Gabriel Tacchino

He studied at the Paris Conservatoire from 1947 to 1953, where his teachers included Jacques Février and Marguerite Long.

Herbert von Karajan was instrumental in Tacchino getting his break, by engaging him to play with various orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic.

[2] He performed under conductors such as Pierre Monteux, André Cluytens, Jascha Horenstein, Riccardo Muti, Kent Nagano, and many others.

[2] Tacchino also played chamber music with notables such as Isaac Stern, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Pierre Amoyal, Maxence Larrieu, and others.

[4][5] Having taught at his alma mater the Paris Conservatoire 1975–1994,[2] he later taught at the University of Fine Arts and Music (Geidai) in Tokyo, the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Académie internationale d'été de Nice, and at the Schola Cantorum in Paris.