1. Studies

2. Career

3. Teaching

4. International prizes and awards

5. Actor

6. References

7. External links

Patrice Fontanarosa (born 4 September 1942 in Paris) is a French classical violinist, the elder son of the painters {{ill|Lucien Fontanarosa|fr}} (1912-1975) and Annette Faive-Fontanarosa (1911-1988). He is married to harpist Marielle Nordmann.

He formed the famous Fontanarosa Trio^[1] with his sister Frédérique Fontanarosa, pianist, and their brother Renaud Fontanarosa, cellist.

Studies

• 1959: Conservatoire de Paris, first prize for violin.

Career

• Solo violin of I Virtuosi di Roma^[2]
• 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

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: {{ill|Les Compagnons d'Eleusis|fr}} by {{ill|Claude Grinberg|fr}}

References

External links

• Official website
• [https://www.discogs.com/artist/743320-Patrice-Fontanarosa Patrice Fontanarosa's discography] on Discogs
• Patrice Fontanarosa president of the Dominique Peccatte competition jury
• [https://www.francemusique.fr/personne/patrice-fontanarosa Patrice Fontanarosa] on France Musique
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRppl9whzeU Patrice Fontanarosa "Partita en mi" de Johann Sebastian Bach] (YouTube)

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