Public Violin Masterclasses led by Renaud Capuçon

Mr Capuçon works with the world’s greatest conductors, such as David Robertson, Matthias Pintscher, Gustavo Dudamel, Lionel Bringuier, Wolfgang Sawallish, Christoph Eschenbach, Paavo Jarvi, Daniele Gatti, Myung-Whun Chung, Semyon Bychkov, Yannick Nezet-Séguin, Kurt Masur, Daniel Harding, Jukka Pekka Saraste, Vladimir Yurowsky, Charles Dutoit, Bernard Haitink, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Andris Nelsons, Jonathan Nott, Antonio Papano and Stéphane Denève.

He regularly performs with world-renowned orchestras, such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestra della Scala di Milano, Orchestra of La Svizzera Italiana, the Wiener Symphoniker, Czech Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Camerata Salzburg, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Dresden Staatskapelle, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Tonhalle Zurich, Oslo Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Berlin Staatskapelle, Santa Cecilia, RAI Turin, Seoul Philharmonic and NHK Symphony.

Mr Capuçon gave the world premiere of Pascal Dusapin’s Violin Concerto with the WDR Cologne, as well as a five-concert Brahms/Fauré chamber music cycle. at the Musikverein in Vienna.

A committed chamber musician, he collaborates with Martha Argerich, Nicholas Angelich, Kit Armstrong, Khatia Buniatishvili, Frank Braley, Guillaume Bellom, Yefim Bronfman, Hélène Grimaud, Khatia and Marielle Labèque, Maria João Pires, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Gérard Caussé, Yuri Bashmet, Myung-Whun Chung, Yo Yo Ma, Mischa Maisky, Truls Mork, Michael Pletnev and his brother Gautier, all in the most renowned festivals, such as Aix-en-Provence, Saint-Denis, La Roque d’Anthéron, Menton, Colmar, Hollywood Bowl, Tanglewood, Gstaad, Lucerne, Lugano, Verbier, Salzburg, Rheingau, Bucharest Festival Enescu, Amsterdam and Granada.

His discography with Erato is vast in scope: Haydn/Mendelssohn Trios and the Triple Concerto by Beethoven with Martha Argerich, Berlioz/Saint-Saëns/Milhaud/Ravel with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie/Daniel Harding, L’Arbre des Songes/Dutilleux with the Philharmonique de Radio France/M.-W. Chung, Mendelssohn/Schumann with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Daniel Harding, Mozart with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Louis Langrée and Antoine Tamestit, chamber music by Schubert, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, as well as Brahms sonatas, trios and quartets with Nicholas Angelich, his brother Gautier and Gérard Caussé, the concertos by Beethoven/Korngold with the Rotterdam Philharmonic and Yannick Nézet-Seguin, the complete Beethoven sonatas with Frank Braley and the complete works of Fauré with Messrs Angelich, Capuçon, Dalberto, Caussé and the Quatuor Ebène. After the Brahms and Berg concertos with the Vienna Philharmonic and Daniel Harding, Saint-Saëns with the Philharmonique de Radio France and Lionel Bringuier, as well as L’Histoire de Babar – Poulenc/Debussy/Ridout with Laurence Ferrari and Jérôme Ducros. His first “greatest hits” compilation, Violon Roi, was released: a three-CD boxed set retracing his career and a recital with Khatia Buniatishvili (Frank – Grieg – Dvorak), a disc featuring Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole, Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 and Sarasate’s Airs Bohémiens, another disc with contemporary Rihm/Dusapin/Montovani concertos nominated for the best recording at the 2017 Victoires de le Musique and a disc of Debussy sonatas and trios released in October 2017, J.S. Bach’s sonatas for violin and piano with David Fray (2019) and Beethoven’s Ghost and Archduke trios with Gautier Capuçon and Frank Braley (February 2020), Camille Saint-Saëns’ piano trios and sonatas for violin and piano, with Edgar Moreau and Bertrand Chamayou, Edward Elgar’s Violin Concerto and Sonata for Violin and Piano, with the London Symphony Orchestra, Sir[T1]  Simon Rattle and Stephen Hough, an Arvo Pärt disc with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (September 2021), a recital “Un Violon à Paris” with Guillaume Bellom, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and two concertos from Chevalier de Saint-George, with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Cinema II “Les Choses de la Vie” (2024).

With Deutsche Grammophon, Renaud Capuçon released a Beethoven/Schumann/Franck recital, recorded with Martha Argerich at the Festival de Pâques in Aix-en-Provence (2022), the complete Mozart piano and violin sonatas with Kit Armstrong (2023) and the complete Mozart violin concertos with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra (2023).

Recent releases: with Warner Classics, the Barber and Sibelius concertos with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Daniel Harding (2025); on Deutsche Grammophon, a Richard Strauss box set featuring the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, and Petr Popelka (2025).

In June 2011, he was appointed by the French government to the rank of Chevalier dans l’Ordre National du Mérite, then Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in March 2016, Officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres in Decembre 2021and Officier dans l’Ordre National du Mérite in Decembre 2023. He is the founder and artistic director of the Festival de Pâques in Aix-en-Provence and the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad Festival, as well as a violin professor at the Haute Ecole de Musique in Lausanne. In 2022, Mr Capuçon was named as Artistic Director of the Évian La Grange au Lac Festival. He has also been a UNESCO Artist for Peace since September 2020.

Since September 2021, Mr Capuçon has been Music Director of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.

In March 2020, Mr Capuçon released his first book, Mouvement Perpétuel, published by Flammarion.

Renaud Capuçon plays the Guarneri del Gesù “Panette” (1737) violin, which once belonged to Isaac Stern.