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ALBUMLes choses de la vieRenaud Capuçon, Les Siècles & Duncan Ward
Albums by Renaud Capuçon
ALBUMLes choses de la vieRenaud Capuçon, Les Siècles & Duncan Ward
ALBUMMozart: Piano QuartetsRenaud Capuçon, Paul Zientara, Stéphanie Huang & Guillaume Bellom
ALBUMMozart: The Violin ConcertosRenaud Capuçon & Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
ALBUMMozart: Sonatas for Piano & ViolinRenaud Capuçon & Kit Armstrong
ALBUMBeethoven, Schumann, FranckRenaud Capuçon & Martha Argerich
ALBUMBeethoven, Schumann, Franck (Extended Edition)Renaud Capuçon & Martha Argerich
ALBUMVivaldi: The Four SeasonsRenaud Capuçon & Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
ALBUMUn violon à ParisRenaud Capuçon & Guillaume Bellom
ALBUMPärt: Tabula RasaRenaud Capuçon & Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
ALBUMElgar: Violin Concerto & Violin SonataRenaud Capuçon, Stephen Hough, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
Renaud Capuçon's Popular Music Videos
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": III. Presto
Renaud Capuçon & Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
The Windmills of Your Mind (From "The Thomas Crown Affair")
Renaud Capuçon, Les Siècles & Duncan Ward
Memories of Me
Renaud Capuçon, Les Siècles & Duncan Ward
La chanson d’Hélène (From "Les choses de la vie")
Renaud Capuçon, Les Siècles & Duncan Ward
Happy Birthday variations (Theme, Variation II (Haydn), Variation IV (Beethoven), Variation VI (Brahms), Variation X (Viennese style), Variation XIII (tango), Variation XIV (Hungarian style)
Kristóf Baráti, Lisa Batiashvili, Renaud Capuçon, Gerard Caussé, Nobuko Imai, Andrei Ionita, Brendan Kane, Alexandra Conunova, Vilde Frang, Ilya Gringolts, Leonidas Kavakos, Daniel Lozakovich, Vadim Repin, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Kirill Troussov, Maxim Vengerov, Pinchas Zukerman, Blythe Teh Engstroem, Tabea Zimmermann, Mischa Maisky & Edgar Moreau
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, Act I: "O mio babbino caro" (Transcr. for Violin & Piano)
Guillaume Bellom & Renaud Capuçon
Jean de Florette
Renaud Capuçon, Les Siècles & Duncan Ward
Massenet: Thaïs, Act 2: Méditation
Guillaume Bellom & Renaud Capuçon
Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel
Guillaume Bellom & Renaud Capuçon
Childhood and Manhood (From "Cinema Paradiso")
Guillaume Bellom & Renaud Capuçon
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Renaud Capuçon Essentials
Dazzling and diverse violin textures from a French virtuoso on the rise.
Artist Biography
Distinguished by exquisite musical taste, alluring tonal clarity, infectious energy, and impish charm, violinist Renaud Capuçon is the very epitome of a French musician. Born in the Alpine town of Chambéry in 1976, he rounded out his training with lessons in Berlin with Thomas Brandis, long-term concertmaster of the city’s Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1997, Capuçon was invited by Italian maestro Claudio Abbado to lead the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, and just four years later made Le Boeuf sur le toit, his first disc for Virgin (now Erato), a scintillating collection of French virtuoso bonbons conducted by another rising star, Daniel Harding. Otherwise, Capuçon has tended to focus his attention on chamber music in the recording studio, with a series of captivating releases that includes Duos (2003), an album of duos with his cellist brother, Gautier; youthfully idiomatic readings of the Brahms piano trios (2004) and Beethoven violin sonatas (2010); and Fauré’s complete chamber music with strings (2011). He was also a much-valued collaborator with pianist Martha Argerich at her annual Lugano Festival (2002-16), captured by EMI/Warner on 22 discs of live recordings. Something of a national treasure in his home country, Capuçon was the sole performer at a 2020 service in Notre Dame Cathedral, marking a year since the iconic building was nearly destroyed by fire.
Hometown
Chambéry, France
Genre
Classical