Michel Farinel is a French violinist and composer born in Grenoble. May 23, 1649, active in France and abroad during the period 1670-1710 and died at La Tronche. June 18, 1726.
Birth certificate of Michel Farinel (1649-1726). AD Isere.His print autobiography was added to a manuscript collection of his works, which resurfaced in 1997 1 ; makes it possible to trace a highly complex route in various European countries.
His grandfather, Gabriel Farinel , was an aide and died in 1596, probably of the plague. His son Robert was later introduced to music by an uncle and introduced to the court of Savoy. She worked in Turin from about 1635 until 1646 for Christine of France, Duchess of Savoy, to be cited under the name Roberto Farinelli detto il piccolo. There he studied with his brother Francesco Farinello detto il grande, a musician attached to the Savoy court until the end of his life (1674) and father of two musicians named Agostino and Stefano.