INTERVIEW
While playing on a Stradivarius of 1721, Renaud Capuçon acquired a Guarneri violin of 1737 last year. In the Summer Club, he returns to this purchase and the relationship he has with this mythical instrument.
"I pay him until the end of my life"
"It's one of the most beautiful violins in the world, my life partner". The relationship between a musician and his instrument is always special. Renaud Capuçon is no exception to the rule. Owner since 2018 of a Guarneri violin of 1737, he confides that it is about "the purchase of (s) for life". "Now I pay for it until the end of my life, but it's a beautiful story every month, paying off the instrument of his work," says the artist.
"There is a fusion between the instrument and the instrumentalist"
Renaud Capuçon knows the whole story of his instrument. The violin notably belonged to the Vicomte de Panette, but also to Isaac Stern from 1947. The American violinist will keep the instrument for 50 years.
A particular heritage when you take it in hand. "There is a fusion between the instrument and the instrumentalist," says Renaud Capuçon. "It changes because I change, my way of playing evolves, when I was a father, it changed, if I'm in good shape and in a good mood, it sounds a certain way," says the musician.