Alfred Pochon

Alfred Pochon (30 July 1878 – 26 February 1959) was a Swiss musician.

Biography He was born on 30 July 1878 in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. The quartet made the travel to Europe, North America and Cuba. In 1922, Pochon moved to Lutry. It was here that from now on, the members of the quartet met. In May 1929, after the cessation of the activity of the Flonzaley Quartet, Pochon created with Nicolas Moldavan the Stradivarius Quartet with which he toured nine years. In 1941, he became the director of the Lausanne Conservatory, a position he held until 1957. In 1944, he created the musical Gazette of the Lausanne Conservatory.

Alfred Pochon died, after a long illness, on 26 February 1959 on his property in Lutry, Switzerland.