Maurice bourque oboe biography definition

French oboist, composer and conductor (1939–2023)

Maurice Bourgue (French:[buʁɡ]) (6 November 1939 – 6 October 2023) was a French oboist, composer, conductor, and academic teacher who made an international career.

He was principal oboist with the Orchestre de Paris from its foundation in 1967 until 1979. He founded a wind octet of members of the orchestra in 1972, for performing and recordings.

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He taught chamber music at the Conservatoire de Paris and the Geneva Conservatoire. Bourgue played in world premieres, such as Les Citations by Henri Dutilleux in 1991.

Life and career

Bourgue was born in Avignon on 6 November 1939.^[1] His father was an amateur clarinetist, which had helped him to special treatment when he was a prisoner of war in Germany.

He wanted to achieve similar chances for his son, and assigned him to lessons in music theory from age seven, and let him choose an instrument two years later. The boy heard oboe music on radio