Francine Aubin

Francine Aubin (6 February 1938 – 14 August 2016) was a French composer, educator, conductor, and painter. She is most remembered for her variety of music for wind instruments.

Life Francine Aubin was born on 6 February 1938, in Paris to Richard Tremblot de la Croix and Marie-Thérèse Mauchauffée, the youngest of their five children. Her birth name was Francine Agnès Gisèle Marie-Thérèse Tremblot de la Croix.

In 1958, Francine earned the conservatory's first prize in composition. She continued on to win both the Grand Prize in composition at the Divonne-les-Bains International Competition and the first prize for piano improvisation at the Lyon International Competition.

In 1969, she became the first woman to earn a Certificat d'aptitude aux fonctions de directeur de conservatoire from the conservatory. Between 1970 and 1973, she took a pause from composing music to focus on her painting, which was often in a pointillist style. Aubin exhibited under the name "Tremblot de la Croix" or sometimes even just "Tremblot."

Solo and chamber music 12 Études-caprices pour clarinette Ainsi racontent les nuages: saxophone alto mi bémol et piano Amulettes et grigris: percussion et piano Aquarelles: pour flûte et piano Ballade du gitan for bassoon and piano Berceuse pour Olivier: flûte ou hautbois et piano Chanson dans la rue: pour saxophone alto mi♭ et piano Concerto pour saxophone alto et piano Concerto pour tuba et piano Concerto pour violoncello et piano Deux pièces en forme de jazz: pour clarinette si♭ et piano L'amour espiègle, pour 8 cors

Works for orchestra Concerto: clarinette sib et orchestre à cordes Concerto Pour Ariane for double bass and orchestra Concerto pour cor et orchestre à cordes Concerto pour orgue et orchestre Symphonie (n°1) Allégorique Symphonie (n°2) de l'Espoir Symphonie juive Symphonie Kiev