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Maryvonne de Saint-Pulgent

b. 1951

French official, essayist and musician

Senior civil servantPianist Essayist
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Born 1951. Maryvonne de Saint-Pulgent is a French senior civil servant, pianist, essayist, academic musician and musicologist.

Maryvonne de Saint-Pulgent (born Le Gallo; 13 March 1951, in Châlons-sur-Marne) is a French musicologist and member of the Conseil d’État.

Career Holder of a master's degree in humanities, Maryvonne de Saint Pulgent continued her studies at Sciences Po then at the École nationale d'administration (ENA, class Guernica).

In parallel with her studies, Maryvonne de Saint Pulgent pursued a musical education. First prize of piano at the Conservatoire de Paris, author of books on music and opera, she has been an associate professor of music and musicology at the Paris-Sorbonne University. She has been a correspondent of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in the musical composition section since 9 June 1993. She has been an editorialist for the weekly Le Point and is a columnist and producer at France Culture.

A member of the Board of Directors of Sciences Po Aix since spring 2015, she was elected president at the end of April and succeeded Christine Lagarde.

She is married to Noël Chamboduc de Saint Pulgent. She was with him a member of the Club de l'horloge until 1979.

Publications 1979: La Jurisprudence communale, Le Dictionnaire communal 1982: George Gershwin, Paris, Mazarine, 1982 (in collab. with Denis Jeambar) 1991: Le Syndrome de l'opéra, Paris, Robert Laffont 1999: Le Gouvernement de la culture, by Éditions Gallimard, 2003: with Pierre-Jean Benghozi and Thomas Paris, Mondialisation et diversité culturelle : le cas de la France, Paris, 84 p., Notes of the Ifri 51, series Réactions et réponses à la mondialisation. 2008: with Pierre Joxe, Serviteur de la République : entretiens avec Maryvonne de Saint-Pulgent, Paris, L'Aube 2009: Culture et communication, les missions d'un grand ministère, series "Découvertes Gallimard" (nº 539), 2010: L'Opéra-comique : le gavroche de la musique, Paris, series "Découvertes Gallimard" (nº 567) 2010: Cinquante ans après : culture, politique et politiques culturelles : colloque du cinquantenaire du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication des 13, 14 et 15 octobre 2009, under the direction of Élie Barnavi and Maryvonne de Saint Pulgent, Paris, Comité d'histoire du ministère de la Culture et des institutions culturelles-La Documentation française 2013: Jack Lang, batailles pour la culture : dix ans de politiques culturelles, Paris, Comité d'histoire du ministère de la Culture et des institutions culturelles-La Documentation française

Prefaces 2011: 2016: Guy Saez (pref. Maryvonne de Saint Pulgent), La musique au cœur : Regards sur l'action publique de Marcel Landowski, Paris, Comité d'histoire du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication - Documentation française, series "Travaux et documents", 2016: Françoise Mosser (pref. Maryvonne de Saint Pulgent), Entretiens avec Jean-Philippe Lecat, ministre de la Culture et de la Communication (1978–1981), Paris, Comité d'histoire du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication - Documentation française, coll. "Travaux et documents", 2016

Honours and decorations Chevalier (31 December 1996), officier (13 July 2005) then commandeur de la Légion d'honneur (8 avril 2012). Commandeur of the National Order of Merit. Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Senior civil servant, pianist, essayist, academic musician, musicologist
Nationality
Education
École nationale d'administration, Conservatoire de Paris, Paris Institute of Political Studies, Institut d'études politiques de Paris
Positions held
President, Section president, Chairperson
Employers
Paris-Sorbonne University - Paris IV, Paris Institute of Political Studies, France Culture
Awards
Knight of the Legion of Honour; Officer of the Legion of Honour; Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎; First Prize; Commander of the Legion of Honour; Officer of the National Order of Merit; Commander of the National Order of Merit; Legion of Honour; National Order of Merit (France); Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Also known as
Maryvonne Chamboduc de Saint Pulgent

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Who is Maryvonne de Saint-Pulgent?

French official, essayist and musician

When was Maryvonne de Saint-Pulgent born?

Maryvonne de Saint-Pulgent was born on 13 March 1951 in Châlons-en-Champagne.

What is Maryvonne de Saint-Pulgent's occupation?

Maryvonne de Saint-Pulgent is a senior civil servant, pianist, essayist, academic musician and musicologist.

What nationality is Maryvonne de Saint-Pulgent?

Maryvonne de Saint-Pulgent is French.

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· Wikidata: Q3296368

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