Françoise Groben (4 December 1965 – 28 May 2011) was aLuxembourgish cellist who performed widely and won several awards. She made recordings for radio, television and CDs.[1]
Born on 4 December 1965 inLuxembourg City, Groben first studied the cello withGeorges Mallach at theConservatoire de Luxembourg. She continued withBoris Pergamenschikow at theMusikhochschule, Cologne, and subsequently withWilliam Pleeth,Daniil Shafran, as well as with members of theAmadeus Quartet. In 1990 she won 2nd prize in theInternational Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.[2][3]
She played with a number of prestigious orchestras including theBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, theNHK Symphony Orchestra,Leningrad Philharmonic,Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and theRussian State Orchestra and participated in many music festivals around the globe. In 1998, she became the cellist in the Zehetmair Quartet founded byThomas Zehetmair, playing in Lisbon, Munich, Leipzig, Cologne, Salzburg, Paris, Brussels, Vienna and Berlin as well as on tour in the United States, Australia and the Far East. Thanks to the support of Banque Générale de Luxembourg, she played aMatteo Goffriller cello from 1695.[3]
Françoise Groben died on 28 May 2011 when she was only 45 years old.[4]
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