Édouard Nadaud
Édouard Louis Nadaud (14 April 1862 – 13 February 1928) was a French classical violinist. An heir of the École française du violon, he taught the violin at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1900 to 1924.
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Biography
Nadaud was born at 46 rue des Dames (Quartier des Batignolles) in the 17th arrondissement of Paris at the home of his father and mother, paper merchants: he was the fourth child of the couple. His two older brothers, Albert and Gustave were salesmen and the marriage certificate of Gustave teaches us that their father was also a music teacher.
He followed violin lessons at the conservatoire de Paris in Charles Dancla's class and obtained a first prize there in 1881 shared with a young American, Arma Senkrah (Harknes)[1] also a student of Charles Dancla and a young Dutchman, Louis Wolff (1865-1926), a student of Lambert Massart.[2]
Concertmaster of the Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire for eleven years,[3] he was professor of violin at the conservatory from 1 May 1900 until his death on 13 February 1928. Firmin Touche[4] succeeded him.[5]
He trained about sixty students including René Benedetti,[6] Marius Casadesus, Line Talluel,[7] Lucien Quatrochi, etc.
Prizes and distinctions
- Second violin accessit in 1877 - Piece of competition: Pierre Baillot's 1st Concerto in A minor
- First violin accessit in 1878 - Piece of competition: Henri Vieuxtemps's 5th Concerto
- Second violin prize in 1880 - Piece of competition: Pierre Rode's 3rd Concerto
- First violin prize in 1881 - Piece of competition: Henri Vieuxtemps's third Concerto
- Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur 2 January 1905.
References
- Arma Harknes
- Le Ménestrel n° 2631 7 August 1881 and n° 3625 16 September 1900 page 296 Paris, 15 juillet, article about Arma Harknes
- "Notice no. LH/1972/51". Base Léonore, Ministry of Culture (France).
- Firmin Touche on Gallica
- Le Ménestrel n° 4799 20 April 1928
- René Benedetti on data.bnf.fr
- Line Talluel
Bibliography
- Le Conservatoire National de Musique et de déclamation, documents historiques et administratifs, collected or reconstituted by Constant Pierre, deputy head of the secretariat, laureate of the Institute, PARIS, imprimerie Nationale, 1900