Disparition de Mel Culbertson

Disparition brutale d'une personnalité talentueuse et attachante du monde des cuivres. Mel Culbertson venait tout juste de prendre sa retraite du poste de Professeur de Tuba du CNSM de Lyon.

Concertiste exceptionnel, professeur adulé par tous ses élèves, Mel a succombé à une crise cardiaque foudroyante samedi 23 juillet 2011.

Mel Culbertson 1946-2011

La liste de ses élèves, occupant tous des postes importants est impressionnante.

Abe-Portellano, Alisa	Professor of Euphonium, Ecole de Musique de Dax, France
Abeille, Oscar	Mediterranean Youth Orchestra; Symphony Orchestra of San Sebastian (Euskadi) Spain
Agerup, Morton	Gottburg Symphony, Sweden
Asensi, Jose	Orquestra Sinfonica Radio Television, RTVE; Banda Sinfonica Municipal de Valencia, Spain
Barre, Sebastian	Professor of Tuba Conservatoire, North France
Boile Nielsen, Jasper	Orquestra Sinfonica de Galicia, Spain
Borgonovi, Davide	Municipal Band, Rome, Italy; Professor of Tuba, Conservatory of Bari, Italy
Bazsinka, Jozef	Budapest State Opera, Hungary; Festival Orchestra, Hungary
Boukhitine, Arnaud	Ensemble Intercontemporain (Paris); Conservatoire National Region Boulogne-Billancourt and Assistant Professor of Tuba (to Mel) CNSM de Lyon, France
Clerc, Jean-Michel	Tuba de Eurodisney, France
Cortone d’Amore, Mickael	Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg; Professor of Tuba, Conservatoire de Strasbourg, France
Carolino, Sergio	Jazz Artist, Orchestra of Portugal; Professor of Tuba, Conservatory of Lisbon, Portugal
Evans, Marc	Stadts Oper Berlin, Germany
Fernandez, Pablo	Orchestre de Barcelona, Spain
Finca, Sergio	Orchestre du Juene Europeen; Solo Tuba of Spanish Brass
Fouga, Max	Asst. Conservatoire National Region de Toulouse; Ecole de Musique, Auch and Mirande, France
Galduf, Jose	Banda Municipal de Musica, Valencia, Spain
Gilbert, Andre	I’lle de France Orchestre, France
Godard, Michel	Quintette de Cuivres deArban, Artriste de Jazz
Guardiola, Ismael	Conservatorio Medio de Musica de Cullera, Spain; Conservatorio Professional de Musica de Oliva, Spain
Gotz, Werner	Sudwest Rundfunk (Baden-Baden & Freiburg) Germany
Herdmann, Robert	Bruckner Orchestra, Linz, Austria
Heimann, Stefan	Stuttgart Opera, Germany
Hoffmeier, Andreas	Von Karajan Academy, Berlin, Germany
Isern Estrella, Tobias	Orquestra de Majorca, Spain; Orquestra Sinfonica de las Islas Baleares, Spain
Jara Torres, Jesus	Conservatorio de Musica de Elde, Spain
Jeller, Anna	Opera de Zurich; Professor of Tuba Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland
Jenssen, Robert	Professor of Tuba, Conservatory of Tromso, Norway
Johnson, Sasha	McGill University, Montreal Canada
Juanas, Santiago	Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Murcia, Spain
Knight, Marc	Oslo Philharmonic, Norway
Krunoslav, Babic	Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Croatia
Laterre, Victor	Philharmonique de Radio, France
Lair, Yves	Orchestre de Montpellier, France
Labeyrie, Stephane	Orchestre de Paris; Professor, Conservatory of Lausanne, Switzerland
Levannier, Gilbert	Conservatoire de Perigord, France
Lopez, Vicente	Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Murcia, Spain Conservatorio Professional de Musica de Carcagente; Quintette de Cuivres de Spanish Brass: Luur Metalls
Lutmann, Giles	Professor of Tuba Conservatoire de Chalon, France
Manuel Fernandez Garcia, Pablo	Orquestra Sinfonica de Barcelona, Spain
Maurin, Patrick	Professor of Tuba Conservatoire de Nimes, France
