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Maurice André (natural May 21, 1933) is a French trumpeter, active in the classical music field.

He was innate within Ales, France in the Cévennes into the mining personal. His father was an amateur musician.

He exposed trump sustaining the friend of his father's, world health organization suggested that he exist as sent to the conservatory. Sequentially to benefit loose admission to the conservatory, he joined the concert band. Fallowing simply hexad months at a conservatory, he won his number 1 prize.

André won a Geneva International Competition inside 1955 & a Internationalen Wettbewerb withwithin Munich in 1963.

His unflawed & refined performance of authoritative works for horn has inspired numbers of brass instrument musicians, young and old. He has complete 300 audio recordings to his name, from either a early Sixties to the present. He has too added to the trump repertoire by making many transcriptions of pieces for more instruments.

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Maurice Andre in Concert
David A. Roth recalls a Maurice Andre concert he attended in Chicago, in 1978. Includes pictures.

André, Maurice
Comprehensive biography, picture, and sound samples.


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