Renaud Capuçon
Renaud Capuçon has enjoyed a meteoric rise, going from concertmaster in a youth orchestra in the latter 1990s to major artist status by the early 2000s, with all the perks associated with such high rank, including a prestigious recording contract and regular appearances at the world's leading concert venues. Capuçon's brother is cellist Gautier Capuçon, also a front-rank artist who often appears with Renaud on both the concert stage and recordings. Among their more acclaimed collaborations is the 2007 Virgin Classics recording of Brahms' Double Concerto. While Renaud is at home in French fare (Franck, Ravel, Dutilleux, etc.), his repertory is quite broad, taking in a substantial chunk from the German sphere, from Beethoven and Schubert to Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Brahms. But he also performs works by Kodály, Halvorsen, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Schulhoff, and of contemporary vintage, the 2002 Sonata for violin and cello by Eric Tanguy. Capuçon has recorded mostly for Virgin Classics, but has also appeared on DG, Decca, EMI, and TDK. Renaud Capuçon was born in Chambéry, France, in 1976. From the age of 14 he studied at the Paris Conservatory, where his most important teachers were Gérard Poulet and Veda Reynolds. He won first prize there in chamber music performance in 1992, and three years later won the Prize of the Berlin Academy of the Arts. Capuçon then had further studies with Thomas Brandis in Berlin, and would soon take lessons from the most renowned of his teachers, the late Isaac Stern. It is Stern's 1737 Guarneri del Gesù violin that Capuçon uses in performance. Capuçon accepted an offer in 1997 from conductor Claudio Abbado to serve as concertmaster of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, a post he would hold for three summers (1998-2000). In 1999 Capuçon began recording exclusively for Virgin Classics and has since amassed a discography of more than 20 CDs and DVDs, some as a secondary player in works recorded for other labels. In the new century Capuçon has made numerous distinguished debuts with leading orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, under Haitink (2002), and the Boston Symphony, under Dohnányi (2004). He has appeared in concert across Europe, Asia, and North America and has also made regular appearances at major festivals, such as the London Mostly Mozart, Lucerne, Aix-en-Provence, and Tanglewood. Among Capuçon's recordings is the 2007 Virgin Classics CD of Schubert trios, with Gautier Capuçon on cello and Frank Braley on piano.© TiVo Read more
Renaud Capuçon has enjoyed a meteoric rise, going from concertmaster in a youth orchestra in the latter 1990s to major artist status by the early 2000s, with all the perks associated with such high rank, including a prestigious recording contract and regular appearances at the world's leading concert venues. Capuçon's brother is cellist Gautier Capuçon, also a front-rank artist who often appears with Renaud on both the concert stage and recordings. Among their more acclaimed collaborations is the 2007 Virgin Classics recording of Brahms' Double Concerto. While Renaud is at home in French fare (Franck, Ravel, Dutilleux, etc.), his repertory is quite broad, taking in a substantial chunk from the German sphere, from Beethoven and Schubert to Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Brahms. But he also performs works by Kodály, Halvorsen, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Schulhoff, and of contemporary vintage, the 2002 Sonata for violin and cello by Eric Tanguy. Capuçon has recorded mostly for Virgin Classics, but has also appeared on DG, Decca, EMI, and TDK.
Renaud Capuçon was born in Chambéry, France, in 1976. From the age of 14 he studied at the Paris Conservatory, where his most important teachers were Gérard Poulet and Veda Reynolds. He won first prize there in chamber music performance in 1992, and three years later won the Prize of the Berlin Academy of the Arts. Capuçon then had further studies with Thomas Brandis in Berlin, and would soon take lessons from the most renowned of his teachers, the late Isaac Stern. It is Stern's 1737 Guarneri del Gesù violin that Capuçon uses in performance.
Capuçon accepted an offer in 1997 from conductor Claudio Abbado to serve as concertmaster of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, a post he would hold for three summers (1998-2000). In 1999 Capuçon began recording exclusively for Virgin Classics and has since amassed a discography of more than 20 CDs and DVDs, some as a secondary player in works recorded for other labels.