Meurin, Benoit	Orchestre Francais des Juenes and Musique de la Police, France
Mills, David	North Carolina Symphony, U.S.A.
Mino, Sylvain	Harmonie de la Flotte de Brest, France
Mira, Antonio	Director de la Escuela de Almoradi, Professeur a L’Electre, Spain
Moen, David	Orquestra Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias, Spain
Molla, Alfonso	Conservatoire Superieur de la Coruna and Oviedo, Spain
Moreno, Miguel	Real Conservatorio Superior de Musica
Moriniere, Vincent	Pacific Music Academy
Nahatski, Richard	Berlin Radio Orchestra, Germany
Nam Ho, Kim	Professor of tuba, University of Seoul, Korea
Navarro, Jose	Conservatorio Medio de Musica, Orense, Spain
Navarro Serrano, Jose Vicente	Conservatorio Professional de Musica de Avil
Nichols, Hans	Westdeutsche Rundfunk, Koln, Germany
Nielson, Jasper	Tuba, Orquestra de la Coruna, Spain; Professor of Tuba Conservatorio of St. Sebastian, Spain
Nogueroles, Eduardo	Conservatorio Professional de Castellon; Conservatorio de Portugal
Nord, Leonard	Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stockholm, Sweden
Ollier, Vincent	Harmonie de la Flotte de Brest, France
Ossendorp, Tjerd	The Hague Philharmonic, Holland
Palacios, Juan	Conservatorio Superior de Alicante, Spain
Partouche, David	Military Police Band, France
Perez Calleja, Juan Carlos	Orquestra de Seville, Spain
Penades, Raoul	Banda Militaria de Valencia, Spain
Picard, Sylvain	Orchestre National Capitole de Toulouse, France; Professor Conservatoire National Region de Toulouse, France; Professor Ecole de Musique de Biarritz, France
Porte, Phillipe	Garde Republicaine (Band of the French Government)
Portellano, Gerard	Orchestre de Bayonne, Cote Basque; Professor Ecole de Musique de Dax, France; Conservatoire National Region, Bayonne, France
Quieros, Filipe	World Youth Orchestra and Remix Ensemble, Portugal
Rajkovic, Danijel	Professor of tuba, Conservatory of Zagreb and Radio/Television Zagreb, Croatia
Ripoll, Marcos	Banda Sinfonica Municipal de Bilbao
Rouillard, Sebastian	Military Police Band, France
Rubio, Jose Antonio	Orchestre de Euskadi, San Sebastian, Spain
Sarz, Augustine	Banda Municipal de Alicante
Schlager, Jorge Michael	Tuba, Orchestra de Dresden, Germany
Secq, Eric	Professor of Tuba, Conservatoire de Lille, France
Sevault, Arnaud	Armee de l’Air Military Band, France
Smith, Daryl	Radio Milan, Anciennement La Scala, Italy
Stekan, Marc	Jazz Specialist; Director, Tubapak, Paris, France
Stormand, Wally	Madrid Opera, Spain
Szykulla, Christophe	Von Karajan Academy, Germany
Takahashi, Akira	National Orchestra of Ecuador
Thibaud, Thierry	Epsilon Brass Quintet; Professor of Tuba, Bretagne, France Conservatoires de St. Malo and Rennes, France Composer
Torres, Jesus	Conservatoire de Castellon, France
Torrijo, Mario	Radio Televison Orchestra, Madrid, Spain
Travaille, Anne	North Holland Philharmonic
Ursule, Marc	Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse; Director Conservatoire National Region de Brive, France
Vadrot, Laurent	Professor of Tuba, Conservatoire de Macon, France
Vaillerot, Christian	Quintette de Cuivres Odysee
Valles, Miguel	Orchestre des lles Canaries; Banda Sinfonica Municipal de Valencia, Spain
Wallerand, Fabien	Opera de Lyon (permanent replacement)
Yanez Gario, Paco	Banda Sinfonica Municipal de Bilbao
Zambon, David	Conservatoire National Region, Montpellier; Conservatoire de Versailles, France Zwaenspool, Jonathan Ensemble, Odyssey, France