Claude Monteux, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetClaude Monteux
American flutist and conductor
Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1920
Place of Birth: Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 22-Feb-2013
Profession: conductor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Claude Monteux
- Claude Monteux (October 15, 1920 – February 22, 2013) was an American flutist and conductor.
- Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the son of conductor Pierre Monteux, Monteux studied flute with Georges Laurent, then the principal flutist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- He studied conducting with his father, both privately and at the Monteux School for conductors. As a flutist, Monteux played under the batons of Arturo Toscanini, Bruno Walter, Thomas Beecham, Leopold Stokowski, Pablo Casals, Igor Stravinsky, and his father.
- As a conductor, he served as Music Director of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (1953–1956) and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic (1959–1975).
- Monteux taught summer courses at the Pierre Monteux School for conductors in Maine and was affiliated with the San Diego State University School of Music and Dance.
- Monteux served on the faculties of the New England Conservatory of Music, the Peabody Conservatory, Vassar College and Ohio State University.
- He made commercial recordings for such labels as London and Phillips, including works by Mozart and Bach with the Academy of St.
- Martin-in-the-Fields. Monteux had three children from his marriage to Adeline Johanna Schulz Hiatt Peake.
- Their marriage ended in divorce.
- His eldest son, Robert, was born in 1952 in Yonkers, New York and is a former professional ballet dancer.
- His daughter, Sylvia Monteux, was born in 1954 in Bar Harbor, Maine and currently resides in Ellsworth, Maine.
- His son Gerard, was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1955, and is a television sports host and nature photographer under the professional name of William (Bill) Patrick, as well as a board member of the Pierre Monteux School.
- His fourth marriage was to the former Mary Ann Cahn, a flutist.
- His great son Kirk Monteux, born in 1965, is a composer.
- His granddaughter Jessica Lynn Fitzsimmons was born in 1982.
- Monteux was widowed upon the death of his wife Mary Ann, and his son Alain also pre-deceased him.
Read more at Wikipedia