In the new century Capuçon has made numerous distinguished debuts with leading orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, under Haitink (2002), and the Boston Symphony, under Dohnányi (2004). He has appeared in concert across Europe, Asia, and North America and has also made regular appearances at major festivals, such as the London Mostly Mozart, Lucerne, Aix-en-Provence, and Tanglewood. Among Capuçon's recordings is the 2007 Virgin Classics CD of Schubert trios, with Gautier Capuçon on cello and Frank Braley on piano.
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Pärt: Tabula Rasa
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Sep 10, 2021
"Arvo Pärt's music takes us from darkness to light", says Renaud Capuçon. "It looks relatively simple on paper, but each note needs to have its own li ...
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Un violon à Paris
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Nov 12, 2021
During the first lockdown in France, Renaud Capuçon played a new piece every day to lift the spirits of his fans on social media, accompanied by piani ...
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Cinema
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Oct 12, 2018
This release by violinist Renaud Capuçon is of the sort that comes with a disclaimer: although he enjoyed film music, Capuçon says, and even owned two ...
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Bach : Sonatas for Violin & Keyboard Nos 3-6
Renaud Capuçon
Duets - Released by Erato on Mar 27, 2019
On this record, Renaud Capuçon and David Fray decided to turn their back on the musicology-inspired understanding of baroque music. Enough of “the dic ...
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Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Oct 15, 2003
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Franck, Grieg & Dvořák: Violin Sonatas
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Erato - Warner Classics on Oct 3, 2014
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Brahms: String Sextets (Live from Aix Easter Festival 2016)
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Erato - Warner Classics on Mar 3, 2017
4 étoiles ClassicaDiapason d'orDiapason d'or / ArteGramophone Editor's ChoiceBrahms' two string sextets, like other works in the genre, are generally played by established string quartets with added players. Ad hoc groupings ar ...
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Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonata No. 1, Cello Sonata No. 1 & Piano Trio No. 2
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Nov 27, 2020
It's always a good thing when a new recording fills a hole in the catalogue, and this all-Saint-Saëns chamber programme from seasoned collaborators Re ...
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Beethoven & Korngold: Violin Concertos
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Oct 2, 2009
If one did not know that French violinist Renaud Capuçon had gotten married just two days earlier, one might almost have guessed it from these extraor ...
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Elgar: Violin Concerto & Violin Sonata
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Mar 5, 2021
Conductor Simon Rattle is familiar with the rhapsodic Violin Concerto. In 1997, EMI Classics had published a version that became famous. It featured E ...
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Quatuors pour piano & cordes
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Oct 13, 2008
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Lalo: Symphonie espagnole - Bruch: Violin Concerto
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Erato - Warner Classics on Jan 22, 2016
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Brahms: Piano Trios
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Mar 15, 2004
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Beethoven : Piano Trios No.5 "Ghost" & No.7 "Archduke"
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 31, 2020
Le Choix de France MusiqueDiapason d'or / ArteAny group performing Beethoven's piano trios must contend with the example of the famous readings by the Beaux Arts Trio, made in the middle 1960s and ...
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Schubert: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2 - Sonatensatz, D. 28 - Notturno, D. 897
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Mar 12, 2007
The intense-looking trio of pianist Frank Braley and violin-cello brother duo Renaud and Gautier Capuçon has made a critical splash with innovative pe ...
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Ravel - Chamber Music
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 1, 2001
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio, Op. 50 - Dvorák: Piano Trio No. 3 (Live)
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Apr 12, 2019
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Le Boeuf sur le toit
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 1, 2001
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Franck, Grieg, Dvorak: Sonatas for violin & piano
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Erato - Warner Classics on Oct 3, 2014
The hot French violinist Renaud Capuçon encountered pianist Khatia Buniatishvili over a one-off performance of César Franck's Violin Sonata in A major ...
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Johannes Brahms : Violin Sonatas 1-3
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Sep 5, 2005
Choc du Monde de la MusiqueDiapason d'orIs this what Gallic Brahms sounds like? Well, violinist Renaud Capuçon is French-born and French-trained, and pianist Nicholas Angelich, while America ...
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Distant Light - Bach & Vasks: Violin Concertos (Edition Studio Masters)
Renaud Capuçon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics International on Mar 3, 2014
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