About Léon Reynier
Lived 1833 – 1895 (aged 61). Léon Reynier was a French composer, music professor and violinist.
Léon Reynier (11 August 1833 – 5 May 1895) was a well known and greatly appreciated French virtuoso violinist.
Life Reynier was born in Saint-Cloud. He is said to have been presented by Napoleon III with a richly varnished 1681 orange-reddish Stradivarius. A pupil of Lambert Massart, he was awarded first prize in 1848 at the Conservatoire de Paris. From 1875 to 1879 he became one of the musicians in the French chamber music society La Trompette founded in 1860, along with Léon Hollander (2nd violin), Benjamin Godard (viola) and Jules Delsart (violoncello).
He was the dedicatee of the string quartet of César Franck.
He died in Paris aged 61.
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Who was Léon Reynier?
French classical violinist
When was Léon Reynier born?
Léon Reynier was born on 11 August 1833 in Saint-Cloud.
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Léon Reynier died on 5 May 1895 in rue de Thann.
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Léon Reynier was a composer, music professor and violinist.
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Léon Reynier was French.
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