GABUS, Monique

Monique Gabus was born in Cambrai her father being Swiss and her mother French. As from her early childhood, she manifested very particular talents for music by improvising on the piano without having received any previous initiation. At 17, she entered the Paris National Superior Conservatory of Music, where she obtained harmony and composition prizes in the classes of Jean Gallon and Tony Aubin. She was equally the pupil of Magda Tagliaferro, Noël Gallon and Olivier Messiaen. She has composed symphonie works, choral works, melodies, vocalizations, instrumental pieces and six books of piano pieces for the young.