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Vincent Courtois

Vincent Courtois, born March 21, 1968, in Paris, France, is a French jazz cellist and composer. Courtois began classical cello studies at age 6 under Erwan Fauré at the Conservatoire d'Aubervilliers, winning 1st prizes in cello and chamber music before studying with Roland Pidoux and Frédéric Lodéon. After discovering jazz through Jean-Charles Capon and Dominique Pifarély, Courtois formed his first quartet, releasing studio albums Cello News in 1990 and Pleine Lune in 1991. Courtois founded the Pendulum Quartet in 1993, recorded Marvellous in 1994 alongside Michel Petrucciani, To...