Marcel Cellier

Marcel Cellier (29 October 1925 – 13 December 2013) was a Swiss organist, ethnomusicologist and music producer, internationally known for introducing the singing of Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, and the playing of Gheorghe Zamfir.

Cellier was the founder and owner of the "Disques Cellier" recording label. From 1960, and for the next 25 years, he hosted a weekly radio show on "Radio Suisse Romande", which he called "From the Black Sea to the Baltic".

In the 1960s, Cellier extensively researched Romanian folk music, which led to his discovery of Zamfir. In 1984, he was presented with the "Grand prix audiovisuel de l'Europe" from the Académie du disque français in Paris. In 1989, he was presented with a Grammy Award for producing Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Vol. II which featured, among others, the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir.

In 2012, a documentary called Balkan Melodie was made about Cellier's travels in Eastern Europe.

Discography Gheorghe Zamfir (1969) LP: Arion France 30 T 073 La Doina Roumaine (1969) LP/CD: DC 001 Flûte de Pan et Orgue – Gheorghe Zamfir/Marcel Cellier vol.1 (1970) LP/CD: DC 002 Flûte de Pan et Orgue – Gheorghe Zamfir/Marcel Cellier vol 2 (1971) LP/CD: DC 003 Les Virtuoses Roumains vol.1 (1972) LP: DC 004 Flûte de Pan et Orgue – Gheorghe Zamfir/Marcel Cellier vol.3 (1972) LP/CD: DC 005 Le Concert des Virtuoses Roumains (1975) LP/CD: DC 006 Taragot et Orgue – Dumitru Farcas/Marcel Cellier vol. 1 (1975) LP/CD: DC 007 Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares vol.1 (1975) LP/CD: DC 008 Appenzeller Zäuerli (Jodel d'Appenzell) (1976) LP/CD: DC 009 L'Albanie mystérieuse (1976) LP/CD: DC 010 Le Clarino virtuose de la Grèce (1976) LP: DC 011 Les Muverans (orchestre champêtre de Suisse Romande) (1976) LP: DC 012 Taragot et Orgue – Dumitru Farcas/Marcel Cellier LP/CD: DC 014 Flûte de Pan et Orgue – Gheorghe Zamfir/Marcel Cellier (1977) LP/CD: DC 015 Flûte de Pan et Orgue (Panflöte Und Orgel) – Horea Crishan/Marcel Cellier (1979) LP: DC INT147.601 Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares vol. 2 (1987) LP/CD: DC 016 Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares vol. 3 (1989) LP/CD: DC 017 To Rumania with love – Ulrich Herkenhoff/Marcel Cellier (1991) CD: DC 018 Flûte de Pan, Cymbalum et Orgue – Simeon Stanciu/Ion Miu/Marcel et Alexandre Cellier (1991)CD: DC 019 Marcel Cellier présente La Hongrie d'autrefois (Yesterday's Hungary) (1995) CD: Verany Voyage au bout des notes – Alexandre Cellier/Jean Duperrex (1996) CD: DC 020 Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares vol. 4 (1997) CD: DC 021 Instruments et Rythmes Bulgares (1999) CD: DC 022 De la Mer Noire à la Baltique (30 ans d'émissions de radio) (1999) 2CD: DO Concert pour les 80 ans de Marcel Cellier (Cully) DVD: DC 023