Pierre Segond

Pierre Segond was born on 8 February 1913 in Geneva (Switzerland). He studied under Alexandre Mottu (piano), William Montillet (organ) and Henri Gagnebin at the Geneva Conservatoryand completed his studies at the Paris conservatory under Jean Roger-Ducasse (composition) and Marcel Dupre (organ and improvisation), winning a premier prix for organ and improvisation in 1939.

In 1940 Pierre Segond was appointed teacher of organ, improvisation and history of the organ at the Geneva Conservatory, a position he held until his retirement in 1985. His most notable students are the organist Lionel Rogg and Guy Bovet. In 1942 he became the principal organist of the Cathedral of St. Peter in Geneva and fulfilled this position until 1992. Beside these two main activities Pierre Segond also made concert tours as an organist mainly to France and Germany.
As a composer Pierre Segond wrote mostly works of a smaller scale and an emphasis on the organ, but his output also contains a Concertino for flute and orchestra, songs and incidental music.
Pierre Segond died on 2 May 2000 in Geneva (Switzerland).

In my possession are two autograph manuscripts of works by Pierre Segond.

A "Piece pour flute solo" composed in 1938 and dedicated to Maurice Werner. The work is numbered by Pierre Segond as A10. In addition to this manuscript I own a second one manuscript with a transposed score from 1945 and numbered A10bis.

The second work is the "Caprice for flute et violon" composed in 1940 and dedicated to Jean Delor. This work is numbered D3.