Renaud Capuçon

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Renaud Capuçon (born January 27, 1976 in Chambéry ) is a French violinist and chamber musician .

Life

Renaud Capuçon was accepted into the class of Gérard Poulet at the Paris Conservatory at the age of 14 . Three years later he was able to successfully complete his studies in violin and chamber music. Other teachers were Thomas Brandis and Isaac Stern . Renaud Capuçon's discography includes recordings with his brother Gautier, for example in the double concerto op. 102 by Johannes Brahms , and Frank Braley . He regularly gives concerts with Braley in chamber music projects. He also appears regularly as a soloist in major concert halls around the world. From 2006 to 2010 he was an exclusive artist at the Konzerthaus Dortmund. Since 2014 he has been professor of violin at the Haute École de Musique in Lausanne . In 2016 he played at the annual national holiday concert in Vienna.

The younger brother of Renaud Capuçon is the cellist Gautier Capuçon .

Awards

  • October 24, 2004: Echo Klassik as Young Artist of the Year
  • October 21, 2007: Echo Klassik for the chamber music recording of the year for Ensemble des 20./21. Century
  • 2017: Echo Klassik for the concert recording of the year ( 21st Century Violin Concertos )

instrument

Renaud Capuçon plays a Guarneri del Gesù "Panette" violin from 1737, which previously belonged to Isaac Stern and was bought by Banca Svizzera Italiana for Renaud Capuçon.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Overview of the evaluation bases, qualifications, jury and winners (with award-winning phonograms) of Echo Klassik 2004: Category 7 - Young Artist of the Year ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still Not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.echopop.de
  2. ↑ Overview of the evaluation bases, qualifications, jury and winners (with award-winning phonograms) of the Echo Klassik 2007: Category 13 - Chamber music recording of the year ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still Not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.echoklassik.de
  3. ↑ GLI Artisti / Artist: Renaud Capuçon - violin. In: website. BSI SA , accessed on February 14, 2010 : “Renaud Capuçon plays the Guarneri del Gesù violin“ ex Panette ”, 1737, previously owned by Isaac Stern; BSI acquired the Guarneri del Gesù for Renaud Capuçon. "
personal data
SURNAME Capuçon, Renaud
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French violinist and chamber musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Chambery