Jules Gentil
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| Born | Jules Charles Henri Gentil 10 February 1898 Annecy |
| Died | 20 May 1985 (aged 87) La Verrière |
| Occupation | Piano teacher |
Jules Charles Henri Gentil (10 February 1898 – 20 May 1985) was a French pianist and pedagogue.
Born in Annecy, son of music compositor Jules Marie Victor Gentil (1864-1940) (1864-1940), Jules Charles Henri Gentil first studied the piano with his mother Anna Mockers (1861-1937), who had been a student of Georges Mathias, then with Santiago Riera (1867–1959) at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he won a first prize in 1916. Having also worked with Lazare-Lévy he often played with his brother violinist Victor Gentil (1892-1973) and with cellist Gérard Hekking. He taught at the École normale de musique de Paris from 1920, then shared the management of the school with Alfred Cortot from 1938. He was also a teacher at the Conservatoire de Paris, from 1941 to 1969, and also gave several masterclasses in the United States.
Gentil died in La Verrière at age 87.
