Renaud Capuçon is hyperactive and it is not confinement that will change it. His Easter festival in Aix-en-Provence is canceled? Never mind: every morning, around 10:30 a.m., he grabs his violin and performs a work by broadcasting it on social networks. A routine now well established. If he reserves Sunday for Bach, he likes to start the week on a piece " that has a lot of fishing " - a Rondo by Mozart, for example. Then he gives free rein to his imagination before finishing on Saturday with film music.
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Of course, these are always very short pieces. The longest - six minutes - he put online for the 29th day of confinement: it was the last movement of the Sonata for violin and piano by César Franck, for which he was accompanied by pianist Guillaume Bellom. Far from being anecdotal, these virtual appearances have had phenomenal success. Some have been seen by a million people. He who wanted to democratize classical music, this is successful. Did it not just come to be consecrated by the Musée Grévin where its effigy was inaugurated on March 9, alongside those of Cecilia Bartoli, Roberto Alagna, Lang Lang and Philippe Jaroussky? Capuçon also enjoys making his double wax, for which he had to " climb in underpants on a pedestal " to make his mold in 3D.
Beyond the concerts, the virtuoso also felt the need to share his experience in a book, Perpetual Movement. A life in music, where " a 45 year old guy takes stock of his life " (1). Highly recommended for all young people in need of inspiration and those curious to know behind the scenes of the life of a concert artist of international renown. There is finally this CD released this winter which concludes its Beethoven cycle (2). There are the two most famous trios of the Viennese master, Les Esprits and L'Archiduc , recorded with his brother Gautier on cello and pianist Frank Braley.