Renaud Capuçon

Renaud Capuçon represents the modern violinist as complete musician, not just soloist but conductor, teacher, and festival builder. I admire that he hasn't been content to coast on a beautiful tone, taking a post at the Royal Northern College of Music and expanding into the podium. The wall of French honors, from the Legion of Honour to the Order of Arts and Letters, signals how central he has become to his country's cultural life. There's also something charming about the Capuçon brothers, with cellist Gautier alongside him, turning chamber music into a family affair. He strikes me as an artist genuinely invested in passing the tradition forward.

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Name (English)

Renaud Capuçon

Name (Japanese)

ルノー・カピュソン

Reading

るのー・かぴゅそん

Born

January 27, 1976 (age 50)

Origin

Chambéry, France

Occupation

violinist / conductor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dragon

Awards & achievements

• 2019 Officer of Arts and Letters
• 2009 Knight of the National Order of Merit
• 2016 Knight of the Legion of Honour
• 2020 Officer of the National Order of Merit

• Official sitehttps://renaudcapucon.com/fr
• Xhttps://x.com/RCapucon
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaud%20Capu%C3%A7on
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%94%E3%83%A5%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552845

Tags

• violinist
• conductor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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