Composer and guitarist, born in Calais (Region Hauts-de-France), died in Lille (Region Hauts-de-France). He was self-educated. His guitar compositions had been played by Jean-Pierre Jumez, Oscar Cáceres, Terrence Farrell, Bernard Hebb and Fred-Alan Ponthieux. He also played the violin as an amateur. He regularly collaborated on “Les Cahiers de la guitare”: Bach transcriptions, Musical offerings, Goldberg variations, etc. (pieces never transcribed for guitar). Pierre Lerich was also a watercolourist, a math and astronomy enthusiast. (Rainer Stelle)