Renaud Capuçon

Renaud Capuçon born 27 January 1976 is a French classical violinist Since late 2016 he has been teaching at the Royal Northern College of Music Capuçon was born in Chambéry on 27 January 1976 He entered the conservatory in his native city at the age of 4 and then the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris CNSMDP at the age of 14 where he studied under Gérard Poulet Three years later he completed his studies there winning first prize in both chamber music and violin He then entered several international competitions and joined the European Union Youth Orchestra and then the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra as first violin under the direction of Claudio Abbado At the same time he launched his career as a soloist and chamber musician playing with Nicholas Angelich Jérôme Ducros Frank Braley Hélène Grimaud Gérard Caussé as well as with his younger brother Gautier a cellist In 1996 he founded an annual festival at La Ravoire near Chambéry the Rencontres artistiques de BelAir which ended in 2010 It welcomed the most important chamber players including JeanPierre Wallez Michel Dalberto Martha Argerich Stephen Kovacevich Augustin Dumay Gérard Caussé Paul Meyer Emmanuel Pahud Katia and Marielle Labèque In 2013 he began directing an Easter festival in AixenProvence He has recorded chamber works of Ravel Schubert Brahms as well concertos for violin by Schumann and Mendelssohn under the direction of Daniel Harding After playing a Vuillaume a Guadagnini and then a Stradivarius in 2005 the Banque de Suisse Italienne BSI loaned him a Guarnerius the Panette of 1737 that had belonged to Isaac Stern The prizes he has won include the 1992 first in chamber music and 1993 first in violin at CNSMD de Paris then in 1995 the prize of the Berlin Academy of Arts In 2000 he was named talent of the year by Victoires de la musique classique which in 2005 awarded him the title instrumental soloist of the year In 2006 he received the Georges Enescu violin prize from the Société des auteurs compositeurs et éditeurs de musique On 25 May 2009 he participated in the film 757 ampm directed by Simon Lelouch in which he performed the Melody of Orpheus by Gluck on his Guarnerius in the middle of a crowd of commuters on Line 6 of the Paris Métro unrecognized and unremarked by the passing crowd In June 2011 he was appointed Chevalier of the National Order of Merit by the French government and Chevalier de la Légion dhonneur in March 2016 He has worked with contemporary composers such as Nicolas Bacri solo violin sonata 1999 Karol Beffa duet for violin and cello Masques concerto for violin string quartet Mosaïques Pascal Dusapin concerto for violin Aufgang Bruno Mantovani concerto for violin Jeux deau 2012 and Wolfgang Rihm concerto for violin Gedicht des Malers 2015 On 4 January 2019 he performed a concert during Winter at Tantora music carnival running at AlUla a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northwestern Saudi Arabia Source Article Renaud Capuçon from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30