French violinist Renaud Capuçon is firmly established internationally as a major soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. He is known and loved for his poise, depth of tone and virtuosity, and he works with the world’s most prestigious orchestras, artists, venues, and festivals. Born in Chambéry in 1976, Renaud Capuçon began his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris at the age of fourteen, winning numerous awards during his five years there. Following this, Capuçon moved to Berlin to study with Thomas Brandis and Isaac Stern and was awarded the Prize of the Berlin Academy of Arts. In 1997, Claudio Abbado invited him to become concertmaster of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, which he led for three summers, working with conductors including Boulez, Ozawa and Abbado. Since then, Capuçon has established himself as a soloist at the very highest level. He performs with leading orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, Boston Symphony, Filarmonica della Scala, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. His many conductor relationships include Barenboim, Bychkov, Dohnanyi, Dudamel, Eschenbach, Gergiev, Haitink, Harding, Paavo Järvi, Nelsons, Nézet-Seguin, Roth, and Shani. A great commitment to chamber music has led him to collaborations with Argerich, Barenboim, Bashmet, Bronfman, Buniatishvili, Grimaud, Levit, Ma, Pires, Trifonov, and Wang, as well as with his brother, cellist Gautier Capuçon. Capuçon is the Artistic Director of three festivals; the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, the Easter Festival in Aix-en-Provence, which he founded in 2013, and, most recently, the Rencontres Musicales Festival in Evian from 2023. Since 2021, he has also been the Artistic Director of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. Capuçon plays the Guarneri del Gesù ‘Panette’ (1737), which belonged to Isaac Stern. In June 2011, he was appointed ‘Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite’ and in March 2016 ‘Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur’ by the French Government.