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 [fr] by Claude Grinberg [fr]

Personal life

Fontanarosa is married to harpist Marielle Nordmann.

References

1. I Virtuosi di Roma
2. Trio Fonatanarosa on data.bnf.fr

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)