Maurice Le Roux

Maurice Le Roux

Maurice Le Roux or Leroux (6 February 1923, Paris, France – 19 October 1992 in Avignon, France) was a French composer and conductor. He studied composition at the Paris Conservatory and was a student of Olivier Messiaen. His work includes 19 original film scores and a number of television scores and orchestrations.¹

Filmography

As Composer

1952 : Crin-Blanc
1955 : Bad Liaisons (Les Mauvaises rencontres)
1956 : Les Possédées
1956 : Le Ballon rouge
1956 : Le Salaire du péché
1957 : Amère victoire (English title: Bitter Victory)
1958 : Le Piège
1958 : Cette nuit-là
1958 : Les Mistons
1960 : Présentation ou Charlotte et son steak
1961 : Vu du pont
1961 : Les Mauvais coups
1963 : Le Petit soldat
1966 : Martin Soldat
1967 : La Bien-aimée (TV)
1968 : La Chamade
1973 : Kamouraska
1974 : Contes immoraux
1979 : Les Jardins secrets (TV)
1981 : Un étrange voyage
1982 : La Guérilléra

As Orchestrator

1955 : Cap-aux-sorciers (TV series)
1957 : Le Survenant (TV series)

Citations

¹IMDB.
²New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

External links

Biographical details (in German)

Orchestre National de France Permanent Conductors and Musical Directors

Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (permanent conductor, 1934)
Manuel Rosenthal (permanent conductor, 1944)
Roger Désormière (permanent conductor, 1947)
Maurice Le Roux (musical director, 1960)
Jean Martinon (musical director, 1968)
Sergiu Celibidache (first invited conductor, 1973)
Lorin Maazel (first invited conductor, 1977; musical director, 1988)
Charles Dutoit (musical director, 1991)
Kurt Masur (musical director, 2002)
Daniele Gatti (musical director, 2008)

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