Augustin Dumay

Augustin Dumay (* 1949 in Paris ) is a French violinist and conductor.

Life

Dumay was born into a family of musicians, at the age of 10 he attended the Paris Academy of Music. After receiving the gold medal he took during five years of private lessons, among others, Arthur Grumiaux in Brussels.

At 14, he performed at the Montreux Festival and drew the attention of the present violinist Henryk Szeryng and Joseph Szigeti on to that conveyed it to others. His international career began in 1979 after a concert, conducted by Herbert von Karajan in Paris. Thereafter, he made a brilliant solo career, which made ​​him with the best orchestras and famous conductors occur. He received numerous recording awards and has participated in numerous festivals, including Montreux, Bath, Berlin, Lucerne, Aix en Provence, Leipzig and at the Lincoln Center in New York.

Since September 2003 he has directed the " Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia " (Belgium ), which was founded by Lola Bobesco.

He is also one of the supervisors Professors at the " Chapelle musicale pure Elisabeth" in Brussels. There, young professional musicians are thoroughly prepared for their careers. Here are the finalists of the Queen Elisabeth Competition ( Concours Reine Elisabeth Musical ) are also annually cared for and prepared. From 2002 to 2005 he was artistic director of the Festival of Menton. In 2008 he was officially appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra ( Osaka). He is currently up to 2012 musical director of the Metropolitan Orchestra of Lisbon.

He is married to Maria João Pires.

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