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Paul Tortelier

1914 - 1990

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Paul Tortelier (21 March 1914 – 18 December 1990) was a French cellist and composer. After an outstanding student career at the Conservatoire de Paris he played in orchestras in France and the US before the Second World War. After the war he became a well-known soloist, playing in countries round the globe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Tortelier has received more than 98,912 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Paul Tortelier is the 583rd most popular musician (up from 585th in 2019), the 2,591st most popular biography from France (down from 2,521st in 2019) and the 26th most popular French Musician.

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  • 24

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Paul Tortelier ranks 583 out of 2,662. Before him are Rachid Taha, Eric Woolfson, Edgar Froese, DJ BoBo, Victor Young, and Tim Rice. After him are Phil Lynott, Al Di Meola, Lee Morgan, Ma Rainey, Carl Flesch, and Walter Gieseking.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Paul Tortelier ranks 121. Before him are J. Lee Thompson, Luis Mariano, Jerry Siegel, Juan Carlos Onganía, Dobri Dobrev, and Hans Hellmut Kirst. After him are Maxim of Bulgaria, Joe Shuster, Baba Amte, Howard Fast, Sun Ra, and Kenny Clarke. Among people deceased in 1990, Paul Tortelier ranks 90. Before him are Semyon Kurkotkin, Xavier Cugat, Joan Bennett, Attilio Demaría, Eduard Streltsov, and Ronald Evans. After him are Horst Sindermann, Stefano Casiraghi, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Wolfgang Schmieder, George de Mestral, and Naoto Tajima.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Tortelier ranks 2,591 out of 6,011. Before him are Gérard Oury (1919), Maurice René Fréchet (1878), Odo II, Count of Blois (983), Marie Dubois (1937), Émile Littré (1801), and Édouard René de Laboulaye (1811). After him are Richard Bohringer (1942), Bayezid Osman (1924), Laurent Fignon (1960), Gershom ben Judah (960), Philippe Nahon (1938), and Étienne Maurice Gérard (1773).

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Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Paul Tortelier ranks 26. Before him are Manitas de Plata (1921), Yann Tiersen (1970), Ginette Neveu (1919), Jacques Loussier (1934), Michel Petrucciani (1962), and Claude-Michel Schönberg (1944). After him are Walter Gieseking (1895), Claude Bolling (1930), Pierre Rode (1774), Robert Casadesus (1899), Bob Sinclar (1969), and Christian Ferras (1933).

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