Henri Berthelier (real name Jean-Baptiste, 27 December 1856 – 1918) was a French classical violinist and pedagogue.
Biography
Born in
Limoges
Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...
, Berthelier graduated from the
Conservatoire de Paris, where he was a pupil of
Jean-Pierre Maurin.
From 1881, he played in the
Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire of Paris, where between 1887 and 1895, he held the post of
concert master. At the same time, he was part of a trio with
Isidore Philipp
Isidor Edmond Philipp (first name sometimes spelled Isidore) (2 September 1863 – 20 February 1958) was a French pianist, composer, and pedagogue of Jewish Hungarian descent. He was born in Budapest and died in Paris.
Biography
Isidor Philipp ...
, pianist and Jules-Léopold Loeb, cellist (1852-1933). This trio premiered
Camille Saint-Saëns
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano C ...
's (1892). Berthelier also performed in
chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...
ensembles with the participation of wind instruments under the direction of
Paul Taffanel.
In the years 1894–1915, he taught at the Conservatoire de Paris, succeeding his teacher Jean-Pierre Maurin. Among his students were
Lucien Durosoir
Lucien Durosoir (1878 – 5 December 1955) was a French composer and violinist whose works were rediscovered thanks to manuscripts found by his son Luc. Durosoir studied the violin with Joseph Joachim and Hugo Heermann in Germany before his first ...
, , Axel Theodor Schiøler,
Sigrid Lindberg, , Jeanne Gautier,
Georges Frey
Georges Frey (2 August 1890 – 7 October 1975) was a French violinist, viola player and specialist of the curved bow. He is the father of the pianist and organist Jean-Claude Frey.
Biography
The early years of Georges Frey are known through his ...
, Isabella Beaton,
Darius Milhaud,
Renée Chemet
Renée Chemet (January 9, 1887 – January 2, 1977) was a French violinist.
Early life
Renée Henriette Joséphine Chemet was born in Boulogne-sur-Seine. She studied with Henri Berthelier at the Conservatoire de Paris, graduating in 1902.E. W ...
,
[E. Windust]
"Renee Chemet-Decreus"
''The Strad'' (July 1909): 130-131. and
Pierre Monteux
Pierre Benjamin Monteux (; 4 April 18751 July 1964) was a French (later American) conductor. After violin and viola studies, and a decade as an orchestral player and occasional conductor, he began to receive regular conducting engagements in ...
.
His daughter, Madeleine Berthelier (1904–1998) was a pianist and occasionally accompanied
Henryk Szeryng.
Henryk Szeryng's recordings
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References
External links
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1856 births
1918 deaths
People from Limoges
19th-century French male classical violinists
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris
