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The new sensitive strings of the French violin

2022-03-25T20:16:43.914Z


STORY - Manon Galy received the Victory of Instrumental Revelation from the hands of Renaud Capuçon. She embodies the irresistible rise of a generation of violinists ready to take up the torch.


Their heady duet in the third movement of the

Concerto for two violins

by Jean-Sébastien Bach, on the stage of the Grand Théâtre de Provence, was one of the highlights of the 29th Victoires de la Musique Classique.

Manon Galy, 25, shared the stage there with Renaud Capuçon, twenty years her senior.

A duet in the form of a handover for the star of the violin, who did not know that he was going to give him two hours later, after nearly three hours of ceremony, the ultimate trophy of the evening: the Victory of the revelations " instrumental soloist.

An award he himself had brandished twenty-two years ago.

Quite a symbol.

But also the image of a generation of young performers who, at the dawn of their thirties, carry with brilliance and without complex the revival of the French violin scene.

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Source: lefigaro

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