Michel Garcin-Marrou


A native of Grenoble in the south east of France, Michel Garcin-Marrou earned his Baccalaureate of Philosophy and a first prize in horn at the Conservatoire de Grenoble. He continued his horn and chamber music studies at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique de Paris where he studied with the late Jean Devemy. After two years of required service in a military band, he won a first prize at the Geneva International Horn Competition in 1965. He then joined the Orchestre de l’Opéra-Comique as fourth horn, playing with distinguished colleagues in the horn section Georges Barboteu, Daniel Bourgue and Gilbert Coursier. This famous section also served together as members of l'Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux. In september 1967, the Orchestre de Paris was founded by conductor Charles Munch who chose Michel Garcin-Marrou for the position of first and third horn. After two seasons, Michel Garcin-Marrou became principal horn. He has played with all the oustanding conductors of the past thirty-five years including Herbert von Karajan, George Solti, Daniel Barenboim and Christoph Eschenbach, who along with Munch, have served as music directors of the Orchestre de Paris. He is actively involved in research into the performance and practice of historical instruments of the baroque and classical periods and he owns a collection of horns that is the envy of every museum. He guests with many of the leading European period instrument orchestras including the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, the London Classical Players, the Academy of Ancient Music and La Chapelle Royale. Well known as an educator, he used to be Professor of Horn at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Lyon and Professor of Natural Horn at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris where he reinstated the hand horn class which had been disbanded a hundred years ago. He is currently researching a book on the history of the French horn and the horn players of France.

Natural horn week-end in Lyon (France) The teachers of the CNR in Lyon organize a collaboration with l'ENM in Villeurbanne and the CNSM in Lyon on January 26th and 27th, 2007
Thursday 01/25/07	4:00 pm-7:00 pm (in Lyon or in Villeurbanne)	Exam with a piece on natural horn. François Mérand invited in the jury as well as Patrick Rouch, Daniel Foubert, Joël Nicod
Friday 01/26/07	2:00 pm-4:00 pm Debussy room	Communication on natural horn by Michel Garcin-Marrou and François Mérand (origin, instrument making, history, évolution, répertoire)
Friday 01/26/07	8:00 pm Debussy room	Concert with Michel Garcin-Marrou, François Mérand, Joël Nicod, Patrick Rouch, Michel Molinaro and the students of the CNR of Lyon and of the ENM of Villeurbanne
Saturday 01/27/07	10h00-12h00 et 14h00-16h00	Debussy and Ninon Vallin rooms: master-classes on natural horn repertoire by Michel Garcin-Marrou and François Mérand