Michèle Auclair [SEP] place of death
Michèle Auclair
Michèle Auclair (Paris, 16 November 1924 – Paris, 10 June 2005) 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 Conservatoire de Paris, 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
from 1993 till his death in 1999. The president of the violin jury is currently Salvatore Accardo. Aldo Ciccolini headed the piano jury in 2007.
Winners.
The winners in the inaugural contest (1943) were Samson François (piano) and Michèle Auclair (violin).
Other notable prize winners include: Paul Badura-Skoda, Kristóf Baráti, Dmitri Bashkirov, Anshel Brusilow, Alexandre Brussilovsky, Stanislav Bunin, Olivier Cazal, Jean-Philippe Collard, Youri Egorov, Arnold Eidus, Brigitte Engerer, Philippe Entremont