LeRoux: A Life in Music and Motion
By Janos Gereben

What better way to start the new year than by looking back at half a
century in the life of one of our most distinguished musicians?

Principal oboist with the San Francisco Symphony for two decades;
founder-director of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (SFCMP)
and of the Chamber Symphony of San Francisco; conductor of the San
Francisco Ballet Orchestra for 15 years; prominent advocate for
Messiaen, Ernst Krenek, Carter, Babbitt, and many others; careers in
France, Uruguay, Brazil, and Canada a - " Jean-Louis LeRoux is indeed
distinguished, and yet not all that well-known.

This contrast between his importance in the Bay Areaa - 's musical life and
his self-effacing ways has made LeRouxa - 's first attempt at writing an
autobiography, just before he turned 80, a matter of interest and
importance. So sparse is the documentation of LeRouxa - 's career that
without the UC Berkeley Oral History Project youa - 'd find nothing
comprehensive about him with Google. And so, obtaining his 80-page draft
became the grist for our music-history mill. <snip>

   http://www.sfcv.org/2009/01/06/leroux-a-life-in-music-and-motion/

Janos Gereben
www.sfcv.org
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