Jean Lucien Deplace (12 July 1944 – 30 November 2015) was a French

cellist The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G2, D3 ...

. Many well-known cellists studied with Deplace. Deplace studied with

Maurice Maréchal Maurice Maréchal (3 October 1892 – 19 April 1964) was a French classical cellist. Maurice Maréchal was born in Dijon at the home of his parents, Jules Jacques Maréchal, an employee for Posts and Telegraphs, and Martha Justine Morier. Afte ...

and won first prize for cello in 1963 at the Paris Conservatory. Deplace went on to win awards in international competitions including; the Grand Prize of the

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, the Budapest Grand Prize and the Florence Grand Prize. Deplace was also the recipient of a Sasha Schneider Foundation award. Deplace performed with leading orchestras including Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre de Monte Carlo, the

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and at the

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. In 1971 he formed a duo with the pianist

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that gained recognition in Europe, North America and Japan. Deplace was appointed principal cello ("super-soloist") of the

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. In 1981 he was appointed professor of cello at the Conservatoire national supérieur musique et danse de Lyon. Deplace died on 30 November 2015 at the age of 71.A FORMIDABLE CELLIST DEPARTS, AT 71
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Photos of pianist Andrée Plaine and cellist Jean Deplace
1944 births 2015 deaths French classical cellists 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century French musicians People from Loire (department) Winners of the Geneva International Music Competition Prize-winners of the ARD International Music Competition Conservatoire de Paris alumni 20th-century cellists {{Cellist-stub