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André Navarra

アンドレ・ナヴァラ　/　あんどれ・なゔぁら

Cellist from France

October 13, 1911 – July 31, 1988　・　Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

Pyrénées-Atlantiques
cellist
music educator
university teacher

My Take

André Navarra is the sort of artist I instinctively respect. A cellist decorated with the Legion of Honour, the Arts et Lettres, and a German Order of Merit, he belonged to a French tradition where mastery and teaching were inseparable. What moves me is that his real legacy lives less in recordings than in the students he shaped across his university work, a lineage of sound passed hand to hand. Born in Biarritz in 1911 and dying in Siena in 1988, his life traced a chapter of European music itself. Like the low register of his instrument, his influence is quiet but unmistakably enduring.

Overview

André-Nicolas Navarra (13 October 1911 – 31 July 1988) was a French cellist and cello teacher who was born in Biarritz and died in Siena.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): André Navarra
Name (Japanese): アンドレ・ナヴァラ
Reading: あんどれ・なゔぁら
Born: October 13, 1911 – July 31, 1988
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Boar
Origin: Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: cellist / music educator / university teacher / music arranger / musician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Officer of the Legion of Honour

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%A9

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