Elsa Grether (born 28 June 1980) is a French classical violinist, laureate of the ''International Pro Musicis 2009 Prize'' unanimously by the jury (with pianist

Delphine Bardin Delphine Bardin (born 18 July 1974) is a French classical pianist. Biography Born in Tours, Delphine Bardin began playing the piano at the age of five. She then studied with Paule Grimaldi and entered the Conservatoire de Paris, where she won firs ...

), who made her recital debut at

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in New York and in Boston in 2012.

Training

Born in

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; ; Alsatian language, Alsatian: ''Mìlhüsa'' ; , meaning "Mill (grinding), mill house") is a France, French city of the European Collectivity of Alsace (Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region of France). It is near the Fran ...

, Grether began playing the violin at the age of five. She obtained a first prize in violin unanimously from the jury at the on her fifteenth birthday. She continued her training abroad at the

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with

Ruggiero Ricci Ruggiero Ricci (24 July 1918 – 5 August 2012) was an American violinist known for performances and recordings of the works of Paganini. Biography He was born in San Bruno, California, the son of Italian immigrants who first named him Woodr ...

, then in the United States with Mauricio Fuks at the

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and

Donald Weilerstein Donald Weilerstein (born 1940) is an American violinist and pedagogue. Early life and education Weilerstein was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Berkeley, California. He began playing the violin at the age of four and earned a Bachelor ...

at the

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of Boston. She also benefited from the advice of

Régis Pasquier Régis Pasquier (born 12 October 1945) is a French violinist from a family of musicians. His father Pierre Pasquier (1902–1986), a violist and his uncles Jean (1903), a violinist, and Étienne (1905–1997), a cellist, had founded a string trio, ...

in Paris.

Style and repertoire

As a soloist with orchestra, she has played numerous concertos (Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Bruch, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Shebalin, Dvorak, Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, Ravel's ''

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'' etc.) She performs in recital in prestigious festivals and venues in France and abroad: , Festival de Menton Bozar and

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in Brussels,

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in Paris, Musica Festival in Strasbourg, Forest Festival, Sully Festival, Festival Lille Clef de Soleil, Palazzetto Bru-Zane in Venice, Radio Suisse-Romande in Geneva, Festival Musiques en Eté in Geneva, Festival Cully Classique (Switzerland), Flâneries musicales de Reims, Festival de Saint-Lizier, Festival des Abbayes en Lorraine, Festival de Musique Sacrée de Perpignan, Festival Berlioz, Grandes Heures de Cluny, Chicago

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Concert Series, Mozarteum in Salzbourg, Radio Nationale d’Alger, Scène Nationale de Martinique etc. She collaborates in particular with pianists David Lively, Ferenc Vizi,

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, Marie Vermeulin,

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, as well as with Jérémy Jouve (guitar),

(violin) etc. She is also fond of the solo violin repertoire, performing in very eclectic programmes.

Critics

devoted a program to her in "Toute la musique qu'ils aiment" (

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) and she is regularly invited on

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, Musiq’3, RTS Suisse et Accent4. Her first three CDs, released by Fuga Libera, got unanimous reviews, especially in specialized magazines (Gramophone, 5 Diapasons, 4 étoiles Classica, Concertclassic Classiquenews , Musicologie.org, ''

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'', Artamag, Wunderkammern, ''la Revue du Spectacle'', etc.)

Discography

* March 2013: ''Poème mystique'' (

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), recorded with the pianist Ferenc Vizi,Ferenc Vizi
(Le Piano bleu) at Fuga Libera/Harmonia Mundi. * November 2015: ''French Resonance'' (

Gabriel Pierné Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné (16 August 1863 – 17 July 1937) was a French composer, conductor, pianist and organist. Biography Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz. His family moved to Paris, after Metz and part of Lorraine were annexed to Germ ...

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and

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) recorded with the pianist

, at Fuga Libera/Outhere. * June 2017: Kaléidoscope, solo violin (

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or ...

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, Ysaÿe, Khachaturian, Honegger, Albéniz), recorded at the

Fontevraud Abbey The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault (in French: ''abbaye de Fontevraud'') was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in the former French Duchy of Anjou. It was founded in 1101 by the itinerant preach ...

at Fuga Libera/Outhere. * April 2019 : ''Masques'' ( Sergueï Prokofiev), recorded with the pianist David Lively, at Fuga Libera/Outhere. * September 2022 : ''Complete Works for Violin and Piano'' (

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 ...

), recorded with the pianist David Lively, at Aparté.

References

External links

Official website

Discography
(

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)
Teaser CD Kaléidoscope

Asturias, Albeniz, from the Kaléidoscope CD

Soundcloud from the French Resonance CD

Elsa GRETHER, Eugène YSAYE, Sonata no.3, Ballade
(YouTube) {{DEFAULTSORT:Grether, Elsa 21st-century French violinists 21st-century French women musicians French women classical violinists 1980 births Living people Musicians from Mulhouse Mozarteum University Salzburg alumni Indiana University Bloomington alumni New England Conservatory alumni