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Antoine Tamestit

Antoine Tamestit (Viola)

Born: 11th July 1979, Paris, France

Nationality: French

Artist's website: https://www.antoinetamestit.com/

Antoine Tamestit is a French violist.

Tamestit studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, and further with Jesse Levine at Yale University, and with Tabea Zimmermann. He won the 2001 Primrose International Viola Competition, the 2003 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the 2004 ARD International Music Competition. He was a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist from 2004 to 2006.

He has performed at such venues as the Royal Concertgebouw, the Vienna Musikverein, and Carnegie Hall and with the Santa Cecilia Orchestra in Rome [14 March 2019].

Further Reading: Antoine Tamestit

Interview, Antoine Tamestit on Bach

The viola-player talks to David about his recording of the three gamba sonatas on Stradivari’s ‘Gustav Mahler’ viola from 1672 - one of only thirteen extant violas by the legendary Cremonese luthier.

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