Short biography
Frédéric
Moreau started his solo career at a very young age, after studying
the violin and chamber music with masters such as Jean Fournier, Michèle Auclair, Régis Pasquier, Yehudi Menuhin, Tibor Varga,...
Captivating
audiences with his performances, his charisma and his amazing
virtuosity, Frédéric Moreau
is
regularly invited to many festivals, in prestigious concert halls
around the world and has become one of the most prolific French
artists of his generation with over one hundred concerts as soloist
each year.
Musical
director and soloist of the chamber orchestra "Les Violons de
France", Frédéric Moreau also devotes part of his time to
chamber music and to sharing his passion during master classes.
Frédéric Moreau has the priviledge of playing a 1749 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini violin.
Longer version
Captivating
audiences with his performances, his charisma and his amazing
virtuosity, Frédéric Moreau
is
regularly invited to many festivals in prestigious concert halls
around the world and has become one of the most prolific French
artists of his generation with over one hundred concerts as soloist
each year.
Frédéric Moreau
is a laureate of numerous international competitions and started his
solo career at the age of eighteen. He is a first prize winner of
violin and chamber music, and is a “3ème
cycle"
graduate of the most selective soloist programme at the French
National Conservatory of Music in Paris (Master and PhD). He has
studied violin with masters such as Jean
Fournier,
Michèle
Auclair,
Régis
Pasquier,
Tibor
Varga,
Yehudi
Menuhin...
He
is musical
director and soloist of the prestigious chamber orchestra "Les
Violons de France"
for
whom he has
arranged numerous works placing the virtuoso violin centre stage.
With
his eclectic tastes, Frédéric Moreau
has approached all styles of music and brings to life the violin
repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary. In addition, he is a
fervent promotor of the music of the most charismatic virtuoso
violinist of all time: Niccolò
Paganini,
whose magic he loves reproduce for the public.
Frédéric Moreau
is
also passionate
about chamber music and
is
a member of the Perpetuo Duo, the Solstice Trio and the Goldoni
Quartet. He has played with partners such as Nicholas
Angelich,
Francois
Leleux,
Roland
Pidoux...
His
teaching expertise and passion for music are demonstrated by the
master-classes he holds around
the world.
Frédéric Moreau
regularly tours in France, the United States, Japan, South Korea,
Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain, Greece, Italy, Kosovo,
Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, Ukraine... and performs as
soloist with numerous orchestras including the Munich Symphony
Orchestra, the Kiev National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ile de
France Philharmonic Orchestra...
He
has made numerous recordings, including: Beethoven's violin concerto
with the Munich Symphony Orchestra; a disc entitled "Hommage
à l'Europe"
which was nominated for best classical music recording at the
"Victoires
de la Musique"
in 2000; a "Virtuosity" disc (including works by Paganini,
Sarasate, Bazzini, Saint-Saëns...); a disc of Vivaldi's Four
Seasons; a violin & harp disc (Duo Perpetuo) with Béatrice
Guillermin; a DVD with the "Solstice Trio" (Beethoven,
Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov).
Frédéric Moreau
has the privilege of playing a 1749 Giovanni
Battista Guadagnini
violin.
For
more information, see: http://www.fredericmoreau.com
