Mario Cazes

Mario Cazes
Mario Cazes
Born
Marius Joseph Cazes

17 July 1890
Died3 November 1972(1972-11-03) (aged 82)
Béziers
Occupation(s)Musician
Composer

Mario Cazes (17 July 1890 – 3 November), was a 20th-century French composer, conductor and violinist extremely popular during the 1920s and 1930s.

He was a recipient of the ordre national of the Légion d'honneur.

Marius Joseph Cazes, the son of Cazes Joseph-Auguste and Avérous Zélie, was the eldest in a family of five brothers and two sisters.

Considered one of the greatest violinists of his time, he was the first with his band to perform on Radio Tour Eiffel in 1927.