About Christophe Coin
Born 1958. Christophe Coin is a French conductor, cellist, viol player, music educator and cello.
Christophe Coin (; born 26 January 1958) is a French cellist, viola da gamba player and conductor active in the field of historically informed performance. He is the cellist of the Quatuor Mosaïques and is the director of the Ensemble Baroque de Limoges.
Career Born in Caen, Coin studied with Jacques Ripoche. At the Conservatoire de Paris, he studied cello with André Navarra and graduated in 1974. From 1976, he studied on a scholarship in Vienna. He was influenced by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, among others. From 1978, he studied viola da gamba with Jordi Savall at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
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Who is Christophe Coin?
French cellist
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Christophe Coin was born on 26 January 1958 in Caen.
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Christophe Coin is a conductor, cellist, viol player, music educator and cello.
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Christophe Coin is French.
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