Pierre Moerlen
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Pierre Moerlen was born in Colmar (Haut-Rhin) on 23 October 1952, third of five children. His father Maurice Moerlen was a famous organist (one of his teachers was Maurice Duruflé) and his mother was a music teacher. All five Moerlen children learned music with their parents and all became musicians. Pierre's younger brother, Benoît Moerlen, is also a percussionist (he worked also with Gong and Oldfield). Pierre left Colmar for Strasbourg to learn percussions with Jean Batigne, founder of Les Pe
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pierre
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Colmar
- Place of death
- Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
- Occupation
- percussionist
- Languages spoken
- French
- Instrument
- drum kit
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- date of birth
- 1952-10-23
- date of death
- 2005-05-03
- member of
- Gong
- name in native language
- Pierre Moerlen
- birth name
- Pierre Jean Moerlen
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