Concert Alexandre Kantorow, Daniel Lozakovich and Gautier Capuçon

In summer 2020, mid-pandemic, Capuçon brought music directly into the lives of families across the length and breadth of France, free of charge, during his musical odyssey ‘Un été en France’. During July 2022, for the third edition of this project, he performs 15 concerts across the nation including Autun, Clairveaux, Eauz, and his hometown of Chambéry. He also showcases 14 young musicians and 8 young dancers within his concert presentations.

Committed to exploring and expanding the cello repertoire, Capuçon performs an extensive array of works each season and regularly premieres new commissions. Current projects include collaborations with Lera Auerbach, Danny Elfman and Thierry Escaich.

In the 2022/23 season, Capuçon appears with, amongst others, Boston Symphony Orchestra (Andris Nelsons), Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Manfred Honeck), San Francisco Symphony (Michael Tilson Thomas), Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Marie Jacquot), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Andris Nelsons), NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester (Pablo Heras-Casado), Munich Philharmonic (Lorenzo Viotti), Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich (Christoph Eschenbach), Orchestre de Paris (Klaus Mäkelä), and Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Semyon Bychkov). He is the Curating Artist at the Konzerthaus Dortmund, and in addition, Capuçon plays at Festivals worldwide, including the Salzburg, Grafenegg, and Verbier Festivals.

In recital, Capucon pairs regularly with Frank Braley and Jérôme Ducros – while other chamber music partners include Nikolai Lugansky and Gabriela Montero as well as Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim, Lisa Batiashvili, Renaud Capuçon, Leonidas Kavakos, Andreas Ottensamer, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Daniil Trifonov, Yuja Wang, the Labèque sisters and the Artemis, Ébène and Hagen quartets.

Recording exclusively for Erato (Warner Classics), Capuçon has won multiple awards and holds an extensive discography. His latest album Sensations is due to be released in Autumn 2022, exploring short pieces from a range of different genres. His album of romantic works by Brahms and Rachmaninoff in collaboration with Andreas Ottensammer and Yuja Wang is also released in Autumn 2022 by Deutsche Grammophon. 2020’s Warner Classics album Emotions features music from composers such as Debussy, Schubert and Elgar and has achieved gold status in France, remaining at Number 1 in the charts for over 30 weeks and selling more than 110,000 copies. Earlier recordings include concertos by Shostakovich (Mariinsky Orchestra with Valery Gergiev) and Saint-Saëns (Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France with Lionel Bringuier); the complete Beethoven Sonatas with Frank Braley; Schubert’s String Quintet with the Ébène Quartet; Intuition with Orchestre de Chambre de Paris/ (Douglas Boyd and Jérôme Ducros); an album of Schumann works, recorded live with Martha Argerich, Renaud Capuçon and Chamber Orchestra of Europe/ (Bernard Haitink); Beethoven Piano Trios with Renaud Capuçon and Frank Braley; Chopin and Franck sonatas with Yuja Wang; and a solo album featuring Bach, Dutilleux and Kodaly as well as a “Best of” recording on occasion of his 40th birthday.

Capuçon has been featured on DVD in live performances with the Wiener Philharmoniker (Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No.1) Berliner Philharmoniker (Haydn Cello Concerto No.1) and with Lisa Batiashvili, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden and Christian Thielemann (Brahms’s Concerto for Violin and Cello). A household name in his native France, he also appears on screen and online in shows such as Prodiges, Now Hear This, and The Artist Academy, and is a guest presenter on Radio Classique in the show Les Carnets de Gautier Capuçon. 

Born in Chambéry, Capuçon 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. Now, he performs with world leading orchestras, works with conductors such as Semyon Bychkov, Christoph Eschenbach, Andrès Orozco-Estrada, Pablo Heras-Casado, Klaus Mäkelä, Andris Nelsons, and Christian Thielemann, and collaborates with contemporary composers including Lera Auerbach, Karol Beffa, Esteban Benzecry, Nicola Campogrande, Qigang Chen, Bryce Dessner, Jérôme Ducros, Henry Dutilleux, Thierry Escaich, Philippe Manoury, Bruno Mantovani, Krzysztof Penderecki, Wolfgang Rihm, and Jörg Widmann. 

Mr Kantorow began performing professionally at an early age, making his debut at the La Folle Journée festival in Nantes at just 16 years of age. Since then, he has played with many of the world’s major orchestras, including regular appearances with the Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev. Highlights in the coming season include concerts with the Orchestre de Paris, Staatskappelle Berlin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, as well as tours with the Orchestre National de Toulouse, Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Munich Philharmonic.

He has performed solo recitals at major concert halls across Europe, such as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw in their Master Pianists series, the Konzerthaus Berlin, Philharmonie de Paris, BOZAR in Brussels and Stockholm Konserthus. He has also appeared at some of the most prestigious festivals, including La Roque d’Anthéron, Piano aux Jacobins, the Verbier Festival and Klavierfest Ruhr. Chamber music is another of his great pleasures and he regularly performs with Victor Julien-Laferrière, Renaud Capuçon, Daniel Lozakovich and Matthias Goerne.

