Editing Paul Paray (section)

===Conductor===
After his release, Paray conducted professionally for the first time at the Casino in [[Cauterets]], and shortly afterwards, on Pierné's recommendation, he made his début with the [[Lamoureux Orchestra]] in Paris<ref name=dp/> and was appointed its assistant conductor in 1920.<ref name=grove/> [[Camille Chevillard]], the orchestra's principal conductor since 1897, died in May 1923;<ref>[https://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139268246 "Camille Chevillard (1859–1923)"], Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 9 November 2024</ref> Paray was elected to succeed him.<ref name=dp/> He remained with the orchestra for five years, including in his programmes the works of many French composers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as Fauré, [[Claude Debussy|Debussy]], [[Maurice Ravel|Ravel]] and [[Jacques Ibert|Ibert]], whose {{lang|fr|[[Escales (Ibert)|Escales]]}} he and the orchestra premiered in 1924, before it was taken up by better-known conductors including [[Arturo Toscanini]] and [[Leopold Stokowski]].<ref name=dp/><ref>Mousnier, p. 27</ref> They also performed with several well-known solo players who were making their Paris débuts, including [[Jascha Heifetz]], [[Nathan Milstein]] and [[Yehudi Menuhin]].<ref name=dp/>

In 1928 Paray accepted the post of chief conductor of the [[Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra]] and in the summer months he was also musical director at the [[Opéra de Vichy|Vichy Casino]]. In 1933 he moved to the [[Colonne Orchestra]] in Paris, succeeding Pierné as its chief conductor. He also worked at the [[Paris Opéra]], where he conducted several operas by [[Wagner]], including ''[[Die Walküre]]'', ''[[Siegfried (opera)|Siegfried]]'' and ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]''.<ref> Cowan, Rob and James Jolly [https://www.gramophone.co.uk/podcasts/article/paul-paray-the-art-of-the-great-conductor "Paul Paray: The art of the great conductor"], ''Gramophone'', 29 July 2022: at 2 minutes 50 seconds</ref> While with the Colonne Orchestra, Paray engaged in a celebrated dispute with the music critic [[Émile Vuillermoz]], who complained in print in 1935 about what he saw as the frequent inadequacy of the performances of new works at symphony concerts. From the Colonne platform Paray denounced Vuillermoz as hypocritical and venal.<ref>"A Conductor Denounces a Critic", ''The Musical Times'', June 1935, p. 522</ref>