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ArticleRenaud Capuçon
French violinist Renaud Capuçon began his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris at the age of fourteen, before moving to Berlin to study with Thomas Brandis and Isaac Stern. In 1997, he was invited by Claudio Abbado to become concertmaster of the Gustav ...
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ArticleGautier Capuçon
Gautier Capuçon was born in Chambéry in 1981 and began playing the cello at the age of five. He studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris with Philippe Muller and Annie Cochet-Zakine, and later with Heinrich Schiff in Vienna. By his mid-twenties he had already developed ...
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ArticleSarah Chang
Sarah Chang is living proof that child prodigies can develop into fully-fledged artists. The daughter of two Korean musicians, she started learning the violin at the age of four and rose to international prominence before her teens, performing Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 1 with Zubin Mehta and ...
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ArticleChristian Tetzlaff
German violinist Christian Tetzlaff began playing the violin at the age of six. He studied with Uwe-Martin Haiberg at the Musikhochschule Lübeck and later with Walter Levin at the University of Cincinnati. His breakthrough as a soloist came in 1988, at the age of 22, when ...
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ArticleDavid Finckel
American cellist David Finckel began his musical studies with his father, Edwin Finckel, making his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations aged 15. From 1979 to 2013 he was the cellist of the Emerson String Quartet, with whom he made over thirty acclaimed recordings. ...
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ArticleDavid Garrett
German violinist David Garrett, who received his first Stradivarius at the age of 11, and, at 13, was the youngest soloist ever to sign an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon, is now best known as a record-breaking pop and crossover artist. Together with his band, he gives ...
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ArticleDavid Oistrakh
One of the preeminent violinists of the 20th century, David Oistrakh is often mentioned with the respect commanded by luminaries such as Jascha Heifetz. He was a key musical figure in the Soviet Union during World War II, premiering new concerti by Miaskovsky, Khachaturian and Prokofiev. After ...
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ArticleDomenico Dragonetti
Domenico Dragonetti was Europe's first - and possibly the world's finest - virtuoso double bassist. Born in Venice, the son of a poor barber, he received violin instruction from a local shoemaker, who later persuaded him to take up the double bass. The young Dragonetti demonstrated prodigious ...
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ArticleJacqueline du Pré
Described by Itzhak Perlman as ‘one of the most unique musical personalities ever to perform on stage,’ Jacqueline du Pré is regarded to be among the greatest cellists of the twentieth century. Born in Oxford in 1945, her musical education saw her study with legendary cellists Pablo ...
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ArticleJames Ehnes
Born in Brandon, Canada, in 1976, James Ehnes attained musical recognition at a young age. He began learning the violin with Francis Chaplin from the age of nine and became the youngest ever musician to win first prize in strings at the Canadian Music Festival aged 12. ...
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ArticleIsabelle Faust
Isabelle Faust was born in Esslingen, Germany in 1972. As a teenager she studied with Denes Zsigmondy and Christoph Popppen and won the International Leopold Mozart Competition of Augsberg in 1987 as the youngest entrant. She then went on to become the first German violinist to win ...
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ArticleJulia Fischer
Born in Munich in 1983, Julia Fischer has appeared regularly with the world’s most celebrated orchestras and conductors. Trained at the Leopold Mozart Conservatoire in Augsburg by Lydia Dubrovskaya, whom she credits with teaching her 'the Oistrakh sound', Fischer won first prize at the Menuhin Competition in ...
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ArticleFrank Peter Zimmermann
The German violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann studied with Valery Gradov, Saschko Gawriloff and Herman Krebbers before going on to play with many of the world's major symphony orchestras and conductors. He has recorded all the major violin concertos for EMI Classics, and, apart from engagements with orchestras, ...
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ArticleSol Gabetta
An Argentine cellist of French and Russian descent, Sol Gabetta rose to prominence after winning the Crédit Suisse Young Artist Award in 2004. She followed this success with her debut performance with the Wiener Philharmoniker and Valery Gergiev and won the Würth-Preis of the Jeunesses Musicales in ...
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ArticleGary Hoffman
Gary Hoffman was born into a family of musicians in Vancouver, Canada in 1956. He made his public debut at Wigmore Hall in London at the age of 15 before giving his first concert in New York in 1979. At the age of 22, he became the ...
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ArticleGidon Kremer
Born in Riga, Latvia, Gidon Kremer began studying at the age of four with his father and grandfather, who were themselves distinguished string players. At the age of seven, he entered Riga Music School before moving to the Moscow Conservatory at the age of 16 to study ...
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ArticleGil Shaham
Born to scientist parents, the American Jewish violinist Gil Shaham began violin lessons at the age of seven. He studied with Samuel Bernstein at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem, then with Dorothy DeLay at the Aspen Music School in Colorado, then his career took off ...
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ArticleIvry Gitlis
Ivry Gitlis, the Israeli violinist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, was born in Haifa, Palestine Mandate, to Jewish parents. He studied with a long line of teachers, among them George Enescu, then went on to perform with orchestras all over the world such as the New York Philharmonic, ...
