# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-tortelier
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:44:20.299Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-tortelier"
name: "Paul Tortelier"
slug: "paul-tortelier"
description: "Paul Tortelier was a French cellist and composer. After an outstanding student career at the Conservatoire de Paris he played in orchestras in France and the US before the Second World War. After the war he became a well-known soloist, playing in countries round the globe. He taught at music schools in France, Germany and China, and gave televised masterclasses in England. He was particularly associated with the solo part in Richard Strauss's Don Quixote, cello concertos by Elgar and others, and Bach's Cello Suites."
tagline: "French cellist and composer (1914–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tortelier_Harcourt_1948.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1914-03-21"
deathDate: "1990-12-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.51141466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4128938/"
    handle:    "nm4128938"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump