Fanny Clamagirand (F.Clamagir), Violin

Biography

Winner of the 2007 Monte Carlo Violin Masters, Fanny Clamagirand
is gaining widespread attention for her radiant technical skills and musical
mastery. Acclaimed as the ADAMI Classical Revelation
2006, Fanny has been distinguished in many other international competitions,
winning 1st Prize at the Kreisler Competition in Vienna in 2005, the
prestigious Emily Anderson Prize from the Royal Philharmonic Society in London
in 2004, Special prize at the Yehudi Menuhin Competition in 2000, 1st Prize at
the Spohr Competition in 1995 where she also received a special prize from
Radio Frankfurt.

Ms. Clamagirand is regularly invited to prestigious
international series and festivals such as Wigmore and Royal Festival Halls in
London, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Opera House in Tel Aviv, Victoria Hall in
Geneva, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Teatro Nacional
Claudio Santoro in Brasilia, Festival International de Colmar, Festival Radio
France Montpellier,  Israel Festival,
Haydn Festspiele, and the Bowdoin International Music Festival.  She has performed as a soloist with the Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestre
Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Montecarlo, Teatro
La Fenice Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra,
Wiener Kammerorchester, and the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris.

Born in Paris in 1984, Fanny joined the postgraduate
course at the National Conservatoire of Paris when she was sixteen. She went on
to study at the Royal College of Music in London where she was awarded her
Artist Diploma.

Her first CD recording dedicated to the complete violin
solo sonatasbyEugene Ysaÿe was released in 2007 under the Nascor label. In 2009
she will record for the Naxos label the complete Saint-Saëns violin concertos with the Sinfonia
Finlandia conducted by Patrick Gallois.