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GINETTE DOYEN (MONTCEAU-LES-MINES, 10 JULY, 1921 – CAUMONT-L’ÉVENTÉ, AUGUST 27, 2002)

Geneviève Marie Andrée Charlotte (nicknamed Ginette) Doyen, daughter of André Doyen, engineer, and Louise Tétard, was born on July 10, 1921 in Montceau-les Mines.

Her musicality appeared at a very young age and when she was seven years old, she gave her first concert. Three years later, she was accepted at the Paris Conservatory where she studied with Lazare Lévy 1. She was awarded several times during her studies, but also at music competitions, notably at the Concours International Gabriel Fauré. Her career thus began quickly, although the outbreak of war had a temporary negative impact. She had a vast repertoire ranging from Bach and music of the classical and romantic period, to more modern composers such as Fauré, Franck, Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky and Gershwin.

She performed as a soloist, notably with the Orchestre national de France and the Lamoureux, Colonne and Pasdeloup Orchestras. Outside France, in Europe, Africa, India and Japan, she played with many international orchestras.

A number of recordings were made by Westminster in New York, Vega in Paris and Nipon Westminster in Tokyo, including Mendelssohn’s Lieder ohne Worte and Chabrier’s Dix pièces pittoresques (both premieres on disc), Chopin’s Ballades, Jacques Ibert’s Histoires, Beethoven’s piano and violin sonatas, sonatas by Gabriel Fauré, Florent Schmitt and Debussy, often accompanied by the violinist Jean Fournier (brother of the cellist Pierre Fournier) whom she married on 12 August 1946.

TRACKLIST

1. 3 Écossaises, Op. Posth. 72 No. 3 No. 1 in D Major (Chopin)
2. 3 Écossaises, Op. Posth. 72 No. 3 No. 3 in D-Flat Major (Chopin)
3. 3 Valses, Op. 64 No. 1 in D-Flat Major Minute (Chopin)
4. Allegro Appassionato, Op.70 (Saint-Saëns)
5. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 (Chopin)
6. Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47 (Chopin)
7. Boléro in A Minor, Op. 19 (Chopin)
8. Etude en forme de Valse Op. 52, No. 6 (Saint-Saëns)
9. Grande valse brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 18 (Chopin)
10. Sonate Pour Violon No. 19 In F Major, HWV 370 I. Adagio (Händel) with Jean Fournier (violinist)
11. Sonate Pour Violon No. 19 In F Major, HWV 370 II. Allegro (Händel) with Jean Fournier (violinist)
12. Sonate Pour Violon No. 19 In F Major, HWV 370 III. Largo (Händel) with Jean Fournier (violinist)
13. Sonate Pour Violon No. 19 In F Major, HWV 370 IV. Allegro (Händel) with Jean Fournier (violinist)
14. Tarantella In A Major, Op. 43 (Chopin)
15. Thème Varié, Op.97 (Saint-Saëns)
16. Toccata Op. 72, No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)
17. Toccata Op. 111, No. 6 (Saint-Saëns)
18. Valse in A-Flat Major, Op. 42 (Chopin)
19. Valse in E Minor, Op. Posth. (Chopin)
20. Violin Sonata In A Major, Op. 1 No. 3, HWV 361 I. Andante (Händel) with Jean Fournier (violinist)
21. Violin Sonata In A Major, Op. 1 No. 3, HWV 361 II. Allegro (Händel) with Jean Fournier (violinist)
22. Violin Sonata In A Major, Op. 1 No. 3, HWV 361 III. Adagio (Händel) with Jean Fournier (violinist)
23. Violin Sonata In A Major, Op. 1 No. 3, HWV 361 IV. Allegro (Händel) with Jean Fournier (violinist)