13 Facts About Michel Warlop

Michel Maurice Armand Warlop was a French classical and jazz violinist professionally active from 1929 to 1947.

Michel Warlop was a child prodigy who began musical studies with his mother, a music professor, and entered the Conservatory of Douai, the second oldest in France, aged six.

In mid-1939, Warlop started working as a permanent member of the Raymond Legrand Orchestra, the most popular big band in France during the early to mid-1940s.

Michel Warlop was called up for military service in September 1939 and left Paris.

Michel Warlop was later released because of his tuberculosis and returned to France late in February 1941.

Michel Warlop recorded with the Jazz Dixit and his own Septuor a Cordes from time to time.

Michel Warlop wrote and arranged almost all of the Septuor's music which was in a style that blended a classical string setting with Michel Warlop's jazz abilities.

Michel Warlop was the middle of the three violin players in the band for the film and can be heard on short solos in several instances.

Late in 1943, Michel Warlop made his last recordings as a leader but stayed active in music, continuing on with Raymond Legrand.

Michel Warlop had to sit out for two months and Legrand for one year.

Michel Warlop never played again in Paris or recorded after 1945.

Michel Warlop was married to and later divorced from Fernande Richard; the couple did not have any children.

Michel Warlop is buried in the left of the three cemeteries on the outskirts of Luchon, France.