Amanda Favier (born 7 April 1979 in Paris, France) is a French classical violinist.

Early life and academics

Amanda Favier took her first piano lessons when she was four and started violin at six. At 13, she joined the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ...

with Gérard Poulet as her main teacher. She was awarded 1st prize in violin and graduated ''

cum laude Latin honors are a system of Latin phrases used in some colleges and universities to indicate the level of distinction with which an academic degree has been earned. The system is primarily used in the United States. It is also used in some Sout ...

''. She then traveled in Europe to study with teachers including: Sir Ifrah Neaman in London,

Igor Ozim Igor Ozim (9 May 1931 – 23 March 2024) was a Slovenian classical violinist and Pedagogy, pedagogue. He was based in Salzburg, Austria. Life and career Igor Ozim was born in 1931 in Ljubljana. He came from a musical family: both parents played ...

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

Jean-Jacques Kantorow Jean-Jacques Kantorow (born 3 October 1945) is a French violinist and conductor. His son is the pianist Alexandre Kantorow. Biography Kantorow was born in Cannes, France, into a family of Russian-Jewish origin. From the age of 13 he studied ...

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...

and Suzanne Gessner.

Awards and recognition

Favier performed publicly for the first time at the age of nine and was the youngest winner of the

International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition The International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition () is a music competition in Leipzig, Germany, held by the Bach-Archiv Leipzig. It was founded in 1950 and was held every four years from 1964 to 1996 with five subjects and is now held every two ...

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

. She has won several international competitions. Favier has also been awarded with the Forthuny prize of the Académie des Beaux Arts and Berthier prize of the Palmes Académiques. Several private foundations have also supported her like the Fondation Banque Populaire and the Mécénat Société Générale. Her peers have also acknowledged her talent by awarding her the "Révélation classique" and then "Violon de l'Adami". Her version of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons received the "Classique d’Or RTL", a "Attention Talent" (

Fnac Fnac () is a French multinational retail chain specializing in the sale of entertainment Media (communication), media and consumer electronics. Fnac was founded by André Essel and Max Théret in 1954. Its headquarters is located in ''Le Flavia' ...

), Ait France's "Sélection du mois" but also a ''Coup de cœur'' from

France Musique France Musique () is a French national public radio channel owned and operated by Radio France. It is devoted to the broadcasting of music, both live and recorded, with particular emphasis on classical music and jazz. History The channel was lau ...

Projects

Beyond her solo and chamber music activity, Favier often combines her music with other arts like poetry, literature, jazz, history, and visual arts, and has presented her work on French radio and TV on RTL, France-Musiques 2], FIP, Radio Classique, France 2 (1pm News, " Tandem " show with Jean D’Ormesson) and France 3 (" Toute la musique qu’ils aiment " show). She usually invites actors to participate to her projects. Brigitte Fossey, Marie Christine Barrault, François Castang and also Jean Marie Machado have been sharing the stage with her.

Her project, "De Venise à Venise, itinéraire d'un violon gâté", tells the story of her Venezian violin a Matteo Goffriler from 1723 to nowadays. Francois Castang has participated to this project as a lead actor for numerous concerts.

Favier has participated to the tribute to the French violinist and composer

Lucien Durosoir Lucien Durosoir (1878 – 5 December 1955) was a French composer and violinist whose works were rediscovered thanks to manuscripts found by his son Luc. Durosoir studied the violin with Joseph Joachim and Hugo Heermann in Germany before his first ...

with

Célimène Daudet Célimène Daudet (born 1977) is a contemporary French classical pianist. Biography Born in Aix-en-Provence to a French father and a Haiti, Haitian mother, Daudet began her training at the Aix-en-Provence Conservatory with Michel Bourdoncle. She ...

through the project ''Dans la Malle du Poilu''. The public is invited to listen to pieces composed just after the First World War but also to discover the music that would comfort him on the battlefield. The letters he would send to his falmily from there are simultaneously read by Marie Christine Barrault, a French actress. This project has been awarded with the official "Centenaire" label by the Mission du centenaire de la Première guerre mondiale.

Media and press

Favier is regularly invited to broadcast on French radio and TV on RTL, France-Musiques, FIP, Radio Classique, France 2 (1pm News, " Tandem " show with Jean D’Ormesson) and France 3 (" Toute la musique qu’ils aiment " show).

Discography

* Sonatas by

Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; ; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer and conductor best known for his Tone poems (Strauss), tone poems and List of operas by Richard Strauss, operas. Considered a leading composer of the late Roman ...

and

Leoš Janáček Leoš Janáček (, 3 July 1854 – 12 August 1928) was a Czech composer, Music theory, music theorist, Folkloristics, folklorist, publicist, and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian folk music, Moravian and other Slavs, Slavic music, includin ...

with Cédric Tiberghien, Lyrinx * Album Claude Pascal, Polymnie * Antonio Vivaldi's Four seasons with quintet (Classique d’or RTL), Saphir * Le Violon de l’ADAMI, Sonatas by

César Franck César Auguste Jean Guillaume Hubert Franck (; 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in present-day Belgium. He was born in Liège (which at the time of h ...

and

Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. ...

with Dana Ciocarlie, Promotion record * Sonatas by

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...

and César Franck with Jean Dubé, Syrius * Album Blanche Selva, with Laurent Martin, Ligia * ''Dans la malle du Poilu'' with

, Arion

References

External links

Amanda Favier's Official website

Official website "Dans la Malle du Poilu"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Favier, Amanda 21st-century French violinists 21st-century women musicians French women classical violinists 1979 births Living people Conservatoire de Paris alumni Musicians from Paris