Antoine de Lhoyerin in Clermont-Ferrand France in a family of bourgeoise.He studied music in Paris with excellent masters. In 1789 he began a military career by entering the Gardes du Corps du Roi, where he served until the imprisonment of the Royal Family in 1791. De Lhoyer left the country at the end of 1791 and went to Coblenz where he enlisted with the armée des Princes, a principal counter-revolutionary unit.
His enlistment with this army lasted until the end of 1792.
He settled as a guitarist in Hamburg in 1800 where some of his guitar works, including the present concerto, were published. He went to Russia sometime in early 1803; on his way he passed through Berlin where he appeared in a concert in December 1802. He clearly obtained a prominent position at the imperial court in St. Petersburg were he stayed until his return to France in 1812. He served in various command positions in the French army until his forced retirement in 1830.
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