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Antoine Tamestit
Antoine Tamestit is a French violist. He premiered several contemporary compositions. Tamestit plays the Stradivarius viola Gustav Mahler. Tamestit was born in Paris. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Jean Sulem, and further with Jesse Levine at Yale University, and with Tabea Zimmermann. 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]. In 2014, he played viola for the recording of Berlioz's Harold en Italie, conducted by Valery Gergiev. Tamestit premiered several contemporary compositions, including Thierry Escaich's La Nuit des chants, Bruno Mantovani's Concerto pour deux altos et orchestre and Olga Neuwirth's Remnants of songs… an Amphigory and Weariness heals Wounds. In 2015, he premiered Jörg Widmann's Viola Concerto, which was commissioned by him, with the Orchestre de Paris and Paavo Järvi. This concerto depicts Tamestit's skills and character. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Tamestit) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

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Joe Hisaishi: Viola Saga - Movement 2 - Joe Hisaishi: Viola Saga: Movement 2
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Joe Hisaishi: Viola Saga: Movement 1
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Brahms: Two Waltzes in A Major, Op. 39, No. 15 & Op. 52, No. 6 (Arr. Stephan Koncz)
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Viola Sonata in F Minor, Op. 120 No. 1: II. Andante un poco adagio
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Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: I. Allegro

Albums

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Mozart: String Quintets K. 515 & 516

Album2023
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Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70, TH 118 (Live from Verbier Festival / 2013)

Album2020
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J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051; Sonata for Viola da Gamba in G Minor, BWV 1029; Violin Sonata in F Minor, BWV 1018 (Live)

Album2009
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Georg Philipp Telemann: Viola Concertos - Overtures - Fantasias

Album2022
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J.S. Bach: 3 Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord, BWV 1027-1029

Album2019
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Felix Mendelssohn & George Enescu: Octets for Strings (Live)

Album2009
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J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

Album2021
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Bach: Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 5

Album2016
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Brahms : Viola Sonatas, Op. 120 - Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91

Album2021
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Bratsche !

Album2013

Singles

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Mozart: String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor, K. 516: III. Adagio ma non troppo

2023
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Joe Hisaishi: Viola Saga: Movement 2 (Pt. 1)

2024
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Mozart: String Quintet No. 3 in C Major, K. 515: II. Menuetto. Allegretto

2023
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Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba in G Major, BWV 1027

2019
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Joe Hisaishi: Viola Saga: Movement 1 (Pt. 1)

2024

Videos

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Joe Hisaishi with Antoine Tamestit & Wiener Symphoniker - Viola Saga Movement 1 (Part 1)

Deutsche Grammophon - DG23K views
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베르비에 페스티벌 임윤찬 앵콜 | verbierfestival 2024 Yunchan Lim Encore

유못쇼42K views
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George Benjamin - Viola, Viola, for viola and viola (1997)

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🎹Pianist Yunchan Lim🌿Verbier Festival 2024💙ANTONIN DVORAK:Piano Quartet No.2 Op. 87👍Encore

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The Quatuor Ébène & Antoine Tamestit - Mozart: String Quintet No. 4

medici.tv13K views
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Anne Sofie von Otter: Danse macabre by Saint-Saëns

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