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Swiss conductor
Gender:
Male
Birth:
14 February 1934(Marsens, Gruyère District, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland)
Death:
2 September 2021(Montreux, Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District, canton Vaud, Switzerland)
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Education:
Conservatoire de Fribourg
Switzerland
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Biography

Michel Corboz in 1990 by Erling Mandelmann

Michel Corboz (born 14 February 1934) is a Swiss conductor.

He was born in Marsens, Switzerland and educated in his native canton of Fribourg. He founded the Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, with which he has recorded and toured extensively. He also has an association with the Gulbenkian Choir of Lisbon and teaches at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève.

In December 1999, Corboz was decorated by the President of the Republic of Portugal with the Great Cross of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique.