Jean Lallemand was a Canadian industrialist, philanthropist

Philanthropist

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, and patron of the arts. In 1968 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and in 1979 he received a Canadian Music Council Medal.

Born in Montreal

Montreal

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, Lallemand graduated from the Université de Montréal

Université de Montréal

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 with a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 in 1919. His uncle was conductor Arthur Laurendeau. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Montreal Symphony Orchestra

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 in 1934 and he was later named honorary president of the MSO for life. In 1936 he established an annual composition prize bearing his name, winners of which included composers Henri Miro

Henri Miro

Henri Enrique Miro was a Canadian composer/arranger, conductor, pianist, and music critic of Catalan birth. He was a pioneering conductor for Canadian radio and his works were performed in all of Montreal's major performance venues of the day...

, Hector Gratton

Hector Gratton

Joseph Thomas Hector Gratton was a Canadian composer, arranger, conductor, pianist, and music educator. As a composer his music is written in an essentially folkloric and popular style which avoids harmonic sophistication. His compositional output includes several orchestral works, chamber workss,...

, and Graham George

Graham George

Graham Elias George was a Canadian composer, music theorist, organist, choir conductor, and music educator of English birth. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, his compositional output consists largely of choral works written in the 20th-century Anglican style. He also wrote three ballets,...

. In 1938 he established the children's choir school La Petite Maîtrise de Montréal. He remained active on the boards of a number of arts organizations in Montreal up into the latter years of his life.