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Stéphane Caillat

1928 – 2020

French musician

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Lived 1928 – 2020 (aged 92). Stéphane Caillat was a French conductor, composer, choir director and musician.

Stéphane Caillat (1928 – 11 September 2020) was a French composer and conductor of orchestras and choirs.

Biography Caillat studied music in Lyon and Paris, where he studied harmonics, counterpoints, organ, and conducting. In 1954, he founded the choir named after him, Stéphane Caillat. In 1979, he founded the Centre d'études polyphoniques et chorales de Paris Île-de-France, which he directed for ten years. He was also director of the choir Per cantar e sonar and of the Festival d'art sacré de la Ville de Paris. He also produced music programs for France Musique during the 1980s. He helped with the rediscovery of Baroque music and received the Grand prix du disque from the Académie Charles Cros.

Books Illuminations, pour chœur (1973) Cantique (1974) Qui? Quoi? Comment? (1975) Ma vie avec la vague (1980)

Discography Chansons d'amour (1956) Le Requiem de Duruflé (1958) Dialogus inter angelos et pastores Judae in nativitatem Domini H 420, In nativitatem Domini canticum H 314 (1962) Messe de Requiem

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Who was Stéphane Caillat?

French musician (1928-2020)

When was Stéphane Caillat born?

Stéphane Caillat was born on 24 January 1928 in Irigny.

When did Stéphane Caillat die?

Stéphane Caillat died on 11 September 2020 in Fontenay-lès-Briis.

What was Stéphane Caillat's occupation?

Stéphane Caillat was a conductor, composer, choir director and musician.

What nationality was Stéphane Caillat?

Stéphane Caillat was French.

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· Wikipedia: Stéphane Caillat

· Wikidata: Q99414110

· DBpedia: Stéphane Caillat

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