Guy Fallot (1927 – 25 July 2018) was a French cellist born in

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Biography

Guy Fallot's father, Paul Fallot – a geologist and professor at the

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– was also a great music lover and played the violin. The mother of Guy Fallot was a recognized amateur organist and held the organ of the cathedral of Nancy. Guy Fallot naturally began to learn the piano with his mother. She was very close to

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, hence the choice of the first name Guy for his son. He entered the

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at the age of 9, and obtained the virtuosity prize at 14. One year later, with his sister Monique, he won the first prize at the Geneva Sonata Competition. At the

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, he obtained the first prize in the class of

Paul Bazelaire Paul Bazelaire (4 March 1886 – 11 December 1958) was a French cellist and composer. Bazelaire was born in Sedan, Ardennes. He studied under Jules Delsart Jules Delsart (24 November 1844 – 3 July 1900)MacGregor, "Jules Delsart"Grove Music ...

in 1946. He taught mainly at the Geneva and Lausanne conservatories, where he trained many pupils. He pursued an international career, interrupted for some time because of a hand problem, and played all over the world, in sonata with pianist Rita Possa, also his accompanist for his classes at the conservatory. Among his recordings is one from the 1950s of the Dvořák

Cello Concerto A cello concerto (sometimes called a violoncello concerto) is a concerto for solo cello with orchestra or, very occasionally, smaller groups of instruments. These pieces have been written since the Baroque era if not earlier. However, unlike inst ...

with the South West German Rundfunk Baden-Baden, conducted by

André Jouve André Jouve, born 1929, died 2 March 2019 was a French conductor and radio producer, active mainly in France, who left a number of recordings and was for many years associated with classical music on French Radio.André Jouve - Ils nous ont quitt� ...

on the Ducretet-Thomson label. Fallot died in

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in 2018, aged 91.

References

External links

Guy Fallot, fervent violoncelliste
extended biography on ResMusica
Guy Fallot biography
on Notre Histoire
Website BAZELAIRE

Guy Fallot discography
on Discogs
Guy Fallot-Vlado Perlemuter Debussy Sonate pour violoncelle et piano live Mount Orford 1965
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Fallot, Guy 1927 births 2018 deaths French classical cellists Conservatoire de Paris alumni French music educators Musicians from Nancy, France 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century cellists Lausanne Conservatory alumni Academic staff of Lausanne Conservatory