Born April 20, 1913 in Thionville, died January 20, 2001 in Strasbourg. Ernest Bour was a French conductor, he studied in Strasbourg. After serving as chorus master for the radio choruses of Geneva and Strasbourg, he was appointed conductor of the Orchestre de Mulhouse in 1941, he also was conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra and of the Opera House in Strasbourg. He was principal conductor of the SWF Symphony Orchestra in Baden-Baden from 1964 to 1979. Bour's repertoire was marked by a concentration on contempo…