About Maurice André
Maurice André was a French trumpeter, active in the classical music field. After only six months at the conservatory, he won his first prize. Sabarich later said that "it was then that Maurice Andre became Maurice Andre." Maurice André won the Geneva International Music Competition in 1955, together with Theo Mertens, and the ARD International Music Competition in Munich in 1963. André rose to international prominence in the 1960s and 1970s with a series of recordings of baroque works on piccolo trumpet for Erato and other labels. André had over 300 audio recordings to his name, from the mid-1950s to his death.
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