29/10/1898, Rouen, France - 26/11/1987, Paris, France
French composer and music administrator. As a young man he was organist at the church of Saint-Nicaise in Rouen and Notre-Dame in Caen. He made his beginnings in music around 1923 writing works for piano, symphonic poems, opéras-comiques and opéras. From 1935 he became musical director of the radio stations Radio Tour Eiffel, Radio Paris, Radiodiffusion française then he was artistic director of Radio Monte-Carlo. From 1949 to 1951 Bondeville was director of the Opéra-Comique, followed by a similar position at the Opéra de Paris from 1952 to 1969.
