Maurice Gendron
Maurice Gendron ( born December 26, 1920 in Nice, † August 20 1990 in Grez -sur -Loing, Seine- et- Marne) was a French cellist.
He studied at the Nice Conservatory and at the Conservatoire de Paris. He was known primarily for the premiere of the Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 by Sergei Prokofiev with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Walter Susskind.
Later he worked as a professor in Saarbrücken and Paris.
He played a Stradivarius cello from 1693, which is today known as the " ex - Gendron " and is played by the cellist Maria Kliegel.