Jean-Guihen Queyras is a French cellist. He was born in Montreal, Canada on 11 March, 1967, and moved with his parents to Algeria when he was 5 years old; the family moved to France 3 years later. He is a professor at the Musikhochschule Freiburg and artistic co-director of the Rencontres Musicales de Haute-Provence. He won the Glenn Gould Prot�g� Prize in Toronto in 2002. Queyras has recorded for Harmonia Mundi, including the Dvo?�k's cello concerto and 'Dumky' piano trio, and the complete cello suites of both Johann Sebastian Bach and Benjamin Britten. He recorded Haydn's and Monn's cello concertos on a period instrument with the Freiburger Barockorchester. He has also recorded the complete Vivaldi cello concertos with the Akademie f�r Alte Musik Berlin. His recordings have won distinctions such as Top CD - BBC Music Magazine, Diapason d'Or, CHOC du Monde de la Musique, 10 de Classica/R�pertoire, and Editor's Choice from Gramophone. His repertoire also encompasses more recent works, which he performs internationally: he gave the world premieres of Ivan Fedele's cello concerto and Gilbert Amy's concerto. 

March 11th, 1967 in Montreal (Age 57)