Roland Pidoux

Roland Pidoux (29 October 1946 – 21 September 2025) was a French cellist and academic teacher. He was principal cellist of the Orchestre national de France from 1978 to 1987 and professor at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1988 to 2012. With a focus on chamber music, he played in a string quartet, a string trio and a piano trio, performing and recording with colleagues including violinist Régis Pasquier, violist Bruno Pasquier and pianist Jean-Claude Pennetier.

Life and career Pidoux was born in Paris on 29 October 1946. He also founded the Wanderer Trio and was a founding member of Les Violoncelles Français, a cello octet. He played a 1741 cello built by Gennaro Gagliano that was previously used by André Navarra.

Pidoux died on 21 September 2025, at the age of 78, Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2, with Jean-Claude Pennetier and Régis Pasquier (1980) Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata, String Trios, with Régis Pasquier, Bruno Pasquier and Jean-Claude Pennetier (1980) Chausson: Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, with Régis Pasquier, Pennetier, Roland Daugareil, Geneviève Simonot, Bruno Pasquier (1980) Saint-Saëns: Cello Sonatas with Jean Hubeau, Radio France (1991) / Warner Classics