Mr Kantorow records exclusively with BIS. His most recent recording (solo works by Brahms) received the 2022 Diapason d’Or. His two previous recordings (Saint-Saëns concerti 3-5 and solo works by Brahms, Bartok and Liszt) each received the Diapason d’Or and Choc Classica of the Year in 2019 and 2020, respectively. The solo disc was Gramophone magazine’s Editor’s Choice, his performance described as “a further remarkable example of his virtuosity and artistry, showing both skill and sensitivity throughout”. His earlier recital recordings, entitled à la Russe, also won numerous awards and distinctions, including the 2017 Choc de l’Année (Classica), Diapason découverte (Diapason), Supersonic (Pizzicata) and CD des Doppelmonats (PianoNews).

Mr Kantorow is a laureate of the Safran Foundation and Banque Populaire, and, in 2019, was named “Musical Revelation of the Year” by the Professional Critics Association. In 2020, he won France’s Victoires de la Musique Classique in two categories: Recording of the Year and Instrumental Soloist of the Year.

Born in France of Franco-British heritage, he has studied with Pierre-Alain Volondat, Igor Lazko, Frank Braley and Rena Shereshevskaya.

The season also includes debuts with Orchestra Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Thomas Guggeis, as well as return visits as soloist with the Swedish Radio Symphony with Kazuki Yamada, Lucerne Festival Orchestra under Ricardo Chailly on tour to Philharmonies in Paris and Hamburg, Orchestre National de France with Suzanna Mälkki, London Philharmonic and Dima Slobodeniuk, and Philharmonia Orchestra under Tugan Sokhiev’s baton. He also reunites with the WDR Sinfonieorchester and Cristian Măcelaru for a tour in Germany. He also has his Australian debut with Queensland Symphony under Gábor Káli, as well as Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tomáš Netopil.

In recital, he joins legendary pianist Mikhail Pletnev for a debut album on Warner Classics, leading him to concerts in Taipei, Kaohsiung, Vienna Musikverein, Berlin Philharmonie, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Munich Herkulesaal. He also returns to Wigmore Hall with long-time musical partner Alexander Kantorow.

Daniel Lozakovich regularly performs with leading orchestras such as Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Boston symphony orchestras, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony at the BBC Proms, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic, Filarmonica della Scala in Teatro Alla Scala, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Royal Danish Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic , Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. He regularly performs with eminent conductors such as Klaus Mäkelä, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Andris Nelsons, Ádám Fischer, Semyon Bychkov, Christoph Eschenbach, Nathalie Stutzmann, Neeme Järvi, Valery Gergiev, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Vasily Petrenko, Lahav Shani, Lorenzo Viotti, Fabien Gabel, Osmo Vänskä and Rafael Payare.

As a highly sought-after recitalist, he has made appearances in historical theatres and halls such as Carnegie Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Tonhalle Zürich, Victoria Hall Geneva, Conservatorio G. Verdi Milan, The Mariinsky Theatre and more. On tour, he has regularly appeared in esteemed concert halls such as the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Konzerthaus Wien. Lozakovich is a regular at international music festivals, including the Verbier Festival, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Sommets musicaux de Gstaad, Baltic Sea Festival, White Nights Festival, Festival de Pâques – Aix-en-Provence, Tanglewood Music Festival, Blossom Music Festival, Pacific Music Festival, Corinthian Summer Music Festival in Austria, Colmar Festival, Festival de Saint-Denis, Tsinandali Festival, among many others.

As a chamber music performer, he has collaborated with such artists as Klaus Mäkelä, Yuja Wang, Emanuel Ax, Ivry Gitlis, Sergei Babayan, Martin Fröst, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Mischa Maisky, Alexandre Kantorow, Behzod Abduraimov and David Fray.

In March 2024, he signed an exclusive contract with Warner Classics with a first album featuring pianist Mikhail Pletnev playing Franck’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, Grieg’s Violin Sonata No.3 and Solveig’s Song from Peer Gynt, Shostakovich’s Romance from The Gadfly and a Violin Sonata jointly composed by Alexi Shor and Pletnev himself. Daniel Lozakovich has already achieved considerable acclaim on record, having been signed by Deutsche Grammophon at just 15 years old. His recording of Bach’s two violin concertos (Kammerorchester des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks, 2018) reached number one in the all-music category of the French Amazon charts and the classical album charts in Germany. His live recording of None But The Lonely Heart (National Philharmonic of Russia, Vladimir Spivakov, 2019) was named by Gramophone as Top Choice spanning 70 years of best recordings of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. In 2020 he released his highly acclaimed live recording of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto (Münchner Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev, 2020). His latest album, Spirits (2023) pays tribute to seven of the most iconic violinists of the 20th century.

Lozakovich has been awarded many prizes including first prize at the 2016 Vladimir Spivakov International Violin Competition and the Young Artist of the Year 2017 award at the Festival of Nations, the Premio Batuta Award in Mexico, and the Excelentia Prize under the honorary presidency of Queen Sofia of Spain. Lozakovich studied at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe with Professor Josef Rissin from 2012 and graduated with Master’s Degree in 2021.

Born in Stockholm in 2001, he began playing the violin at the age of seven. He made his solo debut two years later with Moscow Virtuosi and Vladimir Spivakov. From 2015 has been mentored by Eduard Wulfson in Geneva. Daniel Lozakovich plays the “ex-Sancy” 1713 Stradivari generously loaned by LVMH / MOËT HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON.