Jean-Guihen Queyras

Cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras has an unusually broad repertory that stretches from the Baroque to the contemporary era, from concertos to chamber music to works for solo cello. A member for a time of the Ensemble InterContemporain directed by avant-garde composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, Queyras has performed several major world premieres. Queyras was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on March 11, 1967. Part of his childhood was spent in Algeria, which was unusual since this period postdated Algeria's independence from France after a bloody independence war. Queyras' family...