevielle began working as an opera conductor with theatres in the French provinces. He also worked as a music critic for Monde musicale and Revue musicale. In 1942 he became a professor of chamber music at the Conservatoire de Paris and also served on the school's jury of examiners. In 1944 he was appointed the Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française's director of the chamber music. He formed a special chamber orchestra at the RTF in 1952 with whom he conducted concerts on tour throughout Europe up through 1964. He died in Bordeaux at the age of 63.
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Jean-Baptiste Lully Te Deum, LWV 55 Claudine Collart, soprano Marie-Thérèse Cahn, contralto Gerard Friedmann, tenor Georges Abdoun, bass Vocal Ensemble of Paris New Chamber Orchestra of Paris
Pierre Capdevielle 15-17.06.1953 in Apollo Theatre, Paris | 
