Renaud Capuçon began his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris at the age of fourteen, winning numerous awards during his five years there. Following this, Capuçon moved to Berlin to study with Thomas Brandis and Isaac Stern, and was awarded the Prize of the Berlin Academy of Arts. In 1997, Capuçon was invited by Claudio Abbado to become concertmaster of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, which he led for three summers, working with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Seiji Ozawa, and Abbado himself.

Since this time, Capuçon has established himself as a soloist at the very highest level. He has played concerti with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony and the Orchestre de Paris. Capuçon also tours extensively as a solo recitalist. He has a great commitment to performing chamber music and has worked with Marta Argerich, Hélène Grimaud, and Maria João Pires, as well as with his brother and regular collaborator cellist Gautier Capuçon. These collaborations have taken him to the festivals of Edinburgh, London, Berlin, Lucerne, Tanglewood and many others.

His most recent recording was of Beethoven Sonatas for violin and piano with Frank Braley. He also recorded the Beethoven and Korngold concertos with the Rotterdam Philharmonic and Yannick Nezet-Seguin. Renaud Capuçon plays the Guarneri del Gesù ›Panette‹ (1737) that belonged to Isaac Stern, bought for him by the Banca Svizzera Italiana (BSI).

エストニア出身の、グラミー賞受賞者でもあるパーヴォ・ヤルヴィは、2004年以来ドイツ・カンマーフィルハーモニー管弦楽団の芸術監督を務めている。彼がドイツで率いる唯一の楽団である当カンマーフィルとのコラボレーションは、2024年には20周年を迎えた。

同コラボレーションのひとつのハイライトとなったのが、世界各地で大絶賛されたベートーヴェン・チクルス公演。ヤルヴィはこのレコーディングで、エコー・クラシックの年間最優秀指揮者賞や権威あるドイツ・レコード批評家賞など、数々の賞を受賞した。次なる共同プロジェクトとなったシューマン全交響曲への取り組みも、続いて2015年に開始したブラームスに焦点を当てたプロジェクトも大成功を収めた。ヤルヴィとカンマーフィルハーモニーは現在、ハイドンの全12曲の「ロンドン交響曲集」に精力的に取り組んでいる。

NHK交響楽団の名誉指揮者であるほか、エストニア国立交響楽団及びエストニア・パルヌ音楽祭の芸術顧問、チューリッヒ・トーンハレ管弦楽団の音楽監督も務めている。客演指揮者としても、ロイヤル・コンセルトヘボウ管弦楽団、フィルハーモニア管弦楽団、ウィーン・フィル、ベルリン・フィル、シュターツカペレ・ドレスデン、ニューヨーク・フィルハーモニック、シカゴ交響楽団、ロサンゼルス・フィルハーモニックなどと定期的に共演。2015年には、権威ある英グラモフォンと仏ディアパゾンの両誌により「アーティスト・オブ・ザ・イヤー」に選出され、2019年にはオーパス・クラシック賞の「コンダクター・オブ・ザ・イヤー」に輝いた。

Gautier Capuçon is widely recognised as one of the foremost cellists of his generation. He studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris, and later with Heinrich Schiff in Vienna. The winner of various first prizes in many leading international competitions, including the International André Navarra Prize, Capuçon was named ‘New Talent of the Year’ by Victoires de la Musique in 2001; in 2004 he received a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award since which time he has received several Echo Klassik awards.

Capuçon performs regularly as a soloist with the major orchestras worldwide, and is a favourite of conductors at the highest level, including Valery Gergiev, Gustavo Dudamel and Bernhard Haitink. In recent seasons he has performed with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra, as well as with the orchestras in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston.

A regular recital and chamber musician, Capuçon is performing with any of the world’s leading artists such as Martha Agerich, Daniel Barenboim, Hélène Grimaud, Viktoria Mullova and his brother Renaud.

His numerous recordings include the Dvořák Concerto with Frankfurt Radio Symphony/Paavo Järvi, trios with Martha Argerich and Renaud Capuçon as well as duo recordings with his brother. Gautier Capuçon plays a 1701 Matteo Goffriller.