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{{Short description|French cellist and conductor (1807–1873)}}
[[File:Hainl-par-Lemot.jpg|thumb|George-Hainl by [[Achille Lemot]]]]
'''François George-Hainl''' (16 November 1807 – 2 June 1873) was a French cellist and conductor.<ref name ="Fetis">Fétis F-J. ''Biographie universelle des musiciens.'' Paris, 1878.</ref>

He was born in [[Issoire]]. His father, who worked as both cobbler and amateur fiddler, gave him his first lessons. Hainl progressed so fast on the cello and worked so hard that he was soon able to join the orchestra of the [[Opéra Nouvel|Grand-Théâtre de Lyon]]. However, wishing to complete his studies he entered the [[Paris Conservatoire]], and won a first prize in the 1830 competition. He undertook tours to France and Belgium; passing through Lyon he was offered a permanent post. He in due course became a member of the Lyon Académie des Sciences, belles-lettres et arts, before being called on in 1863 to succeed [[Pierre-Louis Dietsch|Dietsch]] at the [[Paris Opera]].<ref>Dandelot A. ''La Société des Concerts du Conservatoire 1828-1897, 5th edition.'' G Havard Fils, Paris, 1898.</ref>

During the ten years he spent at the Opéra he mounted ''Le docteur Magnus'', ''Roland à Roncevaux'', ''[[L’Africaine]]'', ''[[Don Carlos]]'', ''La fiancée de Corinthe'', ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''Erostrate'', ''La coupe du roi de Thulé'' and the adaptation of ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'' for the Opéra, and the ballets ''La maschera'', ''Néméa'', ''Le roi d'Yvetot'', ''[[La source (Saint-Léon)|La source]]'', ''Coppélia'' and ''Gretna-Green''.<ref name ="Fetis"/>

As conductor of the [[Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire]] from 1863 to 1872, François George-Hainl conducted 116 concerts, the first on 10 January 1864. At the Conservatoire concerts, alongside the repertoire of the time, he introduced music such as the ''Salve regina'' by [[Orlande de Lassus|Lassus]], excerpts from ''[[Armide (Lully)|Armide]]'' by Lully, Psalms 42 and 98 by [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]], piano concertos by Beethoven, Rubinstein and Saint-Saëns (with the composer the soloist in the latter), Schumann's [[Symphony No. 1 (Schumann)|Spring Symphony]] and Manfred overture, choruses from [[Wagner]] operas and violin concertos by [[Jules Garcin|Garcin]] and [[Victorin de Joncières|Joncières]] (played by [[Jules Danbé]]). He also conducted the concert in memory of [[Meyerbeer]].<ref>Kern Holoman D. Société des Concerts du Conservatoire. {{cite web|url=http://hector.ucdavis.edu/Sdc/MainRoll/D.htm |title=Sociétaires: D |accessdate=2012-05-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216071823/http://hector.ucdavis.edu/sdc/MainRoll/D.htm |archivedate=2012-02-16 }}. Accessed 13.12.09.</ref>

George-Hainl died in Paris.<ref name ="Fetis"/>

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==External links==
*{{IMSLP|Hainl, François George}}

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