Renaud Capuçon

Instrumentalists — Violin

Manager: R. Douglas Sheldon
Additional Management: Denise A. Pineau
Management Territory: North America

"... Capuçon, who's a telling presence in his collaborations with Martha Argerich, is no less of a presence here, (Mozart Concerti Nos. 1 and 3 and Sinfonia Conertante, Virgin Classics with Louis Langree and Antoine Tamestit)... exposing a range of emotion in the Adagio of K207...." —Gramophone - July, 2009

"... the performance that really caught one's attention was French violinist Renaud Capuçon (also in his Bowl debut) making a fresh thing out of the overplayed Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. This was tremendous playing -- straightforward, unsentimental, yet beautifully shaded, surmounting all technical barriers with unshowy ease, a solid sustained line in the slow movement and genuine wit in the Rondo. The printed program revealed that Capuçon was playing the 1737 Guarneri del Gesú violin that used to belong to Isaac Stern, so it was no wonder that its rich, generous tone, with a hint of an edge, sounded so familiar. Stern can rest easy; his fiddle has found a good home." —The Los Angeles Times - July, 2008

"Capuçon is stunning - almost as much of an actor as a musician, so carefully does he characterize each note...he moves from youthful dash to naïve sentimentality and pouting sensuousness with ease..." BBC Music MagazineBBC Music Magazine "Capuçon exquisitely slips from silken tones to gritty determination and back as the music demands." —Classic FM

About

Named “Instrumentalist of the Year” for 2005 by the French Victoires de la Musique, Renaud Capuçon has taken his place among the top echelon of young violinists. He has performed with world-renowned orchestras such as the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Bayerische Rundfunk, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, NHK Symphony and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with conductors Bychkov, Chung, Dudamel, Dutoit, Eschenbach, Fischer and Robertson. His chamber music partners include Argerich, Barenboim, Bashmet, Bronfman . . . , the Labèques, Pletnev and Thibaudet.

An exclusive Virgin Classics artist, Mr. Capuçon's release in April 2009, featuring Mozart’s Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 3 and Sinfonia Concertante with violist Antoine Tamistat and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Louis Langrée, was followed in October of 2009 with the Violin Concertos of Beethoven and Korngold with The Rotterdam Philharmonic under Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Highlights of Mr. Capuçon’s 2010-2011 season include performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Semyon Bychkov and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Yannick Nezet-Seguin as well as a coast-to-coast tour with Orquesta Nacional de España/Pons (Bruch Violin Concerto).

Renaud plays a 1737 Guarneri del Gesù, the "Panette" that belonged to Isaac Stern, bought for him by the Banca Svizzera Italiana.

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