Born in Bordeaux (France) in 1929, Francine Dorfeuille-Boussinot studied at the Conservatoire National de Musique de Paris and at the Moscow Conservatory. She won a first honorary prize of the Conservatory of Paris. She worked among others with Pierre Pasquier and David Oistrakh and performed in concerts and recitals in the main cities of France, Western Europe and Central Europe, and North Africa. [biography of 1955]