Person Open DS/UK/5215 Wieder-Atherton; Sonia (1961); American-born French cellist Wieder-Atherton Sonia 1961 American-born French cellist Female San Francisco, California, United States (born)

New York, United States Paris, France (residence - childhood)

French American Musician; Cello White Daughter of Romanian mother and American father of Jewish origin Wife of Chantal Akerman (film director) Gay / Lesbian Awards, Honours and Legacy: In 2015, Sonia was made an Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Sonia Wieder-Atherton is a Franco-American classical cellist. She studied at the Conservatoire de Paris in the cello classes of Maurice Gendron and chamber music of Jean Hubeau, after which, she studied with Mstislav Rostropovitch, then at the Moscow Conservatory with Natalia Shakhovskaya. In 1986, she was a laureate of the concours de violoncelle Rostropovitch. From then on, she played as a soloist with the Orchestre de Paris, the Orchestre national de France, the National Orchestra of Belgium, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gulbenkian Orchestra of Lisbonne, the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Wieder-Atherton (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHeharper 3/28/2013 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 45b7d0c5-9885-48e1-9c41-dc02ec57ec93