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Great orchestras: the hunt for first violins is on

2022-04-27T16:59:06.484Z


While the Orchester de Paris is looking for a new head for this position, the Philharmonic of Radio France is also preparing to recruit one. But finding the rare pearl sometimes feels like a quest for the holy grail.


Eight to ten.

This is the number of candidates who should appear, on May 11 and 12, for the final rounds of the competition organized by the Orchester de Paris to find its next first solo violin.

“A crucial stage in the life of an orchestra”

, concedes, feverishly, Anne-Sophie Brandalise.

The director of the orchestra, who arrived in July 2018, knows something about it.

Since the retirement of Roland Daugareil, one of the two solo violins of the orchestra in 2020, this is the fourth competition organized by the phalanx.

“The previous three proved unsuccessful

.

What we are looking for is the rare pearl.

Extraordinary musicality, flawless technique.

And a strong artistic personality, capable of being a driving force and a source of inspiration.

And to train the orchestra with it.

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A quest for the Grail which is explained by the extraordinary role of the first solo violins (sometimes decked out, in France, by the name of supersolists or concertmasters), in an orchestra

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Source: lefigaro

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