Capuçon & Heras-Casado

Renaud Capuçon began his studies at the Paris Conservatory. In 1997, Claudio Abbado appointed him concertmaster of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Since then, the French violinist has performed regularly with the most prestigious orchestras worldwide. Highlights of the 2025/26 season include appearances at Carnegie Hall, a European tour with the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer, and invitations to the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Renaud Capuçon has a deep affinity for chamber music: he has performed with artists such as Nicholas Angelich, Martha Argerich, and Daniel Barenboim at festivals including Salzburg, Edinburgh, and Tanglewood. He has also represented France at prestigious international events: he performed with Yo-Yo Ma under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armistice of World War I, and appeared with his brother, cellist Gautier Capuçon, at the ceremonial reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris. Since 2021, he has served as Artistic Director of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, which he regularly leads either as conductor or from the violin. He is also Artistic Director of three festivals: the Festival de Pâques in Aix-en-Provence, which he founded in 2013, the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, and the Rencontres Musicales d’Évian. In 2011, Renaud Capuçon was named Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Mérite, and in 2016, Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur. In March 2020, he published his first book, «Mouvement perpétuel». Renaud Capuçon plays the 1737 Guarneri violin «Panette», which previously belonged to Isaac Stern.

As a sought-after guest conductor, Pablo Heras-Casado regularly appears on the podium with ensembles such as the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin, and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. He has also appeared with the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics, the Royal Concertgebouw and the London Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, as well as the orchestras of San Francisco, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. He maintains a close collaboration with the Freiburger Barockorchester, with whom he tours regularly and undertakes recording projects. In 2022, he also began a partnership with Anima Eterna Brugge, focusing on performances and recordings of Bruckner’s symphonies on period instruments. Heras-Casado has been regarded – especially since his «Parsifal» performances at the Bayreuth Festival – as one of the most important Wagner conductors of his generation. In 2028, he will conduct a new production of Wagner’s «Ring» cycle in Bayreuth. Beginning in 2025, he will lead a «Ring» cycle at the Opéra National de Paris; he was recently seen at the Staatsoper Berlin with «Der fliegende Holländer»; and as Principal Guest Conductor of the Teatro Real Madrid, he has recently completed a «Ring» cycle and conducted Wagner’s «Meistersinger». As an opera conductor, Heras-Casado has also worked at La Scala in Milan, the Met in New York, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and regularly at the Vienna State Opera, where he conducted, for example, the Monteverdi trilogy. With great passion, he is also committed to supporting young musical talent through youth orchestras and academies.