Louis de Froment

Louis de Froment (December 5, 1921 – August 19, 1994) was a French conductor. Born in Toulouse, he started his musical studies at the city conservatory. He later attended the "Conservatoire national supérieur de musique" (CNSM) of Paris and was a pupil of Louis Fourestier, Eugene Bigot and André Cluytens. In 1948, he received a first prize in conducting.

de Froment served as music director of orchestras at the Casinos de Deauville and in Cannes. He also worked as head of the Permanent Chamber Orchestra of Radio in Nice, the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio-Télé Luxembourg, and the ORTF Orchestra. His recordings included these issues:
* Vox Turnabout 37117 (LP issue): Camille Saint-Saëns - Symphony No. 1, "Phaéton", "Marche héroïque"; Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg [Macdonald, Hugh, Review of recording of Saint-Saëns' Symphony No. 1, "Phaéton" and "Marche héroïque". "The Musical Times", 121 (1644): p. 107.]
* Decca DL 50006 (LP issue): Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Concerto, K. 622; Jacques Lancelot, clarinet; Oiseau Lyre Orchestra [Hussey, Dyneley, "The Musician's Gramophone" (April 1954). "The Musical Times", 95 (1334): pp. 191-193.]
* Vox: Claude Debussy - "Khamma"; Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg [McDearmon, Lacy, "Maud Allan: The Public Record" (1978). "Dance Chronicle", 2 (2): pp. 85-105.]

de Froment died in Cannes at age 72.

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