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Mathieu Dufour: a Parisian in America Interview by Robert Langevin March 2009 MATHIEU DUFOUR: A PARISIAN IN AMERICA Interview by Robert Langevin athieu Dufour has been the keys on the flute. Then I studied at IN THIS ISSUE principal flute of the Chicago the Conservatoire de Région de Paris Symphony since 1999 and I with Madeleine Chassang. She is not very Mathieu Dufour: A Parisian in America M by Robert Langevin.....................................1 have known him for a number of years. well known because I’m probably the Even though we talk infrequently, we only one of her students who entered From the President: The French Connection usually end up talking for a long time, as the Conservatoire Supérieur and had a by Nancy Toff............................................2 we share many ideas, a common teacher, career. I feel she taught me everything. and a common language. Mathieu is an Member Profile: John McMurtery...................3 affable person and a sensitive musician, RL: For example? From the Beaumadier Concert: and certainly one of the strongest rep- MD: She really opened my eyes to mu- Pipeaux 1934.....................................................7 resentatives of the French school of flute sic, not only to the flute. For example, Anouncements playing in America. Last November, he when we were studying a sonata, I had Flute Happenings...............................................3 spoke to me by telephone from his home to play the piano part on the flute before Ensemble Program Update................................6 in Chicago. This interview is my transla- she would allow me to play the flute Flute Fair 2009 Update.......................................7 tion of our conversation, conducted in part, so I really had to understand the French. whole piece. I find that many students only know ROBERT LANGEVIN: Can you tell us how the flute part of what they play, be it you got started on the flute? in the solo repertoire or the orchestral MATHIEU DUFOUR: I was born in Paris excerpts, and therefore lack the complete [in 1972] and started at the age of eight “picture” of the piece. by studying recorder for one year be- cause my hands were too small to reach (Cont’d on page 4) In Concert Mathieu Dufour, flute Linda Mark, piano Sunday, March 15, 2009 • 5:30 pm Concert Hall, LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts 100 Amsterdam Avenue, New York Ballade Frank Martin (1890-1974) Sonata Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Le Merle noir Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) Fantasy on Der Freischütz Paul Taffanel (1844-1908) Program subject to change 2 — NYFC Newsletter The French Connection by Nancy Toff he guest artist for this year’s flute fair is Mathieu Dufour, a member of the latest generation of French flutists to THE NEW YORK FLUTE CLUB INC. Tmake his way across the Atlantic to America. In 1999, 2008–2009 he arrived to take up the post of principal flutist in the Chicago Symphony. When the news broke, there was the predictable Board of Directors outcry: with all the fine American flutists available, why did the Nancy Toff, President CSO have to import a foreigner? When you hear him, I think David Wechsler, First Vice President Ardith Bondi, Second Vice President the reason will become clear; when I first heard him in recital, Jeanne Wilson, Recording Secretary From the at the National Flute Association convention in San Diego in Keith Bonner, Membership Secretary President 2005 (appropriately, the Barrère centennial year), I was imme- James N. Blair, Treasurer diately enchanted. Susan Friedlander Karla Moe His rendition of the Doppler Fantaisie pastorale hongroise, Svjetlana Kabalin Fred Marcusa a warhorse I’d vowed that I could die happy if I never heard Nneka Landrum Seth Rosenthal again, sprang off the page. I knew that Barrère had played it a great deal in his Susan Lurie Rie Schmidt younger days, and now I understood why; Mathieu proved to me that it could be a Stefani Starin real piece of music. I told him that I imagined he played it the way Barrère would Advisory Board have, and on the spot extended an invitation for him to play at the New York Flute Jeanne Baxtresser Gerardo Levy Club. So I hope you will enjoy his concert at the fair as much as I enjoyed his perfor- Harold Jones Marya Martin mance in San Diego. Robert Langevin Michael Parloff Jayn Rosenfeld In truth, however, the French flute diaspora is nothing new. As Peter Bloom’s No- vember concert demonstrated, Louis Drouet toured the United States to great acclaim in 1854. Drouet was merely a sojourner, but in the next generation, French flutists Past Presidents came to America to stay. Georges Barrère .................... 1920– 1944 John Wummer ........................ 1944– 1947 The Boston Symphony had a French principal flutist, Charles Molé, as early as Milton Wittgenstein ............. 