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| Gautier CAPUÇON |
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Gautier CAPUÇON, Cello |
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Born in Chambéry in 1981, Gautier Capuçon begins to study cello
at five in his native city. At the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris
he studies the cello with Annie Cochet-Zakine and the piano with Christophe
Egiziano, where he receives the First Prize for cello, then at the Conservatoire
National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with Philippe Muller.
In 1999 Gautier Capuçon wins First Prize in the M.Ravel Music Academy of Saint-Jean-de Luz, Second Prize in the International Cello Competition in Christchurch (New Zealand) and First Prize in the André Navarra Competition in Toulouse. In June 2000 he receives the Cello and Chamber Music Prizes at the CNSMP. Then he has master-classes with Heinrich Schiff in Vienna.
In 1997 and 1998, as a musician of the European Community Youth Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, he has the opportunity to improve his musical experiences with Bernard Haitink, Kent Nagano, Pierre Boulez, Daniele Gatti, Seiji Ozawa and Claudio Abbado.
Gautier Capuçon gives recitals in Berlin, Brussels, Hanover, Dresden, London, Paris, Vienna and is invited by the most prestigious festivals: Divonne, Menton, Saint-Denis, La Roque d'Anthéron, Strasbourg, Berlin (invited by Claudio Abbado), Jerusalem, Lockenhaus, Rheingau, Stresa, Spoleto, San Sebastian (with the WDR Orchestra and Semyon Bychkov), Edinburgh, Davos, Lucerne, Verbier, London Mostly Mozart , “Martha Argerich Festival” in Lugano.
He performes with the Bordeaux, Lille, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Belgrade,
Jerusalem, Liège Orchestras, Vienna, Scottish, Zurich Chamber Orchestras,
Bayerische Rundfunk Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Munich Philharmonic
with Paavo Jarvi, Moskow Radio Tchaikovsky Orchestra with Vladimir Fedoseyev,
MalmöSymphony, BBC Scottish and Wales Symphonies, Roma Santa Cecilia
Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra of Europe with Myung-Whun Chung, Ensemble
Orchestral de Paris, Philharmonique de Radio France, Philharmonique de
Monte-Carlo, Orchestre de Paris and Christoph Eschenbach, Houston Symphony.
In 2005/06, Orchestre National de France with Togian Sokhiev, Philadelphia
Orchestra with Charles Dutoit, Italian tour with Viktoria Mullova and Katia
Labèque, chamber music and orchestral concerts in Austria, France,
Germany, Greece, Nederlands, Spain, Svizzera, UK and USA, China with Martha
Argerich, Charles Dutoit and his brother.
Passionate about chamber music, he performs with Martha Argerich, Nicholas Angelich, Daniel Barenboim, Yuri Bashmet, Frank Braley, Gérard Caussé, Myung-Whun Chung, Michel Dalberto, Hélène Grimaud, Paul Gulda, Stephen Kovacevich, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Oleg Maisenberg, Paul Meyer, Gabriela Montero, Emmanuel Pahud, Mikhail Pletnev, Vadim Repin, Pascal Rogé, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Maxim Vengerov, Lilya Zilberstein, Nikolaj Znaider, Ysaye Quartet and his brother.
In 2005 he participates to several “hommages to Friedrich Gulda” with Martha Argerich, playing his cello concerto, in Buenos Aires, Brussels, Munich, La Roque d'Anthéron and Tokyo.
Virgin Classics exclusive artist his discography includes Ravel's chamber
music with his brother Renaud and Frank Braley, Duos with Renaud, Haydn's
concertos with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under Daniel Harding, Schubert's
Trout , Saint-Saëns'chamber music, Brahms Trios with Renaud and Nicholas
Angelich (Preis der deutshen Schallplattenkritik ). For EMI: Haydn and
Mendelssohn Trios with Martha Argerich and his brother, Shostakovitch trio
with Martha Argerich and Maxim Vengerov.
“New Talent of the Year 2001” by French “Victoires de la Musique”. In 2004 he receives the “Echo Preis” by German Television and Award winner of the Borletti Buitoni Trust 2004.
Gautier Capuçon plays a 1701 Matteo Goffriler and a cello of Joseph Contreras (1746) lent by the BSI.
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