Lefébure is a Norman-Picard surname, variation of Lefebvre and may refer to:

• Estelle Lefébure, French model
• Eugène Lefébure, French Egyptologist
• Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély, French organist and composer
• Yvonne Lefébure, French pianist

See also[link]

• Nicasius le Febure
• Lefebvre

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Yvonne Lefébure (29 June 1898 - 23 January 1986) was a French pianist.

Born in Ermont, she studied with Alfred Cortot at the Paris Conservatoire, taking a premier prix in piano and numerous other subjects. She soon appeared with the Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux and the Orchestre des Concerts Colonne and in recital. She performed at the first Prades Festival in 1950. She taught at the École Normale de Musique, Paris Conservatoire and Conservatoire Européen, and gave masterclasses at her own festival in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Among her pupils were Samson François, Dinu Lipatti, Evelyne Crochet, Avi Schönfeld and Imogen Cooper.

Bibliography[link]

Carbou, Yvette, La leçon de musique d’Yvonne Lefébure, 1995 (with discography)

André Isoir (born in Saint-Dizier, France on 20 July 1935) is a renowned French organist.

Isoir studied with Édouard Souberbielle (organ) and Germaine Mounier (piano) at the École César-Franck and under Rolande Falcinelli at the Paris Conservatoire where he won the first prizes in organ and improvisation in 1960.

Thereafter he won several international organ competitions. In 1965 he won the competition in St Albans (UK). And, in three successive years, he won the competition in Haarlem (Netherlands), earning the "Challenge Award," the only French interpreter to have achieved this distinction since the inception of the competition in 1951.

André Isoir was organist titulaire at St-Médard in Paris from 1952 to 1967 and at St. Severin in 1967. Since 1973 he has been titulaire (head organist) at the ancient Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris.

In 1974 Isoir was appointed to the organ staff at the Conservatoire d'Orsay, in 1977 promoted to the rank of National School of Music. He became a full professor in January 1978 and remained at Orsay until 1983, when he was appointed to the Conservatoire National de Region de Boulogne-Billancourt, where he taught organ until 1994.

Isoir has recorded some sixty discs, notably for Calliope (record label). His recordings have been awarded the Grand Prix du Disque in 1972, 73, 74, 75, 77, 80, 89 and 91 as well as the «Président de la République» prize for "Le Livre d'Or de l’Orgue Français". In February 1974 he was awarded membership of the Friends of the Organ for his "Variations sur un psaume huguenot". He has recorded the complete organ works of J. S. Bach, which remains one of the benchmark performances of Bach's organ music. His recordings of works by César Franck on the organ of the Cathedral of Luzon were also highly praised.

André Isoir completed his musical culture by gaining a thorough knowledge of the organ. Knowledge of the instrument contributes, in his view, to a better approach to different musical styles in terms of both technology and performance.

Isoir has been awarded the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres, National Order of Merit, best instrumental soloist of the year to 2nd Victoires de la Musique, and also «Choc de l’année 2000» from the magazine Le Monde de la Musique for his interpretation of the Art of Fugue by J.S. Bach.

Source[link]

• Entry to André Isoir in the French Wikipedia, translated December 25, 2008, using Google Translate. Retranslated without a translation program) and revised May 20, 2010)

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Estelle Lefébure
Estelle Lefébure at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival
Born	Estelle Lefébure (1966-05-11) 11 May 1966 (age 46) Rouen, France
Height	5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m)[1]
Hair color	Blonde[1]
Eye color	Blue[1]
Measurements	(US) 36-25-36.5 ; (EU) 91.5–63.5–92.5[1]
Dress size	(US) 6 ; (EU) 36[1]

Estelle Lefébure ([ɛstɛl ləfebyʁ]) (born 11 May 1966 in Rouen, France) is a French actress and model. She was one of the top fashion models in the 1980s and 1990s. Estelle Lefebure as she was known in the early 80 was discovered by George Gallier and managed by him exclusively since she started modeling at Prestige Models in Paris France, George Gallier then moved to New York City to start American Model Management, and managed her carrier until 1991. Her national recognition was immediate after the first Guess campaign shot by Wayne Mazer in the early1980, she then shot several covers of American Vogue with photographer Richard Avedon , several covers of American Elle with Marc Hispard, Gilles Ben Simon and Bill King. French Elle magazine model editor Odile Saron was also instrumental in making Estelle famous. She then switched agency in 1991, and moved from American Model Management to Elite, moved to California and married David Hallyday. During her marriage with singer David Hallyday, she was known professionally as Estelle Hallyday.

Biography[link]

Model career[link]

She began modeling at age 19. Over the years, she has appeared in advertisements for Guess?, Cartier, Christian Dior, Revlon, Lord & Taylor, and Samsung.^[1] In 1993, she appeared in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. In 1994, she was named one of the "50 most beautiful people" by People.^[2] In 1999, she was one of the candidates to become the official model for the French national symbol Marianne but ultimately lost to Laetitia Casta.^[3]

Acting career[link]

In 1994 she earned her first movie role in the French comedy film Grosse Fatigue.^[4] In 2001 she portrayed a model for Gaultier in the Gabriel Aghion comedy movie Absolutely Fabulous^[5] and in 2007 earned her first lead role in the French Horror Crime Drama Frontière(s).^[6]

Music career[link]

Lefébure sang on the soundtrack of the Comedy Drama Le bal des actrices film, the song "La pomme" and duet with Maïwenn Le Besco.^[7]

Personal life[link]

She was married to singer David Hallyday from September 1989 to 2000. The couple had two children: Emma and llona.^[8] She was also married to French TV and radio host Arthur from February 2004 to April 2008.^[9]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Estelle Lefébure at the Internet Movie Database

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