- Maurice Bourgue was born on November 6, 1939 in Avignon, Vaucluse, France. He died on October 6, 2023 in Avignon, Vaucluse, France.
- He was a French oboist, composer and conductor.
- He performed as a soloist, under the direction of prestigious conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Chailly, John Eliot Gardiner, and undertook conducting activities in France and abroad.
- Bourgue was called in 1967 by Charles Munch at the Orchestre de Paris, where he remained solo oboe until 1979.
- He won first prizes in the following international competitions: Geneva (1963), Birmingham (1965), Munich (1967), Prague Spring International Music Festival (1968), Budapest (1970).
- He won a First Prize for oboe in 1958 and a First Prize for chamber music in 1959.
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