Yvette Horner

Yvette Horner (Tarbes, France, 22 September 1922 - 11 June 2018) was a French musette accordionist. Horner studied music at the Conservatory of Tarbes and Toulouse Conservatoire where, aged 11, she won a 1st prize for piano. Her mother forced her to change the instrument to the accordion, saying "there are none accordionist women and there you'll get a situation." Young Yvette begins to perform in casinos and continues her education in Paris where she studied with Robert Breard. Read more on Last.fm

Yvette Horner was featured in the movie Maurice Bejart's Nutcracker.

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