Renaud Capuçon

The Leading French Violinist Of His Generation Renaud Capuçon Is Established Internationally As A Soloist And Chamber Musician Of Distinction. Born In Chambéry He Studied At The Paris Conservatoire Winning First Prizes For Both Violin And Chamber Music. In 1995 He Won The Prize Of The Berlin Academy Of Arts And Went On To Study With Thomas Brandis And Later Isaac Stern Shlomo Mintz And Augustin Dumay. At The Invitation Of Claudio Abbado He Became Concertmaster Of The Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester Working Closely With Conductors Such As Abbado Himself Barenboim Boulez Ozawa And Welser-Möst . In 2000 He Was Awarded The Title Of New Talent Of The Year By France's Victoires De La Musique While An International Jury Named Him 'Rising Star 2000'. An Exclusive Virgin Classics Artist Renaud Capuçon Has Been Recording For The Label Since 1999 And Has Built Up A Catalogue That Ranges From Beethoven Schubert Mendelssohn And Brahms To Ravel Milhaud Martinû Eisler Kodály And Dutilleux. His Cellist Brother Gautier Is A Frequent Collaborator For Instance In The Recording Of The Brahms Double Concerto Released In November 2007 As Is The Pianist Nicholas Angelich. In The Concert Hall Renaud's Partners In Chamber Music Have Included Martha Argerich Daniel Barenboim Hélène Grimaud Elena Bashkirova Yefim Bronfman And Truls Mork And In 1996 He Founded A Chamber Music Festival At Bel Air In His Native Region Of Savoie. As A Soloist Capuçon Has Performed With Major Orchestras All Over Europe The USA And Japan Among Them The Berlin Philharmonic The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe L'Orchestre National De France The Philadelphia Orchestra The Boston Symphony And The NHK Symphony And Has Worked With Conductors Such As Bernard Haitink Myung-Whun Chung Christoph Von Dohnányi Charles Dutoit Semyon Bychkov Christoph Eschenbach Ivan Fischer Daniel Harding Philippe Jordan Marc Minkowski Michel Plasson And Wolfgang Sawallisch. Renaud Capuçon's Virgin Classics Recordings A Number Of Them Prizewinning Include Le Beuf Sur Le Toit A Disc Of French Favourites For Violin And Orchestra With Daniel Harding Dutilleux's L'Arbre Des Songes Conducted By Myung-Whun Chung And The Schumann And Mendelssohn Violin Concertos With Daniel Harding And The Mahler Chamber Orchestra. His Chamber Recordings With His Brother Include Ravel's Trio And Sonatas Two Varied Programmes" Face À Face And Inventions" Saint-Saëns' Carnaval Des Animaux Schubert's Trout Quintet And Brahms' Three Piano Trios With Nicholas Angelich Completing The Ensemble. Angelich Was Also His Partner For The Brahms Violin Sonatas. Capuçon Records Exclusively For Virgin Classics. His Most Recent Release Of Mozart Violin Concerti Nos. 1 And 3 And The Sinfonia Concertante For Violin Viola And Orchestra With The Scottish Chamber Orchestra And Louis LangrÃÂe Led The Guardian To Declare Capuçon "one Of Today's Outstanding Violinists". Other Recordings Include The Mendelssohn And Schumann Violin Concerti With The Mahler Chamber Orchestra And Daniel Harding The Brahms Double Concerto With Gautier Capuçon Myung-Whun Chung And The Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester And Discs Of Brahms And Schubert Chamber Music. Of His Recording 'Le Boef Sur Le Toit' With The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Again With Harding International Record Review Declared "Not Since The Emergence Of Vengerov And Repin Has Such An Exciting Young Violinist Come My Way". Renaud Capuçon Plays The Guarneri Del Gesù 'Panette' That Belonged To Isaac Stern And Was Bought For Him By The Banca Svizzera Italiana. read less