Louis Cahuzac


Louis Cahuzac was a French clarinetist and composer. Cahuzac was an outstanding performer and one of the few clarinetists who made a career as a soloist in the first part of the 20th century.

Life and career

Louis Cahuzac was born in Quarante, in Languedoc, in the south of France. His teachers were Felix Pagès in Toulouse conservatoire and Cyrille Rose in the Paris Conservatory.
Cahuzac made the first recording of Carl Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto, a piece originally written for the Danish clarinetist Aage Oxenvad. On 22 November 1956, at the age of 76, he recorded the Clarinet Concerto in A major by Paul Hindemith for the EMI music label under the composer's baton.
He was a great teacher also and many students became famous like Eduard Brunner, Yona Ettlinger, Hans Rudolph Stalder, Gervase de Peyer, André Boutard or Gilbert Voisin and Palle Nehammer. Cahuzac died at Bagnères-de-Luchon.

Compositions

His compositions were mainly for the clarinet and all are inspired by his native region in Southern France:

Recordings by Cahuzac

Philippe Cuper: "the first complete music by Cahuzac from the manuscript"