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Marcel Grandjany
French musician
Marcel Georges Lucien Grandjany (gran-zhə-NEE) (3 September 1891 – 24 February 1975) was a French-American harpist and composer.
Biography
Early life
Marcel Grandjany was born in Paris and began the study of the harp at the age of eight with Henriette Renié.
At age eleven, he was admitted to the Conservatoire de Paris, where he studied with Alphonse Hasselmans, winning the coveted Premier Prix at age thirteen.
Career
At seventeen he made his debut with the Concerts Lamoureux Orchestra, and gave his first solo recital, winning immediate acclaim.
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He appeared with Maurice Ravel in Paris in 1913. His London debut was in 1922 and his New York debut in 1924. He appeared as soloist with major orchestras under the direction of Gabriel Pierné, Alfred Cortot, Walter Damrosch, Serge Koussevitzky, George Szell, Fritz Reiner and Vladimir Golschmann, among others.
From 1921 to 1926, he headed the harp department of the Fontainebleau Su