Alexanian, Diran
Alexanian, Diran
Alexanian, Diran, noted Armenian cellist and pedagogue; b. Constantinople, 1881; d. Chamonix, July 27, 1954. While studying with Grützmacher, he had the honor of playing chamber music with Brahms and Joachim, and commenced his career as a virtuoso at age 17. In 1901 he went to Paris, where he later taught at the École Normale de Musique (1921–37). He then settled in the U.S. Among his outstanding students were Maurice Eisenberg and Antonio Janigro. With Casals, he wrote the treatise Traité théorique et pratique du violoncelle (1922); also prepared a critical ed. of the Bach solo cello suites (1929).
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