As per our current Database, Maurice Andre has been died on Feb 10, 2012 (age 78).
When Maurice Andre die, Maurice Andre was 78 years old.
| Popular As | Maurice Andre |
| Occupation | Trumpet Player |
| Age | 78 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
| Born | May 21, 1933 (France) |
| Birthday | May 21 |
| Town/City | France |
| Nationality | France |
Maurice Andre’s zodiac sign is Gemini. According to astrologers, Gemini is expressive and quick-witted, it represents two different personalities in one and you will never be sure which one you will face. They are sociable, communicative and ready for fun, with a tendency to suddenly get serious, thoughtful and restless. They are fascinated with the world itself, extremely curious, with a constant feeling that there is not enough time to experience everything they want to see.
Maurice Andre was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
Known for his recordings of Baroque music performed on a piccolo trumpet, as well as transcriptions of a wide variety of other instruments.
He joined a military band to enter a conservatory; in 1955 he won the Geneva International Music Competition and then the ARD International Music Competition in 1963.
One of his students wrote his biography, titled Maurice André: Une trompette pour la renommée, or Maurice André: A Trumpet for Fame.
He raised three children with his wife; his sons played trumpet and his daughter played oboe.
André studied Jean-Baptiste Arban's infamous trumpet book, as did Harry James.
