'Music soothes pain': Paris cellist plays for end-of-life patients Toggle share menu Advertisement 'Music soothes pain': Paris cellist plays for end-of-life patients Cellist Claire Oppert plays music to soothe patient Bernard Genin, 79, at end-of-life care home Jeanne Garnier in Paris, France, May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Yiming Woo 3 related media assets (image or videos) available. Click to see the gallery. 25 May 2021 03:24PM Share this content Bookmark PARIS: Once a week, the rooms of the Jeanne Garnier palliative care home in Paris reverberate to a different sound: a solo cello. Claire Oppert, a concert cellist trained at the Moscow Conservatory, visits the facility on Fridays to play for its residents - many of whom are struggling with physical pain as well as coming to terms with incurable illness.