Camerata Musica Cambridge: GAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello, & JÉRÔME DUCROS, piano

Tue 3 March 2020

West Road Concert Hall

Chopin, Introduction & Polonaise brillante in C, Op. 3
Chopin, Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
Franck, Sonata in A (1886)


Gautier Capuçon is one of the most celebrated cellists performing today. Acclaimed internationally for his expressive musicianship, exuberant virtuosity, and for the deep sonority of his 1701 Matteo Goffriller cello, Capuçon performs regularly with the leading conductors and orchestras. Each season he is invited by many of the world's leading orchestras, including the philharmonic orchestras of Berlin, Vienna, Los Angeles and New York, and the symphony orchestras of Chicago, San Francisco and London. He regularly works with conductors such as Lionel Bringuier, Semyon Bychkov, Gustavo Dudamel, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Valery Gergiev, Andris Nelsons, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. As a chamber musician, he performs annually in the major halls and festivals with partners such as Nicholas Angelich, Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim, Lisa Batiashvili, Frank Braley, Renaud Capuçon, Jérôme Ducros, Menahem Pressler, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the Artemis and Ébène Quartets.

Recording exclusively for Erato (Warner Classics), Capuçon has won multiple awards and holds an extensive discography. His recordings include concertos by Shostakovich (Mariinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev) and Saint-Saëns (Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France and Lionel Bringuier), the complete Beethoven Sonatas with Frank Braley, and Schubert's String Quintet with the Ébène Quartet. His disk of Schumann works with Bernard Haitink, Martha Argerich and Renaud Capuçon was released in January 2019 to great critical acclaim.

Jérôme Ducros was born in Avignon in 1974 and began to study music at the age of six. As a soloist he appears with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de Lyons and the Paris and Lausanne Chamber Orchestras. He performs chamber music with Augustin Dumay, Michel Dalberto, Tabea Zimmermann, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Jerome Pernoo, Renaud Capuçon and Gautier Capuçon; and he regularly tours with the vocalists Diana Damrau, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Stéphanie d'Oustrac and Philippe Jaroussky. Has performed the world premieres of works by Henri Dutilleux, Philippe Leroux, Pierre Boulez and many other leading composers.