Gautier Capuçon
Gautier Capuçon is a true ambassador for today’s cello. Every season he performs with the most renowned conductors and instrumentalists. Since 2014, he has also been the founder and artistic director of the Cello Class of Excellence at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. In 2022, he is extending his commitment to young artists by creating the Gautier Capuçon Foundation, designed to help young musicians get their careers off the ground. Gautier Capuçon is widely recognised for his expressive musicality, his virtuosity and the deep sound of his 1701 Matteo Goffriller ‘L’Ambassadeur’ cello.
Recently, Gautier Capuçon has appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Czech Philharmonic, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the St Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He has also worked with Alain Altinoglu, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Semyon Bychkov, Stéphane Denève, Valery Gergiev, Philippe Jordan, Andris Nelsons and Gianandrea Noseda.