French violist Emmanuel François is an alum of the school and will start the role of viola professor in early 2025
French violist Emmanuel François will join the Lyon Conservatoire’s faculty as viola professor on 6 January 2025. François is also currently a viola professor at the Paris Conservatoire and Bordeaux Conservatoire. He will resign from the former role in January.
François told The Strad about the appointment: ’It is very special for me to be appointed at this position, not only because I was myself a student in this prestigious school years ago. CNSMD Lyon is for me a unique conservatory, a perfect combination of excellence, experimentation, humanity, creation, in a gorgeous environment and at a human scale. I am very much looking forward helping students to grow as fulfilled and accomplished musicians, and to find their own voice as versatile, curious and open-minded artists!’
The violist has been apart of the Van Kuijk Quartet since 2017. As HSBC Laureates, BBC New Generation Artists and ECHO Rising Stars, the group has performed in venues such as Wigmore Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna Musikverein, Concertgebouw, among others.
François is the former principal viola of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, and has also worked as guest principal with the Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre National de Montpellier, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble Intercontemporain.
He studied the violin at the Haute École de Musique de Genève in Geneva, Switzerland, before switching to viola and studying at the Lyon Conservatoire with Jean-Philippe Vasseur and Francoise Gnéri. He has participated in masterclasses with Antoine Tamestit, Yuri Bashmet, Tatjana Masurenko, Atar Arad and Thomas Riebl.
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