Grappelli, NHOP, Marc Fossett. Molde. Norway, 1984

Stephane Grappelli, Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen, Marc Foss Grappelli Grappelli was born at Hôpital Lariboisière in Paris, France, and christened with the name Stefano. His father, Italian marchesecitation needed Ernesto Grappelli, was born in Alatri, Lazio, while his French mother, Anna Emilie Hanoque, was from StOmer. Ernesto was a scholar who taught Italian, sold translations, and wrote articles for local Grappelli s mother died when he was five, leaving his father to care for him. Ørsted Pedersen was born in Osted, near Roskilde, on the Danish island of Zealand, the son of a church organist. As a child, Ørsted Pedersen played piano, but from the age of 13, he started learning to play upright bass and at the age of 14, while studying, he began his professional jazz career in Denmark with his first band, Jazzkvintet 60 (Danish for Jazz Quintet 60). By the age of fifteen, he had the ability to accompany leading musicians at nightclubs, working regula