Paul Marie-Adolphe Charles Paray was a French conductor, organist and composer. After winning France's top musical award, the Prix de Rome, he fought in the First World War and was a prisoner of war for nearly four years.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 2
Awards 4
Connected to Paul 6
Fernando FiloniAlso won Grand Officer of the Order of Grimaldi
Henry PotezAlso won Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
Lily LaskineAlso won Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
Princess Gabriella, Countess of CarladèsAlso won Grand Officer of the Order of Grimaldi
Louis Leprince-RinguetAlso won Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
Alice Trolle-WachtmeisterAlso won Grand Cross of the National Order of MeritAbout this person
Paul Marie-Adolphe Charles Paray was a French conductor, organist and composer. After winning France's top musical award, the Prix de Rome, he fought in the First World War and was a prisoner of war for nearly four years. He held a succession of chief conductorships, including those of the Lamoureux and Colonne Orchestras in Paris and the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra in Monaco. For ten years from 1952 he was chief conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, with which he made a celebrated series of recordings for Mercury Records' "Living Presence" series, many of which have been digitally released in the 21st century.
FranceFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.