Nicolas Dautricourt
Violin
Nicolas Dautricourt is one of the most brilliant and engaging French violinists of his generation.
In January 2019 he made his debuts at the Paris Philharmonie with Orchestre National d’Ile de France, performing Prokofiev’s second violin concerto under British conductor Jamie Philipps. He appears regularly at major international venues such as the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, Wigmore Hall, Moscow Tchaikovsky Hall, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Salle Pleyel, Cité de la Musique and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées among others. He also appears at many classical and jazz festivals such as Lockenhaus Kammermusikfest, Festival Enesco in Bucharest, Music@Menlo, Jazz à la Grange, and has performed with the Detroit Symphony, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, SWR Saarbrücken, and BBC Wales National Orchestra, under conductors Leonard Slatkin, Paavo Järvi, Fabien Gabel, Yan-Pascal Tortelier, Tugan Sokhiev, and Vahan Mardirossian.
Awarded in numerous international violin contests, such as Wieniawski, Lipizer, and Belgrade, he has studied with Philip Hirschhorn, Miriam Fried, and Jean-Jacques Kantorow, and since September 2023, is a member of the Ensemble Midtvest based in Herning (Denmark).
Artistic director of the «Fêtes Musicales de Corbigny», Nicolas Dautricourt plays a magnificent instrument by Antonio Stradivari, the "Château Pape-Clément" (Cremona 1704), on loan from Bernard Magrez, and in January 2021, has received from the French Ministry of Culture, the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.