Jeanne Deroubaix
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15 February 1927 Brussels, Belgium |
| Education | Robert Schumann Conseratory |
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Jeanne Deroubaix (born 15 February 1927) is a Belgian mezzo-soprano, focused on concert performances of Early music and contemporary music. She premiered music by Igor Stravinsky and collaborated with Pierre Boulez, performing and recording his Le marteau sans maître.
Born in Brussels, Deroubaix received her vocal training in her hometown. She performed 1947 to 1953 in the vocal ensemble for Early music Pro Musica Antiqua, founded by Stafford Cape, which toured to Germany, Italy and Spain. She was mostly active as a recitalist and oratorio singer. Her rare stage performances included Messagera and Ninfa (Nymph) in Monteverdi's Orfeo at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels. She was appointed professor of voice at the Musikhochschule Detmold in 1957.
On 23 September 1958, she was a soloist in the premiere of Stravinsky's cantata Threni in the hall of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice, with Ursula Zollenkopf, Hugues Cuénod, Richard Robinson, Charles Scharbach, Robert Oliver, the NDR Chor and NDR Sinfonieorchester, conducted by the composer. She appeared in concert of The Proms at the Royal Albert Hall on 3 September 1968, singing Le marteau sans maître by Pierre Boulez, conducted by the composer.
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