Maurice Bernier (journalist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maurice Bernier (journalist)

Canadian journalist and music critic

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1900

Place of Birth: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 02-Dec-1990

Profession: music critic, journalist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Maurice Bernier (17 April 1900 – 2 December 1990) was a Canadian journalist, cellist, and music critic.
He wrote music criticism for the Quebec City newspaper L'Événement from 1922-1932.
He then worked as a reporter stationed at the National Assembly of Quebec for the next four decades.Born in Quebec City, Bernier was a member of a prominent family of Canadian musicians.
His father was the organist Joseph-Arthur Bernier and he was the brother of pianist Gabrielle Bernier and composer and keyboardist Conrad Bernier.
Three of his children became successful musicians: Françoys Bernier, Madeleine Bernier, and Pierre Bernier.
He began his musical training with his father as a child.
He studied the piano with his father and later was a pupil of Henri Gagnon on that instrument.
From 1912-1920 he studied the cello with J.-Alexandre Gilbert and Paul Robitaille.
In 1915 he became a member of the Quebec Symphony Orchestra under conductor Joseph Vézina.
He played with the orchestra for about a decade but abandoned his professional music career in favour of his work as a writer.
In 1978 he wrote several articles about the Quebec Symphony Orchestra in the year of the ensemble's 75th anniversary for Le Mois à Québec.Bernier died in Quebec City 2 December 1990.