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- Works
- 20
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1906-06-24
- Active to
- 1986-01-08
cellistcelloclassicalfrench cellist
Discography
- Sonata no. 1 in E minor for 'cello and piano / Sonata no. 2 in F major for 'cello and piano1955
- Konzert für Violine, Violoncello und Orchester a-moll, op. 1021960
- Cellosonaten A-Dur Op. 69 Und C-Dur Op. 102 Nr. 1 • Variationen Über "Bei Männern, Welche Liebe Fühlen" Von Mozart1960
- Sechs Suiten für Violoncello solo, BWV 1007–10121961
- Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester h-moll, op. 1041962
- Cellokonzerte1963
- Concertos pour violoncelle et orchestre / Kol Nidrei1964
- Cello-Sonaten, op. 38 & 991965
- Gesamtwerk für Klavier und Violoncello1966
- Elgar: Cellokonzert / Bloch: Schelomo1967
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- Listeners
- 26,086
- Total plays
- 399,431
Tags
Classicalcellobaroqueclassicfrance
Pierre Fournier (1906-1986) was born in Paris on June 24, and known in his lifetime as "the aristocrat of cellists," because of his lyrical playing, and for his impeccable artistic sensitivity. Fournier was the son of a French army general, and as a child was taught piano by his mother. At the age of nine he suffered a mild case of polio, and lost some of the dexterity in his legs and feet. No longer able to master the use of the piano pedals, he searched for another musical instrument, and tur
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pierre
- Family name
- Fournier
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 15th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- Geneva
- Occupation
- music educator
- Educated at
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Employer
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Paul Bazelaire
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- cello
- Image
- Fournier Harcourt 1941.jpg
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- Pierre Fournier
- date of birth
- 1906-06-24
- date of death
- 1986-00-00
- medical condition
- poliomyelitis
- name in native language
- Pierre Fournier
- birth name
- Pierre Léon Marie Fournier
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