Maurice Gendron
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- Die Kunst des Cellospiels
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Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Maurice Gendron (26 December 1920, near Nice – 20 August 1990, Grez-sur-Loing) was a French cellist, conductor and teacher. He is widely considered one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century. He was an Officer of the Legion of Honor and a recipient of the National Order of Merit. He was an active member of the French Resistance during World War II. Gendron recorded most of the standard…
Known for
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
- Yehudi Menuhin, chemin de lumière1970
- Discorama — Self1959
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1920-12-26
- Active to
- 1990-08-20
Discography
- Sextuor Nº1 en Si bémol majeur, op. 181964
- 3 Sonatas / Syrinx1967
- Quintette "La Truite" / Trios op. 99 & 100 / Sonatensatz / Notturno1989
- Cello Suites Nos. 1, 4 & 61989
- Cello Concertos1990
- String Sextets 1 & 21990
- The 6 Cello Suites1994
- Beethoven: Piano Trio in D “Ghost” / Mozart: Piano Trio in G, K. 564 / Bridge: Piano Trio no. 22003
- Brahms: Double Concerto / Beethoven: Triple Concerto2009
- Cello Suites Nos.1 - 32009
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Maurice Gendron born near Nice on 26 December 1920, Gendron was brought up in a poor household by his mother and grandmother, his father having deserted them. He could read music at the age of three and began violin lessons at four with his mother, a professional player in the silent cinema; but he did not get on with the instrument and at five changed to a quarter-sized cello specially made for him. When he was ten his teacher Stéphane Odero (in the city of Cannes) took him to hear the virtuoso
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maurice
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Grez-sur-Loing
- Place of death
- Grez-sur-Loing
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Gérard Hekking
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- cello
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- date of birth
- 1920-12-26
- date of death
- 1990-08-20
- name in native language
- Maurice Gendron
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