René Louis Jean Challan (12 December 1910 – 4 August 1978) was a French classical composer, impresario and art director for French record labels. René Challan was composer Henri Challan's twin brother and harpist Annie Challan's father.
He won second prize at the Prix de Rome in 1935. The following year, he won the First Grand Prix de Rome for his cantata, Le Château endormi and joined the Villa Medici.
In 1937, he married the eldest daughter of the prefect Armand Ziwès [fr] before returning to Paris at the end of the summer of 1939.
From 1945 to 1975, he was artistic director of Pathé-Marconi and ensured the career of the record company's classical artists. He also managed the rights and recordings of the great international composers in Pathé-Marconi's catalogue.
Concerto grosso pour trois trompettes et timbales, premiered by Fernand Oubradous (1945).
Concerto pour piano (1954) premiered by the Société des Concerts with Samson François and Georges Tzipine at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (3 March 1957).
Symphonie n°2 in F major, given at the Théâtre du Châtelet for the first time on 1 February 1959 by the Concerts Colonne conducted by Georges Tzipine (1956).
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