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Jean-Guihen Queyras
Jean-Guihen Queyras is a French cellist born on March 11, 1967, in Montreal,
Canada. He grew up in Algeria and France after his parents returned from Canada
when he was five years old. Queyras is known for his versatile repertoire,
ranging from classical composers such as Bach, Haydn, and Dvořák to contemporary
composers like Kurtág, Boulez, and Dutilleux. He has been the solo cellist of
the Ensemble intercontemporain, where he was mentored by Pierre Boulez, who
chose him as his protégé and helped him receive the Glenn Gould Protégé Prize in
2002. Queyras is an accomplished chamb...
