French cellist

Maurice Maréchal

Intro
French cellist
Awards Received
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Croix de guerre 1914–1918
Music

Maurice Maréchal (3 October 1892 – 19 April 1964) was a French classical cellist.

Maurice Maréchal was born in Dijon at the home of his parents, Jules Jacques Maréchal, an employee for Posts and Telegraphs, and Martha Justine Morier. After studying at the conservatory in his hometown, in 1905 he entered the Paris Conservatory where he studied with Jules-Leopold Loeb and won his first cello award in 1911 at the age of 19.