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Serge Blanc was born on 31 December, 1929 in Paris, France, is a Classical violinist,Conductor,Academic,Music editor. Discover Serge Blanc's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

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Occupation Classical violinist,Conductor,Academic,Music editor
Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 31 December 1929
Birthday 31 December
Birthplace Paris, France
Date of death June 29, 2013,
Died Place Paris
Nationality France

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2013

In 1962, Blanc joined the Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris as principal of the second violon section. In 1973, he was appointed musical director of the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. There he invited conductors such as Bernstein, Sergiu Celibidache and Lorin Maazel. He left Radio France two years later, and took his place again in the orchestra where he stayed until his retirement. Blanc died in Paris on 29 June 2013.

1952

In 1952, Blanc left for the United States. He played at the Tanglewood Music Festival organized by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Munch. A year later, he played there with Leonard Bernstein, whose Serenade after Plato's "Symposium" he would record as the first in France. Blanc received several scholarships to the Juilliard School of Music where he also studied conducting with Ivan Galamian, and graduated. He won the Jascha Heifetz Competition at the Berkshire Music Center. He returned to France where he founded the Serge Blanc Quartet. In 1958, he won the Enescu Competition in Bucharest, along with Pierre Vozlinsky. He founded the Pro Arte Quartet, then the Da Camera Trio, with whom he toured in France and worldwide, with pianist Odette Gartenlaub, violist Christos Michalakakos and pianist Antonio Ruiz-Pipó, among others. Ruiz-Pipó composed a Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in 1987, dedicated to Blanc.

1946

In both 1946 and 1947, Blanc was sent on official tours by the Ministry of Fine Arts, to represent France in Europe. In 1949, he won the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition. He met George Enescu who influenced him for a long time, and with whom he played in concert at the Salle Gaveau. He also collaborated with Nadia Boulanger until she died in 1979.

1941

In 1941, at age eleven, he played as a soloist with the Orchestra of the Colonne Concerts conducted by Louis Fourestier. At age thirteen, he played Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 2 and Saint-Saëns's Havanaise with the Pasdeloup Orchestra. He played another recital at the Salle Gaveau at age 15, which was praised by the press, and musicians such as Alfred Cortot with whom he played violin sonatas by Reynaldo Hahn and Gabriel Fauré in concert.

1929

Serge Blanc (31 December 1929 – 29 June 2013) was a French classical violinist. A child prodigy trained at the Conservatoire de Paris, he performed from the age of 11 in Paris with the Orchestre Colonne and the Pasdeloup Orchestra. He studied further at the Juilliard School of Music and played at the Tanglewood Festival. Back in France, he founded several chamber music ensembles and became principal of the second violins at the Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris. For several years, he conducted the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, but then returned to the opera orchestra. He taught at the Conservatoire de Paris, and edited Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin.

Born in Paris on 31 December 1929, Blanc began studying violin at the age of six. He passed the entrance exam to the Conservatoire de Paris at age ten and studied with Jules Boucherit. He was awarded the First prize for violin three years later, later also the Prix d'Honneur for chamber music.