Name
Pierné, Gabriel

Variant name
Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné

Gender
Male

Birth
August 16, 1863 Metz

Death
July 17, 1937 Ploujean

Descriptive Note

Gabriel Pierné studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where he earned prizes for solfège, piano, organ, counterpoint and fugue. He won the French Prix de Rome in 1882, with his cantata Edith. His most important early performance was the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird, at the Ballets Russes, Paris, on 25 June 1910. 

He became the organist at Sainte-Clotilde Basilica in Paris in 1890. In 1910 Pierné became chief conductor of the Édouard Colonne's concert series.

Pierné wrote several operas, choral and symphonic pieces as well as chamber music. He composed the oratorio La Croisade des enfants based on the book by Marcel Schwob, and the popular March of the Little Lead Soldiers.

Pierné became a member of the Academie des Beaux Arts in 1925 and a Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur in 1935.

On the occasion of the Exposition of Turin, Pierné directed the 16th Concerto Sinfonico in the Salone delle feste, Pavilion of Festivals and Concerts, on June 29, 1911, with music by Berlioz, Franck, D'Indy, Bruneau and Pierné himself.

Roles
Performing Artists, Conductors (Musicians)