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Biography
Georges Barboteu (b. 1924), the son of the horn
professor at the Conservatoire d'Algiers, began
playing the horn at age nine, and won the premier
prix at that conservatoire at age eleven. He
joined the Symphony Orchestra of the Radio of
Algiers at age fourteen and the French Orchestre
National in 1948. In 1950 he entered the Paris
Conservatoire, winning the prix d'honneur that
year.
In 1951 he won first prize at the Geneva
International Competition. He was a member of the
horn sections in the Opéra-comique and Paris
Opera before becoming principal horn of the
Concerts Lamoureux and, from 1969, the Orchestre
de Paris. He was horn professor at the Paris
Conservatoire from 1969-1989 and founder of the
Quintette Ars Nova. In addition to his horn etude
books, Barboteu wrote over forty compositions for
solo or chamber music combinations. Several of his
solo works for horn and other winds have been used
as examination pieces at the Paris Conservatoire.
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