Renaud Capuçon

Born in Chambéry on January 27, 1976, Renaud Capuçon is one of the greatest violinists of his generation, and also one of the best-known on the international scene. Winner of numerous prizes, the young Savoyard talent trained by Gérard Poulet and Isaac Stern has become an accomplished virtuoso, recording chamber music and symphonic works. He also records duets with his brother, pianist Gautier Capuçon, featuring compositions by Mozart and Beethoven, and recitals such as Face à Face in 2004 and Inventions in 2006. Married to journalist Laurence Ferrari (since 2009), Renaud Capuçon's fame has not affected his work, as demonstrated by the triple compilation Le Violon Roi released in 2013. Renaud Capuçon says he particularly loves and works on works by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, to whom he feels closest musically. His programs are eclectic from one project to the next, ranging from the Romantic style to contemporary composers. After the Distant Light recital (2014), devoted to Bach and Vasks, the Franck - Grieg - Dvorak (2014), Lalo - Sarasate - Bruch (2016), Rihm - Dusapin - Mantovani (2016) and Glass - Bernstein (2017) collections follow. In 2018, between collaborations with Gérard Caussé, Nicholas Angelich and David Fray, the first volume of interpretations of themes from the silver screen, Cinéma, was published, followed six years later by its sequel Les Choses de la Vie (2024). In the meantime, Elgar: Violin Concerto & Violin Sonata with Simon Rattle and Stephen Hough (2021) and the recital Un Violon à Paris (2021) were released at a similar pace to his concerts. From soloist to conductor, it's only a short step to the Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne, whom he leads in Pärt: Tabula Rasa (2021), Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (2022) and Mozart: The Violin Concertos (2023). Other collaborations follow with Martha Argerich for Beethoven - Schumann - Franck (2022), Kit Armstrong for Mozart: Sonatas for Piano & Violin (2023) and Guillaume Bellom for Mozart: Piano Quartets (2023). The latter also accompanies him with cellist Julia Hagen in the Gabriel Fauré program released in 2024, followed by Richard Strauss (2025), a set of pieces conducted by Petr Popelka and Seiji Ozawa. In 2026, the violinist takes on J. S. Bach's Sonatas & Partitas for the first time on disc.