François Salque is a contemporary French classical
cellist
The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...
and academic teacher.
Life and career
A graduate from
Yale University
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chamber music
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with
Éric Le Sage
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Biography
After he finished his studies at the Conservatoire de Paris, Le Sage went to London to improve by Maria Curcio.
Éric Le Sage is best ...
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Alexandre Tharaud
Alexandre Tharaud (born 9 December 1968) is a French pianist. He is active on the concert stage and has released a large and diverse discography.
Life and career
Born in Paris, Tharaud discovered the music scene through his mother who was a danc ...
Vincent Peirani
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Haydn
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Schumann
Robert Schumann (; ; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic music, Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber ...
, Boucourechliev, but also little known works or fragments by
Beethoven
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Clarinet Quintet
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by
Mozart
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(with
Michel Portal
Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be "one of the architects of modern European jazz".
Early life
Portal was born in Bayonne on 27 ...
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Nicolas Bacri
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Career
Nicolas Bacri was born in Paris, France. His musical studies began wit ...
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Karol Beffa
Karol Beffa, born on in Paris, is a French and Swiss composer and pianist.
Biography
Beffa is the son of French-Swiss linguist and ethnologist Marie-Lise Beffa and French linguist , and the nephew of industrialist Jean-Louis Beffa. He studie ...
,
Thierry Escaich
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Life
Born in Nogent-sur-Marne, Escaich studied organ, improvisation and composition at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP), where he won eight First Prizes a ...
, Bruno Mantovani and Krystof Maratka have dedicated works to him.
Discography
François Salque has recorded for the Æon,
Alpha
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Arion
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RCA
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,
Sony
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The Carnival of the Animals
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Alexandre Tharaud
Alexandre Tharaud (born 9 December 1968) is a French pianist. He is active on the concert stage and has released a large and diverse discography.
Life and career
Born in Paris, Tharaud discovered the music scene through his mother who was a danc ...
accordion
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(1-3 July 2010, Zig-Zag Territoires ZZT 110101)
* ''Tanguillo'' (
Astor Piazzolla
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, traditional) - François Salque, cello ; Vincent Peirani, accordion; Tomás Gubitsch, guitar (Zig-Zag Territoires ZZT322)
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France Musique
France Musique () is a French national public radio channel owned and operated by Radio France. It is devoted to the broadcasting of music, both live and recorded, with particular emphasis on classical music and jazz.
History
The channel was lau ...