Violinist Renaud Capuçon plays Henri Dutilleux's 2002 work Sur le même accord (On only one chord) on 15 January at the opening gala concert of the Philharmonie de Paris, the French capital's long-awaited new concert hall. The 38-year-old was performing with the Orchestre de Paris under Paavo Järvi. The new 2,400-seat hall, situated in the Cité de la Musique district, and cost an estimated €381m.

Renaud Capuçon's 1737 'Panette' Guarneri 'del Gesù' is one of the twelve featured violins in The Strad Calendar 2015: Violins of the Stars, still available at The Strad Library.

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