Gautier Capuçon |

Gautier Capuçon

Cellist Gauthier Capuçon is one of the brightest musicians of his generation, whose representatives depart from the usual model of the existence of a virtuoso soloist, paying attention primarily to chamber music.

The musician was born in Chambéry in 1981 and started learning to play the cello at the age of 5. Later he studied with Annie Cochet-Zakine at the Paris Conservatory and with Philippe Muller at the Higher National Conservatory of Music, where he won prizes in cello and chamber ensemble classes. He took part in the master classes of Heinrich Schiff in Vienna. As a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra and the Mahler Youth Orchestra (1997 and 1998), Capuçon honed his skills under the guidance of the outstanding conductors Bernard Haitink, Kent Nagano, Pierre Boulez, Daniele Gatti, Seiji Ozawa, Claudio Abbado.

In 1999 he was awarded the 2001st Prize of the Ravel Academy of Music in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, the 2004nd Prize of the International Cello Competition in Christchurch (New Zealand), the XNUMXst Prize of the André Navarra Cello Competition in Toulouse. In XNUMX, he won the French Victoires de la Musique (“Musical Victories”) award in the “Discovery of the Year” nomination. In XNUMX he received the German ECHO Klassik Award and the Borletti Buitoni Foundation Award.

Performs with the best symphony and chamber orchestras in France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, USA, Sweden, Israel, Australia, Finland, Italy, Spain, Russia, Japan conducted by Christoph Eschenbach, Paavo Järvi, Hugh Wolf, Semyon Bychkov, Vladimir Fedoseev, Valery Gergiev, Myung Wun Chung, Charles Duthoit, Leonard Slatkin, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and other conductors. Among his partners in the chamber ensemble are Martha Argerich, Nicholas Angelich, Daniel Barenboim, Yuri Bashmet, Gerard Cosse, Michel Dalberto, Helene Grimaud, Renaud Capuçon, Gabriela Montero, Katya and Mariel Labeque, Oleg Meisenberg, Paul Meyer, Emmanuel Pahu, Mikhail Pletnev , Victoria Mullova, Leonidas Kavakos, Vadim Repin, Jean-Yves Thibodet, Maxim Vengerov, Lilia Zilberstein, Nikolai Znaider, Izaya Quartet, Artemis Quartet, Eben Quartet.

Capuçon recitals are held in Paris, London, Brussels, Hannover, Dresden, Vienna, at festivals in Divon, Menton, Saint-Denis, La Roque-d’Anthéron, Strasbourg, Rheingau, Berlin, Jerusalem, Lockenhaus, Stresa, Spoleto, San Sebastian, Edinburgh, Davos, Lucerne, Verbier, Martha Argerich festivals in Lugano, Mostly Mozart in London. The cellist collaborates with the greatest contemporary composers: Krzysztof Penderecki, Bruno Mantovani, Wolfgang Rihm, Jörg Widman, Karol Beffa, Philip Manoury and others.

The cellist’s discography includes recordings of works by Ravel, Haydn, Schubert, Saint-Saens, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, made in collaboration with Renaud Capuçon, Franck Brale, Nicholas Angelic, Martha Argerich, Maxim Vengerov, Gabriela Montero. Recent recordings include Brahms’ String Sextets, Lutoslavsky’s Cello Concerto, Beethoven’s Cello Sonatas, Schubert’s String Quintet, and Shostakovich’s Cello Concertos.

This season he performs with the Paris Chamber Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony, the Mahler Youth Orchestra, the Vienna-Berlin Ensemble at the Mstislav Rostropovich Festival in Moscow, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Symphony Birmingham Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonia Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica Ensemble.

Gauthier Capuçon playing a 1701 cello by Matteo Goffriller.