Roger Delmotte (born 20 September 1925) is a French classical trumpeter.
He held the principal trumpet console of the Paris Opera from 1950 to 1985.
Delmotte was solo trumpet with many orchestras (France, Germany, Austria, Japan, Yugoslavia), trumpet teacher at the Versailles Conservatory until 1994, professor of trumpet at the Paris Conservatory, assistant to Raymond Sabarich, then professor from 1966. He has also been professor of trumpet at the Lausanne Conservatory in Switzerland, director of the Toulon International Wind Instruments Competition for 25 years. With Pierre Cochereau, titular organist of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, he created the Duo "Orgue et Trompette" in 1968, and played with him in many countries. He participated in Pierre Cochereau's Summer Tours, which introduced the organ to an even wider audience, with his portable 14-piece instrument with which he travelled and gave recitals.
He has been awarded the honorary prize of the International Trumpet Guild on 28 May 2011 at Minneapolis Roger Delmotte honoré par l'International Trumpet Guild and the Grand Prix du Disque.
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