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BERNARD MICHELIN (SAINT-MAUR-DES-FOSSÉS, VAL-DE-MARNE, FRANCE, AUGUST 13, 1915 – PARIS, FRANCE, DECEMBER 16, 2003)

 

 

 

 

Illustrious representative of the French school of cello, he was the last of a generation formed by Paul and Maurice Maréchal Bazelaire, which were especially from André Navarra, Paul Tortelier, Maurice Gendron, Queen Flachot, Guy Fallot, Roger Albin.

Born August 13, 1915 in Saint-Maur-des-Fosses (Val-de-Marne), he entered early in the Music Conservatory of Paris in the cello Paul Bazelaire and at the age of 13 in 1929 , obtained 1 st prize. . Then began for him as a soloist, mainly conducted in the capital. At the same time, in the thirties, he won the Grand Prix International Cello Competition in Vienna but in the aftermath of the Second World War that success was to rendezvous with an international tour in South America (Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santiago, Caracas), and Egypt (Cairo, Alexandria, December 1946). He will have occasion during his long career in most major European cities. In France Bernard Michelin has played with orchestras Column, Lamoureux, Pasdeloup with the Company des Concerts du Conservatoire, and with the Orchestre National de France under the leadership of the greatest leaders.

Appointed professor of cello at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris in 1963, he also in Argentina (1947), Tokyo (1958), Santiago, Chile (1965), where he founded the “International Competition Bernard Michelin” to International Summer Academy of Nice (from 1968), London, succeeding where Pablo Casals International Cello in the Center (1965-1970) and Warsaw (1973). He has trained in Paris (with the help of his assistant Erwan Fauré, also a professor at the Schola Cantorum) and abroad many musicians currently practicing their craft with the world.

As a performer must Bernard Michelin creation of many works: the Cello Concerto with Marcel Landowski led by Eugene Bigot November 25, 1946 National Orchestra (concert broadcast on Radio), the Variations on a naive song (1949) of his master Paul Bazelaire that made him dedicatee of his work, the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra by Marie-Brigitte Gauthier with Pasdeloup Orchestra under the direction of Jacques Michon March 3, 1956 at the Salle Pleyel, the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra by George Barati with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by the author.

Knight of the Legion of Honour (1979), Bernard Michelin was married since 1973 to the cellist Claire Bouchet, his student, the Conservatoire de Musique de Paris, which was for him during thirty years a great help to the development of his concerts and its mastersclass.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo (Mascagni) André Collard (piano)
2. Élégie (Massenet) André Collard (piano)
3. Kinderszenen, Op. 15 No. 7, Träumerei (Schumann) André Collard (piano)
4. Thaïs Méditation (Massenet) André Collard (piano)
5. Song Without Words for Cello and Piano in D Major, Op. 109, MWV Q34 (Mendelssohn) André Collard (piano)
6. The Carnival of the Animals Swan (Saint-Saëns) André Collard (piano)
7. The Tales of Hoffmann Barcarolle Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour (Offenbach) André Collard (piano)
8. Werther Clair de lune (Massenet) André Collard (piano)
9. 12 Études, Op. 10 No. 3 in E Major Tristesse (Chopin) André Collard (piano)
10. 16 Waltzes, Op. 39 No. 15 in A Major (Brahms) André Collard (piano)
11. Dreams of Love, S. 541 No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst (Liszt) André Collard (piano)
12. Sadko Song of the Indian Guest (Rimsky-Korsakov) André Collard (piano)
13. Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 Für Elise (Beethoven) André Collard (piano)
14. Jocelyn, Op. 100 Berceuse (Godard) André Collard (piano)
15. La lettre de Manon (Gillet) André Collard (piano)
16. Peer Gynt, Op. 23 Solveig’s Song (Grieg) André Collard (piano)
17. 3 Songs, Op. 7 No. 1, Après un rêve (Fauré) André Collard (piano)
18. Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780 No. 3 in F Minor (Schubert) André Collard (piano)
19. 12 Spanish Dances No. 2, Oriental (Granados) André Collard (piano)
20. Divertimento No. 17 in D Major, K. 334 III. Menuetto – Trio (Mozart) André Collard (piano)