SUCCESS IN PARIS & LONDON
Graffin's appearances in his native Paris are rare, but last season he gave two special concerts with Gary Hoffmann and Claire Désert. Reviewers present at Salle Gaveau were ecstatic: "Une soirée tout en contraste, placée sous le signe d'une musicalité hors pair" (La Lettre du Musician);
In Wigmore Hall's Master Series, Philippe invited colleagues Truls Mork, Steven Kovacevich, Chen Halevi, Juliette Hurel & Claire Desert to play with him in a celebration concert. "Brilliant violin playing: gutsy, full toned, stylish, passionate and so clear in intent and effect." Capricciomusic blog

Philippe Graffin is Founder & Artistic Director of Consonances de Saint-Nazaire
and Guest Professor at the Royal Conservatorium Brussels

ACCOLADES FOR LATEST RECORDINGS
 

PHILIPPE GAUBERT
Violin Concerto
Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg / Soustrot
[Timpani 1C1186]
"On ne peut rêver d'interprètes plus impliqués … Philippe Graffin et Henri Demarquette illuminent de leur sensibilité vibrante et frémissante les deux pages concertantes de Philippe Gaubert"

Editor's Choice / Nov 2011 for JEAN CRAS String Trio & Quintet for flute, harp & strings / Timpani 1C1179

Hyperion CDA 67838& the Strad recommends his recording on Hyperion's Romantic Violin series


"Philippe Graffin's tonal sweetness, beguiling expressive intensity and mellifluous technique combine to make each phrase ring up with the sunshine freshness of new discovery." April 2011

NEW! ONYX 4080: 20th century Dutch works by Escher, Pijper, de Leeuw & Voormolen with pianist Jelger Blanken

"Graffin is among those refreshing musicians who are not bound by the music they already know: his releases generally bring something new to the catalogue."
IRR Oct2011

SUMMER 2011 at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music included concerts with Piers Lane and Ravel's Tzigane with Queensland Symphony Orchestra

• "George Enescu" International Festival, Bucharest, Romania with Claire Désert
 
 
• in Holland Philippe premieres a Tango written especially for him by Marcello Nisinman
 
 
• Palazzetto Bru-Zane, Venice (Centre de Musique Romantique Française) with Pascal Devoyon
 
 
• Bergamo and Padua with Claire Désert
 
 
• Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels with Daniel Blumenthal
 
 
• Celebrity recital at the Menuhin School with Jeremy Menuhin and Gary Hoffmann.
 
 
• Philippe Graffin & Friends return to Salle Adyar, Paris [Debussy Quartet, Ravel Duo]

• Ravel Tzigane with Queensland Symphony
 
 
• Barber's Concerto with Orchestra Symphonique de Neuchatel, Switzerland and Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Palermo
 
 
• With George Enescu Philharmonic, Bucharest, Graffin plays Shchedrin Concerto Cantabile and Prokofiev's Cinq Melodies orchestrated by Schedrin.
 
 
• Schumann Cello Concerto (arr. Violin) with Orchestra Filharmonica di Torino
 
 
• Recording of Tchaikovsky Concerto with Lithuanian National Symphony
 
 
• Elgar Concerto tour with Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern