a personal friend and former colleague during his early days in Italy and Spain. After 1956, he made his home in Switzerland, although he never relinquished his French citizenship. He received the dedication of both Bohuslav Martinů's Cello Concerto No. 1 (1930, rev. 1939, 1955) and Francis Poulenc's Cello Sonata (1948). In 1963, he was made a member of the Legion of Honour. He continued performing in public until two years before his death at the age of 79. Until the end of his life, he taught privately at his home in Geneva: the cellists Julian Lloyd Webber and Rocco Filippini were among his pupils. His son Jean-Pierre became a pianist performing under the name of Jean Fonda. Fournier played three instruments: a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume 1863, a Matteo Goffriller 1722 and a rare Charles Adolphe Maucotel 1849. With the Maucoutel he played the last 18 years of his career and made all his recordings. Awards and recognitions Grand Prix du Disque: Pierre Fournier, Rafael Kubelik Antonin Dvorak: Cello Concerto – recording released in 1955 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance: Pierre Fournier, Arthur Rubinstein & Henryk Szeryng for Schubert: Trios No. 1 in B Flat, Op. 99 and No. 2 in E Flat, Op. 100 (1976) Pierre Fournier, Arthur Rubinstein & Henryk Szeryng for Brahms: Trios (Complete)/Schumann: Trio No. 1 in D Minor (1975) References Citations Sources Hughes, Angela. Pierre Fournier: Cellist in a Landscape with Figures (Scolar Press, 1998). . External links French classical cellists 1906 births 1986 deaths Grammy Award winners Cello pedagogues French music educators 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century French musicians Conservatoire de Paris alumni Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris Deutsche Grammophon artists Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Commanders of the Order of Leopold II 20th-century cellists