Andry RICHAUD

Andry RICHAUD

Violin

Born in 1996, Andry RICHAUD began playing the violin in 2003 at the age of 7 and a half at the Ecole Nationale de Musique de l'Aveyron, Grand Rodez branch, in Magali ROUME's class. In 2013, he entered the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Toulouse in Nathalie DESCAMPS' class, where he obtained his Diplôme d'Etudes Musicales, Mention Très Bien à l'Unanimité avec les Congratulations du jury in 2017. In the same year, he passed the Bachelor's entrance exam to the Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève and joined Stefan MUHMENTHALER's class at the Neuchâtel site. He was subsequently admitted to the Orchestral Interpretation Master's program, and went on to perform with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Orchestre De Chambre de Genève and the Ensemble Contrechamps. He has attended courses and master classes with violinists Sebastian BOHREN, François PAYET-LABONNE, Ingolf TURBAN and Bartolomiej NIZIOL, and has been awarded several scholarships from the Fondation Jean TANNER in Neuchâtel.

In parallel with his studies, he developed his orchestral playing by taking part in youth orchestra academies such as: MusikA Orchestra Academy, Philharmonie der Animato Stiftung, Orchestre Français des Jeunes, Orchestre des Jeunes d'Ile de France, Alto Minho Youth Orchestra, as well as professional orchestras such as the summer academy of the Theater Orchester Biel/Solothurn in 2021. He also won an academy position with the Sinfonieorchester Basel for the 2021/2022 season. His first replacements were with the Orchestre de Chambre de Fribourg, the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, the Orchestre Nexus, the Orchestre du Festival 4 Saisons and the Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté, where he was regularly invited to play, and with whom he took part in festivals such as the Festival Berlioz, the Festival Nuits Romantiques d'Aix-les-Bains, Les Folles Journées de Nantes and the Festival International de Musique de Besançon Franche-Comté.

Keen to develop his skills in instrumental pedagogy, in 2022 he joined Julien Zufferey's Master's program in violin pedagogy at the Neuchâtel site, and at the same time obtained a one-year position as violin teacher at the Rudolph STEINER school in Épendes, Vaud.

Currently completing his Master's degree in Pedagogy, he has also managed to acquire a position as violin teacher at the Maison de la Musique in Divonne-les-Bains.

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