- Alain Meunier
Alain Meunier (born 1942) is a French cellist.
Meunier was born in
Paris , the third child among four siblings. Starting thecello at the age of 13 and received premier prix inchamber music at 15 and incello at 16. He suddenly quit musical activities at the age of 18 and studied musical aesthetics andmusicology .However, he began cello again as 22 and played in front of
Pablo Casals aiming at Prades Festival. He enteredAccademia Musicale Chigiana inSiena inItaly , and was a member of an ensembre "Piano Quintetto Chigiana" aftergraduation . He also studiedcello withMaurice Maréchal .He taught at
Accademia Musicale Chigiana from 22 years old, and served on the faculty at theLyon Conservatory inFrance .He has been a professor of the
Paris Conservatory since 1989, and he is now director of "Bordeaux International StringQuartet Competition".He has served on the
Rostropovich Cello Competition jury in 1986, and most recently on the "1stGaspar Cassadó International Violoncello Competition in Hachiōji" in 2006.External links
* [http://www.cassado-cello.jp/com/ Gaspar Cassado International Violoncello Competition in Hachiōji]
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