UPCOMING
PERFORMANCE: SUNDAY
AFTERNOON WITH THE ROSSETTI PIANO TRIO 2:30 PM May 16, 2024 at the NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE AUDITORIUM
in SAN DIEGO, CA.
HENRY GRONNIER, violinist
A founding member of
the Rossetti String Quartet, he was born in Saint-Quentin, France. He
received his early music education at the local Conservatoire where he
won Premier Prix in both piano and violin. He then went on to the Conservatoire
National de Region de Versailles, where he was awarded the Gold Medal
in the class of Madeleine Thuillier-Deverge, continuing his studies with
Michele Auclair at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de
Paris.He was awarded a full scholarship to study with the renowned French
violinist Nell Gotkovski at Tulsa University in Oklahoma. He concluded
his studies with Sally Thomas and Zino Francescatti.
Henry has appeared throughout the world in recital, as a member of chamber
music ensembles and as a soloist with orchestra. Notable among his performances
are his debuts at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall and at London's Wigmore
Hall. He has participated in some of the world's leading music festivals,
such as the "Festival of Two Worlds," The Spoleto Festival both
in Italy and Charleston (South Carolina), the Festival Mediterraneen the
Festival Albert Schweitzer, the Zino Francescatti Festival and the Festival
de San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, performing with such artists as Jean-Yves
Thibaudet, Lukas Foss, Patrice Fontanarosa, Chantal Juillet, Claire Desert,
Anne Queffelec, Pierre Barbizet, Carter Brey, and Emmanuel Strosser.
When not performing, Henry teaches violin at the Colburn School for the
Performing Arts in Los Angeles where he is a member of the faculty.
Photo: Christian Steiner, courtesy of Colbert Artists Management Inc.
