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Jean-Marie Beaudet Born in Thetford Mines, Beaudet was the brother of pianist Pierre Beaudet. He began his musical education at the Collège de Lévis where he was a piano and organ student of Father Alphonse Tardif. He pursued further studies in those instruments with Henri Gagnon and Robert Talbot at the Séminaire de Québec where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1928. In 1929 he won the prestigious Prix d'Europe for organ performance, a prize which provided him the funds necessary to continue his education in France from 1929-1932. He studied with Pierre Lucas at the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau and with Louis Aubert (harmony), Marcel Dupré (organ), and Yves Nat (piano) at the Conservatoire de Paris.
Jean-Marie Beaudet In 1952-1953 Beaudet went on sabbatical to Paris through a grant awarded to him by the Royal Society of Canada. Upon his return to Montreal in October 1953, he led 16 performances of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" at the Variétés lyriques. Later that year he assumed the post of director of production and program planning at CBC Radio in Toronto. He remained in that position through 1957, during which time he conducted for numerous radio and television broadcasts. He was particularly active as an opera conductor at the CBC. He also frequently conducted the CBC Symphony Orchestra from 1953-1964. From 1957-1959 he served as CBC's representative in Paris.
Jean-Marie Beaudet Having never retired, Beaudet died in Ottawa in 1971 at the age of 63. Later that year he was posthumously awarded the Canadian Music Council Medal and the University of Ottawa created a fund for aspiring conductors in his name. In 1988 the Canada Council founded the Jean-Marie Beaudet Award for young conductors.
Jean-Marie Beaudet In 1937 Beaudet joined the staff of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation where he held a variety of posts through 1947, including program director for the Quebec region, national music supervisor, and program director for the French network. He played an influential role in making music the primary focus of CBC programing, as opposed to news, drama, and talk radio. The CBC commissioned its first two operas, both by Healey Willan, as a result of his leadership: "" (1942) and "Deirdre" (1945).
Jean-Marie Beaudet While working for the CBC in the 1940s, Beaudet was also active as a guest conductor and pianist. He led performances of Georges Bizet's "Carmen" with singers from the Metropolitan Opera in 1943 at the St Denis Theatre. On 13 May 1946 he conducted his first European concert, a program of Canadian works, with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra at the Prague Spring Festival. That same year he had a great personal triumph performing a recital of piano works by Claude Debussy at the Ermitage.