Guy Deplus

{{Short description|French clarinetist (1924–2020)}} '''Guy Gaston Simon Deplus''' (29 August 1924 – 14 January 2020) was a French clarinetist.

== Biography == Deplus was born in Vieux-Condé and studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he would later become a professor of clarinet, and received Premiers Prix in clarinet and chamber music.<ref name="vandoren">{{cite web|url=http://www.vandoren.fr/fr/guydeplus.html|title=Guy Deplus|publisher=Vandoren|language=French|accessdate=2009-08-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928053041/http://www.vandoren.fr/fr/guydeplus.html|archivedate=2009-09-28}}</ref> He taught many French orchestral clarinetists. He was also one of the clarinetists who collaborated with Buffet Crampon on the creation of the Tosca, Festival and RC Prestige clarinets.<ref name="buffet">{{cite web|url=http://www.buffet-crampon.com/en/history.php|title=Since 1825|year=2006|publisher=Buffet Crampon|accessdate=2009-08-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061225170616/http://www.buffet-crampon.com/en/history.php|archivedate=2006-12-25}}</ref> Together with Pierre Boulez, Deplus co-founded the "Concerts du Domaine Musical".<ref name="vandoren" /> He was a soloist in the Paris Opera. Deplus received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Clarinet Association (for "Outstanding Performance, Teaching, Research, and Service to the Clarinet).<ref name="smith">{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Sydney Bertram|title=Classical Musicians Speak Out|publisher=Melrose Books|year=2005}}</ref>

He died aged 95 in Nogent-sur-Marne.

==Discography== *''Olivier Messiaen - Never Before Released'', with Christian Lardé and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Jade, 2008. *''(Le) Domain Musical 1956 - 1967'', with various artists. Accord, 2006. *''Autour de Mozart'', with Olivier Voize and Quatuor Sollare. Quantum, 1996. *''Homage To Stravinsky, Soloists & Domaine Musical Ensemble'', Conductor Pierre Boulez. ''3 Pieces For Clarinet'', Everest 3184.

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