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3 unusual facts about Pierre Cochereau


Michael Matthes

During the same time he studied Analysis, Harmony, Counterpoint and Fugue with Yvonne Desportes and Marcel Bitsch and the improvisation with Pierre Cochereau.

Pierre Cochereau

In 2012 Anthony Hammond published, with the University of Rochester Press (Eastman School of Music), a book on Pierre Cochereau - the first full length English language study of this incredible musician, written with full assistance and support from the Cochereau family and former colleagues.

One year later, he married Nicole Lacroix, a pianist and composer, with whom he had two children: Jean-Marc (1949–2011), conductor and late director of the Tours Conservatory, and Marie-Pierre, a professional harpist.



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