Didier Talpain is a French conductor and diplomat.[1]

Diplomatic career

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Talpain graduated from the Institut Commercial de Nancy and in political studies from the Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg. He has primarily served in cultural exchange projects with the countries, such as Poland, he has been assigned.

Musical career

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Talpain studied flute, bassoon and chamber music at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, and conducted at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP) in Paris. In 1985 he won a Menuhin Foundation prize and in 1995 the prize from the Perrenoud Foundation.

Selected performances and discography

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Talpain is noted for working with the Institut français to recover forgotten French operas.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Diplomat and conductor Didier Talpain: Music has been my lifetime passion". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
  2. ^ Opernwelt: Volume 43 2002 Und dank des Einsatzes von Didier Talpain, der unermüdlich auf der Suche nach französischen Opernraritäten ist und nun Offenbachs «Les Madames de la Halle» ausgegraben hat, ließ sich auch das Institut francais gewinnen."