Eugène Bozza (Nice,
1905 – Valenciennes, 1991) was a brilliant student at the Paris Conservatoire,
winning First Prizes for the violin (1924), conducting (1930), composition (1934), as well
as the Grand Prix de Rome.
He conducted the orchestra of the Opera-Comique until 1948; he then
became Head of the Conservatoire in Valenciennes.
His works include several operas, ballets, large-scale symphonic and
choral works.
But his worldwide reputation is derived mainly for his many chamber
works, written for various instrumental formations with a preference for wind instruments.
