Michèle Auclair
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Michèle Auclair was a French violinist and teacher.
Michèle Auclair was born into a family with sense for arts and culture. Her first teacher was Line Talluel and later, at the Paris Conservatoire, Jules Boucherit
, Boris Kamensky
and Jacques Thibaud
.
In 1943, she won the first prize at the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition
and in 1946 also the first prize at Geneva Concours.
From 1956, she collaborated with the pianist Jacqueline Bonneau with their concert debut a year later. In 1962, she started another collaboration with the pianist Geneviève Joy
.
In 1967, she was appointed violin professor at the Paris Conservatoire together with Pierre Doukan. In the next two decades, their students won more than 45 international prizes. She also taught at the New England Conservatoire in Boston.
In 1995, she was awarded Légion d'honneur
for her contributions in the field of music.
Michèle Auclair was born into a family with sense for arts and culture. Her first teacher was Line Talluel and later, at the Paris Conservatoire, Jules Boucherit
Jules Boucherit
Jules Boucherit was a French violinist and renowned violin pedagogue.Jules Boucherit was born in Morlaix. He attended the Paris Conservatoire studying under Jules Garcin...
, Boris Kamensky
Boris Kamensky
Boris Sergeevich Kamensky was a Russian violinist.Born in Nikolaev, Ukraine, son of a Director of a Commercial Bank, Kamensky made his first appearance in concerts at the age of nine. He was noticed as a talented violinist by Eugène Ysaÿe and he started taking lessons with him...
and Jacques Thibaud
Jacques Thibaud
Jacques Thibaud was a French violinist.Thibaud was born in Bordeaux and studied the violin with his father before entering the Paris Conservatoire at the age of thirteen. In 1896 he jointly won the conservatory's violin prize with Pierre Monteux...
.
In 1943, she won the first prize at the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition
Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition
The Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition is an international classical music competition for pianists and violinists that has operated in France since 1943. It was created by the pianist Marguerite Long and the violinist Jacques Thibaud...
and in 1946 also the first prize at Geneva Concours.
From 1956, she collaborated with the pianist Jacqueline Bonneau with their concert debut a year later. In 1962, she started another collaboration with the pianist Geneviève Joy
Genevieve Joy
Geneviève Joy was a French classical and modernist pianist who, at the end of World War II in 1945, formed a critically acclaimed duo-piano partnership with Jacqueline Robin which lasted for forty-five years, until 1990...
.
In 1967, she was appointed violin professor at the Paris Conservatoire together with Pierre Doukan. In the next two decades, their students won more than 45 international prizes. She also taught at the New England Conservatoire in Boston.
In 1995, she was awarded Légion d'honneur
Légion d'honneur
The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
for her contributions in the field of music.