Renaud Capucon (Violin soloist)
Born in Chambéry in 1976, Renaud Capuçon began his studies at the Conservatoire
National Supérieur de Musique de Paris at the age of fourteen, winning numerous
awards during his five years there. Following this, Capuçon moved to Berlin to
study with Thomas Brandis and Isaac Stern, and was awarded the Prize of the
Berlin Academy of Arts. In 1997, Capuçon was invited by Claudio Abbado to become
concertmaster of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, which he led for three
summers, working with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Seiji Ozawa, Daniel
Barenboim, Franz Welser-Moest and Abbado himself. Since this time,
Capuçon has established himself as a soloist at the very highest level. He has
played concerti with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic under Haitink
and Robertson, the Boston Symphony under Dohnanyi, the Orchestre de Paris under
Eschenbach and the Simon Bolivar orchestra under Dudamel. Capuçon also tours
extensively as a solo recitalist and will perform complete cycles of the
Beethoven violin sonatas with pianist Frank Braley around the world during the
coming seasons. Upcoming concerto engagements for Capucon include
concerts with the London Symphony Orchestra with Harding, City of Birmingham
Symphony with Morlot, Philadelphia Orchestra with Bychkov, Chicago Symphony with
Nezet-Seguin and Chamber Orchestra of Europe with Haitink. Capuçon
has a great commitment to performing chamber music and has worked with Argerich,
Barenboim, Bronfman, Grimaud, Kovacevich, Pires, Pletnev, Repin, Bashmet and
Mørk, as well as with his brother and regular collaborator cellist Gautier
Capuçon. These collaborations have taken him to the festivals of Edinburgh,
London (Mostly Mozart), Berlin, Lucerne, Verbier, Aix-en-Provence, Roque
d’Anthéron, San Sebastian, Stresa, Tanglewood and many
others. Capuçon records exclusively for Virgin Classics. His most
recent recording was of Beethoven Sonatas for violin and piano with Frank
Braley. He also recorded the Beethoven and Korngold concertos with the Rotterdam
Philharmonic and Yannick Nezet-Seguin. Since 2007 Renaud Capucon has been an
Ambassador for the Zegna & Music project, which was founded in 1997 as a
philanthropic activity to promote music and its values. Renaud
Capuçon plays the Guarneri del Gesù “Panette” (1737) that belonged to Isaac
Stern, bought for him by the Banca Svizzera Italiana (BSI).
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