Violinist / Conductor
Captivating audiences with his performances, his charisma and his amazing virtuosity, Frédéric Moreau is regularly invited to many festivals, in prestigious concert halls around the world and has become one of the most prolific French artists of his generation with over one hundred concerts as soloist each year.
Frédéric Moreau is a laureate of numerous international competitions and started his solo career at the age of eighteen. He is a first prize winner of violin and chamber music, and is a “3ème cycle" graduate of the most selective soloist programme at the French National Conservatory of Music in Paris (Master and PhD). He has studied violin with masters such as Jean Fournier, Michèle Auclair, Régis Pasquier, Tibor Varga, Yehudi Menuhin...
He is musical director and soloist of the prestigious chamber orchestra "Les Violons de France" for whom he has arranged numerous works placing the virtuoso violin centre stage. With his eclectic tastes, Frédéric Moreau has approached all styles of music and brings to life the violin repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary. In addition, he is a fervent promotor of the music of the most charismatic virtuoso violinist of all time: Niccolò Paganini, whose magic he loves reproduce for the public. Frédéric Moreau is also passionate about chamber music and is a member of the Perpetuo Duo, the Solstice Trio and the Goldoni Quartet. He has played with partners such as Nicholas Angelich, Francois Leleux, Roland Pidoux... His teaching expertise and passion for music are demonstrated by the master-classes he holds around the world.
Frédéric Moreau regularly tours in France, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, Ukraine... and performs as soloist with numerous orchestras including the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Kiev National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ile de France Philharmonic Orchestra...
He has made numerous recordings, including: Beethoven's violin concerto with the Munich Symphony Orchestra; a disc entitled "Hommage à l'Europe" which was nominated for best classical music recording at the "Victoires de la Musique" in 2000; a "Virtuosity" disc (including works by Paganini, Sarasate, Bazzini, Saint-Saëns...); a disc of Vivaldi's Four Seasons; a violin & harp disc (Duo Perpetuo) with Béatrice Guillermin; a DVD with the "Solstice Trio" (Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov).
Frédéric Moreau has the privilege of playing a 1749 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini violin.
About
About
About
Grow with Music !
Evan Shallcross
Violin Coach
Evan Shallcross joined CCOHK as a core member in 2016. Previously he served as a violinist with the Macao Orchestra, acting as occasional leader and soloist. He also performed extensively with professional ensembles in the USA, including the Minnesota Orchestra and the New Haven Symphony. He holds a Bachelors Degree from the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and a Masters Degree from the Yale University School of Music. His teachers included professors Milan Vitek and Syoko Aki. Evan’s achievement as a performer earned him invitations to compete in the Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition and the Mozart International Competition. Other distinctions include the Interlochen Arts Camp Maddy Award for Outstanding Violinist in 2004, as well as prizes and solo performances with orchestra resulting from the Interlochen Concerto Competition, and the Kenwood Symphony Masters Concerto and Aria Competition in Minneapolis.
Parallel to his performing career, Evan has cultivated a deep passion for music education, becoming a sought after pedagogue for violin solo coaching and chamber music ensembles. Besides music his interests extend to political and social sciences, economics, technology, philosophy, dance and photography.