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Jean-Yves Fourmeau

b. 1961

French musician

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Born 1961. Jean-Yves Fourmeau is a French and German saxophonist.

Jean-Yves Fourmeau is a French classical saxophonist and is the classical music professor at the CRR de Cergy-Pontoise.

Biography

At age 17, Fourmeau won first prize at the Paris Conservatoire in the 3rd cycle of chamber music, which was unprecedented at the time. He maintains an active solo career and has performed with many orchestras across the world. He is currently the saxophone soloist for the Berlin Philharmonic and Radio France. In 1979 he formed a saxophone quartet that bears his name and is the soprano saxophonist in it. Fourmeau has been a consultant for Yamaha since 1986. He has recorded a total of 14 CDs during his career.

Discography Saxophone and Piano Musique d'ici et d'ailleurs, Works of Marais, Granados, Dubois, Itturalde, Piazzola, Bernstein, Benson, Grieg Sérénade, Works of Creston, Pascal, Constant, Boutry, Sancan, Bedard Les Tableaux de Provence, Works of Desenclos, Dubois, Charpentier, Berio, Boutry, Maurice, Damase Rendez-vous, Works of Debussy, Decruck, Franck

Saxophone and Orchestra Musical Feeling, with National Police Band Orchestra. Claude Debussy, with National Orchestra of Lyon Saxophone et Orchestre à cordes de la Garde Républicaine, with the Republican Guard Orchestra

Saxophone Quartet Fresque, works of J. Naulais Live in Matsumoto, Works of Bach, Vivaldi, Pierne, Piazzolla Quatuor de saxophones Jean-Yves Fourmeau, Works of Feld, Margoni, Tisne, Migot French Masterpieces, Works of BOZZA, DESENCLOS, PIERNE, DUBOIS, RIVIER, FRANCAIX The Art, Works of Bach, Barber, Vivaldi, Piazzola, Rota, Waignien, Luypaerts, Hamel, Brubeck Le quatuor de saxophones Jean-Yves Fourmeau en récital, Works of Haendel, Singelee, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Vivaldi, Rossini, Sciortino, Allessandrini, Petit, Lochu, Joplin Cinesax, Works of Lalo Schifrin, Henri Mancini, Nino Rota, Georges Delerue, Vladimir Cosma, Jean-Claude Petit, Michel Legrand, Raymond Alessandrini, Léonard Bernstein Le Bal, Works of Thierry Escaish; exhibition pictures of Modest Moussorgsky; three penny opera of Kurt Weill.

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Who is Jean-Yves Fourmeau?

French musician

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Jean-Yves Fourmeau was born in 1961.

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Jean-Yves Fourmeau is a saxophonist.

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Jean-Yves Fourmeau is French and German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jean-Yves Fourmeau

· Wikidata: Q6170043

· DBpedia: Jean-Yves Fourmeau

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