2008/09 Concert Season
8PM, Cabell Hall Auditorium, University of Virginia
| November 18, 2008 |
TRIO CAPUÇON |
Underwriter: The Seilheimer Foundation
Program:
| Haydn | Trio ‘alla Ungarese’ in G Major |
| Shostakovich | Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 |
| Mendelssohn | Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 |
Artist Biographies
Trio Capuçon features the American-born award-winning pianist Nicholas Angelich with the native French duo of violinist Renaud Capuçon and cellist Gautier Capuçon, considered internationally to be two of the world’s most gifted young string players. Pianist Angelich entered the Paris Conservatory at age 13 to study with the legendary Aldo Ciccolini, taking first prize in both piano and chamber music. He was awarded first prize in 1994 at the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition; in 1996 he was awarded second prize in the International Casadesus Piano Competition in Cleveland; and in 2002 he received the International Klavierfestival Young Talent Award in Germany from pianist Leon Fleisher. He performs worldwide in solo recital and with orchestra under conductors such as Kurt Masur, David Robertson, and Myung-Whun Chung as well as in chamber music with Martha Argerich and the Capuçons.
Cellist Gautier Capuçon was awarded a Victoires de la Musique (French equivalent of the Grammy) as “New Talent of the Year” in 2001, and is considered one of the most promising cellists of his generation. He began his studies at Ecole Nationale de Musique de Chambéry at age five and won first prize in cello at Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris, where he studied with Annie Cochet-Zakine and Philippe Muller. He plays a 1701 Matteo Goffriler cello.
Violinist Renaud Capuçon, named “Instrumentalist of the Year” for 2005 by the French Victoires de la Musique, has taken his place among the top echelon of young violinists. He has performed with world-renowned orchestras including the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood, Bayerische Rundfunk, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, NHK Symphony, and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with conductors Bychkov, Chung, Dutoit, Eschenbach, Fischer, Robertson, and Sawallisch. His chamber music partners include Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim, Yuri Bashmet, Yefim Bronfman, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Mikhail Pletnev, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet. An exclusive Virgin Classics artist, Mr. Capuçon has recorded several CDs, his latest being the Mendelssohn and Schumann concertos with Daniel Harding and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.