Patrice Fontanarosa
Patrice Fontanarosa (born 4 September 1942 in Paris) is a French classical violinist and actor.
Early life
Fontanarosa is the elder son of the painters Lucien Fontanarosa (1912-1975) and Annette Faive-Fontanarosa (1911-1988).
Education
In 1959, Fontanarosa earned a music diploma with first prize in violin from Conservatoire de Paris.
Career
- Solo violin of I Virtuosi di Roma[1]
- 1976 to 1985, concertmaster of the Orchestre national de France
- Music director of the Orchestre des Pays de Savoie when it was created in 1984
- Violinist of the Fontanarosa
Fontanarosa formed the famous Fontanarosa Trio[2] with his sister Frédérique Fontanarosa, pianist, and their brother Renaud Fontanarosa, cellist.
Teaching
- Academic at the Conservatoire de Paris
- Academic at the Schola Cantorum de Paris
International prizes and awards
- Villa Lobos in Rio de Janeiro
- Enesco in Bucarest
- Kreisler in Liège
- 1965: 6th prize of the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition in Paris
- Ginette Neveu competition in Paris
- 1967: 3rd prize of the Paganini Competition in Genoa
- 1995: Victoire de la musique; best Instrumental soloist for the CD Le Violon de l'Opéra
Actor
- Cinema
- 1971: Jo by Jean Girault as the violinist
- Television
- 1975: Les Compagnons d'Eleusis by Claude Grinberg
Personal life
Fontanarosa is married to harpist Marielle Nordmann.
gollark: IIRC the Old Testament actually contains recordings of commands by god to kill specific groups.
gollark: Not all religions say "be peaceful and not mean to each other", though?
gollark: I mean, if you believe Religion 1 and believe that everyone who believes Religion 2 will go to hell and suffer forever, then you obviously don't want Religion 2 to spread.
gollark: They're pretty rational if you actually believe your religion is true, though.
gollark: Looking at religious conflicts probably doesn't require knowing about all the deep details of the religions involved, because people do tribalism and probably do not meaningfully care about the actual underlying point.
References
External links
- Official website
- Patrice Fontanarosa's discography on Discogs
- Patrice Fontanarosa president of the Dominique Peccatte competition jury
- Patrice Fontanarosa on France Musique
- Patrice Fontanarosa "Partita en mi" de Johann Sebastian Bach (YouTube)
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