1947– 1952 1887, followed by Léon Jacquet (1896-98), André Maquarre (1898-1918), and Georges Mildred Hunt Wummer ........ 1952– 1955 Laurent (1918-52). Daniel Maquarre was also a member of the BSO (1903-09). The Frederick Wilkins .................. 1955– 1957 Harry H. Moskovitz ............... 1957– 1960 New York Symphony hired Molé (1903-05), then Georges Barrère (1905-18, 1919- Paige Brook ............................ 1960– 1963 28) and Daniel Maquarre (1918-19). The Philadelphia Orchestra had both Maquarre Mildred Hunt Wummer ...... 1963– 1964 brothers, Daniel (1910-18) and André (1918-21).* All these flutists were first prize Maurice S. Rosen ................ 1964– 1967 Harry H. Moskovitz .............. 1967– 1970 winners at the Paris Conservatoire, trained by Henry Altès and Paul Taffanel. René Paige Brook ........................... 1970– 1973 Rateau, a student of Gaubert who took first prize at the Conservatoire in 1928 and Eleanor Lawrence ................ 1973– 1976 played briefly in the Boston and Minneapolis Symphonies, was the only Frenchman Harold Jones ......................... 1976– 1979 Eleanor Lawrence ................ 1979– 1982 to precede Dufour as principal in Chicago (1946-51). Paige Brook ........................... 1982– 1983 Along with their oboist colleagues—principally Marcel Tabuteau in Philadelphia, John Solum ............................ 1983– 1986 Fernand Gillet and Georges Longy in Boston, but also such players as Alfred Barthel Eleanor Lawrence ................ 1986– 1989 Sue Ann Kahn ....................... 1989– 1992 in Chicago—these players firmly established the French woodwind style as the norm Nancy Toff ............................. 1992– 1995 in the United States. Rie Schmidt ........................... 1995– 1998 Mathieu Dufour’s recital program also pays homage to his French flute heritage. Patricia Spencer ..................... 1998– 2001 Jan Vinci................................... 2001– 2002 With the Freischutz Fantasy he honors Taffanel, one of his predecessors as principal Jayn Rosenfeld ....................... 2002– 2005 flute of the Paris Opera. The Poulenc sonata was premiered by Rampal, also a Paris David Wechsler...................... 2005–2008 Opera principal; the Ballade of Frank Martin, a French Swiss, and Messiaen’s Le Merle Newsletter noir (the 1952 and 1989 contest piece for the Paris Conservatoire) are staples of the Katherine Saenger, Editor modern French repertoire. 115 Underhill Road Our own Robert Langevin, principal flutist of the New York Philharmonic since Ossining, NY 10562 914-762-8582 2000, is a French Canadian by birth and a flutist firmly trained in the French tradition, [email protected] having studied with Aurèle Nicolet and Maxence Larrieu—and an inspired choice to interview Mathieu Dufour. As their conversation indicates, the French flute diaspora Lauren Zavlunov, Designer 1108 Quail Ridge Drive continues, in Europe as well as in the United States. Plus ça change, plus c'est la Plainsboro, NJ 08536 même chose! 516-317-2413 [email protected] www.nyfluteclub.org * For more historical data, see John Wion’s valuable (and frequently updated) list of orchestral principal flutists: http://homepage.mac.com/johnwion/orchestra.html. Copyright © 2009 by The New York Flute Club Inc., unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. March 2009 — 3 FLUTE HAPPENINGS student), Julius Baker, Jeanne Baxtresser, Member Profile and Robert Langevin (during his doctoral FREE to current NYFC members, this section lists upcom- studies). ing performances by members; flute-related contests, auditions, and masterclasses organized/sponsored John by members; and brief descriptions of members’ new High school: Shadle Park High School in recordings, sheet music, and books. Send submissions to McMurtery Spokane, WA. the Newsletter Editor. NYFC member Degrees: BM (Central Washington Uni- since 1998 MARCH ’09 versity, 1997), MM (Rutgers University, 1999), and DMA (Juilliard, 2005). Friday noon March Employment: Section flutist, NYC Opera; Most notable and/or personally satisfying 13 The Essex Duo with LAURA KAREL GEORGE, flute, and Darren O’Neill, freelance work during the off-season, accomplishment(s): As a flutist: playing guitar, performing rare Spanish masterpieces including performances with two new- and performing music written by people from Spain, Puerto Rico, and Argentina. music ensembles, the Society for Chro- he knows personally (“so gratifying”), • Central Presbyterian Church, 70 Maple matic Art (a coalition of composers and and recording three CDs with UpTown Street, Summit, NJ. • Admission: freewill offer- performers) and Luna Nova (a Pierrot Flutes. As a composer: writing and ing at the door. • Info, call 908-273-0441. ensemble based in Memphis, TN). premiering
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