Pierre Fournier (Paris, 24 June 1906 - January 8, Geneva, 1986) was a French cellist. He was called the "aristocrat of cellists" because of its elegant mode of musicianship and majestic sound. He was the son of a General of the French army. His mother taught him to play the piano, but he had a mild form of polio and hit the skill in his legs and feet. Because of his problems with the pedals he chose therefore for the cello. Fournier taught at the École Normale de Musique in Paris and at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1937 to 1949.