Philippe Muller is a French

French people

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 cellist and distinguished cello pedagogue.

Biography

Muller was born in 1946 in the Alsace

Alsace

Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...

 region of France

France

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. He studied the cello with Paul Tortelier

Paul Tortelier

Paul Tortelier was a French cellist and composer.Tortelier was born in Paris, the son of a cabinet maker with Breton roots. He was encouraged to play the cello by his father Joseph and mother Marguerite , and at 12 he entered the Paris Conservatoire. He studied the cello there with Gérard Hekking...

, Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, KBE , known to close friends as Slava, was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. He is widely considered to have been the greatest cellist of the second half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest of...

 and André Navarra

André Navarra

André-Nicolas Navarra was a French cellist and cello teacher.-Early life:...

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In 1970 he formed a trio with Jean-Jacques Kantorow

Jean-Jacques Kantorow

Jean-Jacques Kantorow is a French violin virtuoso and conductor.-Biography:Kantorow was born in Cannes, France. From the age of 13 he studied at the Paris Conservatoire with René Benedetti, and in 1960 won the first violin prize...

 and Jacques Rouvier

Jacques Rouvier

Jacques Rouvier is a French pianist. He studied at the Paris Conservatory with Jean Hubeau, Vlado Perlemuter, and Pierre Sancan. He took two Premiers Prix : in piano performance and in chamber music .Rouvier was remarkably successful at piano competitions in his youth...

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In 1979 he was appointed Professor of cello at the most prestigious Paris Conservatoire, succeeding his teacher André Navarra. His pupils include Gautier Capuçon

Gautier Capuçon

-Biography:Gautier Capuçon was born in Chambéry, Savoie, the youngest of three siblings. His brother is the violinist Renaud Capuçon.He started learning the cello when he was four years old...

, Henri Demarquette, François Salque, Marc Coppey, Emmanuelle Bertrand

Emmanuelle Bertrand

Emmanuelle Bertrand is a French cellist.-Biography:Emmanuelle Bertrand studied with Jean Deplace and Philippe Muller, and received early support from Henri Dutilleux....

 and Xavier Philips .

Aside from his teaching duties, he is also frequently invited to serve as a jury member for prestigious international cello competitions.

Discography

• Ravel - Trios and Sonatas (Erato, 1974)
• Stravinsky - Songs (Deutsche Grammophon, 1991)
• Schoenberg - Suite op.29, etc. (Sony Classical, 1993)
• Schoenberg - Serenade, Five Pieces for Orchestra (Sony Classical, 1993)
• Offenbach - Cello Duets (Arion, 1993)
• Telemann - Cantatas & Fantaisies (Adda, 1993)
• Schubert - Trout Quintet, Piano Trio no.1 (Viola, 1996)
• Bach - Les 6 suites pour violoncelle seul (Passavant Music, 2008)

External links

• *www.cellist.nl database