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 The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

Career

* Solo violin of I Virtuosi di Roma * 1976 to 1985, concertmaster of the

Orchestre national de France The Orchestre national de France (ONF; literal translation, ''National Orchestra of France'') is a French symphony orchestra based in Paris, founded in 1934. Placed under the administration of the French national radio (named Radio France sinc ...

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of the Orchestre des Pays de Savoie when it was created in 1984 * Violinist of the Fontanarosa Fontanarosa formed the famous Fontanarosa TrioTrio Fonatanarosa
on data.bnf.fr with his sister Frédérique Fontanarosa, pianist, and their brother Renaud Fontanarosa, cellist.

Teaching

* Academic at the

Schola Cantorum de Paris The Schola Cantorum de Paris is a private conservatory in Paris. It was founded in 1894 by Charles Bordes, Alexandre Guilmant and Vincent d'Indy as a counterbalance to the Paris Conservatoire's emphasis on opera. History La Schola was founded i ...

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 The Long–Thibaud–Crespin Competition is an international classical music competition for pianists, violinists and singers that has been held in France since 1943. (A Jacques Thibaud Competition was held the year before in Bordeaux: Jacques ...

in Paris *

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competition in Paris * 1967: 3rd prize of the

Paganini Competition The Paganini Competition (aka Premio Paganini or Paganini Concore) is an international violin competition named after the famed virtuoso and founder of contemporary violin technique Niccolò Paganini. Created in 1954 it has been carried out ever s ...

in Genoa * 1995:

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; best Instrumental soloist for the CD ''Le Violon de l'Opéra''

Actor

;Cinema * 1971: '' Jo'' by

Jean Girault Jean Girault (; 9 May 1924 – 24 July 1982) was a French film director and screenwriter. From 1951 to 1960 he worked as a screenwriter, mainly for comedy films. He made his film debut as a director in 1960. He directed more than thirty films bet ...

as the violinist ;Television * 1975: ' by

Personal life

Fontanarosa is married to harpist

Marielle Nordmann Marielle Nordmann (born 24 January 1941 in Montpellier) is a French classical harpist. Biography Marielle Nordmann was a pupil of Lily Laskine at the Conservatoire de Paris where she won a first prize in 1958. Between 1960 and 1978, she le ...

References

External links

Official website

Patrice Fontanarosa's discography
on

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Patrice Fontanarosa
president of the Dominique Peccatte competition jury
Patrice Fontanarosa
on

France Musique France Musique is a French national public radio channel owned and operated by Radio France. It is devoted to the broadcasting of music, both live and recorded, with particular emphasis on European classical music, classical music and jazz. Hist ...

Patrice Fontanarosa "Partita en mi" de Johann Sebastian Bach
(YouTube) {{DEFAULTSORT:Fontanarosa, Patrice 1942 births Living people Musicians from Paris 20th-century French male classical violinists Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris Academic staff of the École Normale de Musique de Paris