Auguste Georges Bosc was born on April 23, 1868, in Montpellier to a modest family. At a very young age, he showed remarkable talent for music, to the point of being noticed by the cultural circles of his hometown. Supported by a municipal scholarship, he went to study at the Paris Conservatory, where he trained in violin, composition, and conducting.

After completing his studies, Bosc became involved in Parisian musical life. First as a violinist and then as a conductor, he led ensembles at the leading salons and balls at the Opera, before turning his attention to light music, which was enjoying great popularity at the time.

Bosc successively conducted prestigious orchestras in Parisian life, such as those of the Élysée-Montmartre and the Moulin de la Galette, two popular dance halls where lively, danceable music thrilled the crowds.

Driven by the desire to create a place where music, celebration, and fantasy could come together, in 1904 he founded the Bal Tabarin, a Montmartre establishment that quickly became a hotspot for Parisian nightlife, famous for its festive atmosphere and French Cancan.

His repertoire was in keeping with the spirit of Belle Époque musical entertainment: he composed lively waltzes, polkas, and marches, including the famous Rose-Mousse waltz and the Marche des Petits Pierrots, which were hugely popular with audiences.

In addition to his work as a composer and conductor, Bosc was involved in the cultural life of his hometown: in 1926, he had a bandstand built on the Esplanade Charles-de-Gaulle in Montpellier, a symbol of his lasting attachment to his homeland.

A discreet but popular man, he died on October 6, 1945, in Montpellier, leaving behind a body of work that reflects the festive and light-hearted spirit of French dance and entertainment music of the early 20th century.

Along his university studies (DEA in musicology, University of Paris IV-Sorbonne), Frédéric Cellier was awarded three first prizes and a development prize at the CNR of Nice and won first prize at the International Competition of Musical Execution - soloist category – of Stresa (Italy).

He is the laureate of the Fondation de France and the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation and accredited teacher at the CNR of Nice, the CNR of Marseille, and at the CRR Olivier Messiaen of Avignon (France).

Frédéric Cellier is the interpreter of Francis Poulenc’s Sonata for clarinet Bb and piano with Jean-Michel Damase, Jean Françaix or Gabriel Tacchino, as well as his own arrangements for clarinet and harp of Erik Satie's Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes with the great French harpist Elizabeth Fontan-Binoche, and for clarinet, piano, and string orchestra of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in blue for Wynton Marsalis or under the baton of Adrian Gershwin, grandson of the composer.

Founder and artistic director of STRADIVARIUS Editions, he is the author of light music pieces played around the world and a considerable number of arrangements of all styles and for all instruments, acclaimed by many personalities in the music world, including Michèle Auric, Jean Françaix, Adrian Gershwin, Wynton Marsalis, Yehudi Menuhin, Madeleine Milhaud, Manuel Rosenthal, Gabriel Tacchino, and Ornella Volta.

"Frédéric Cellier has produced a number of adaptations of Georges Auric's works with such talent and precision that I consider them a natural addition to his chamber music catalogue."
Michèle AURIC - Georges Auric's widow

"To Frédéric Cellier, excellent musician and tireless arranger."
Jean FRANÇAIX - Composer and pianist

"Arranging a musical work is always a delicate and risky exercise, because it requires both modifying it so that it can be played by the desired instruments and preserving its very essence. But that is exactly what Frédéric Cellier has done, preserving the nuances, subtleties and soul of the original works while breathing new life into them.
His arrangements give all the musicians the chance to perform these compositions specially revisited for their instrument, and make music lovers rediscover them in a new light."
Adrian GERSHWIN - George Gershwin’s grandson

"Congratulations for your beautiful new orchestration and rendition of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in blue."
Wynton MARSALIS - Trumpet player, composer, bandleader, general and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York

"It is outstanding that Frédéric Cellier has managed to transpose Saxophone Marmalade from the saxophone to the clarinet. I thank him for it and wish its great and deserved success. "
Manuel ROSENTHAL - Conductor, composer and Maurice Ravel’s pupil

"I am very happy to tell you how much I appreciated your transcription of the Capriccio, based on Francis Poulenc's Le Bal Masqué. It perfectly reflects the spirit and verve of the score for two pianos that I had the opportunity to play and record with Jacques Février, and it was a great pleasure for me to premiere it in Montpellier."
Gabriel TACCHINO - Pianist, Francis Poulenc’s specialist

"I must tell you that I really like your transcriptions and that I think the tone of the instruments you have chosen suits perfectly our beloved composer."
Ornella VOLTA - Musicologist, president of the Erik Satie’s Foundation