Jean-Jacques Kantorow

The French violinist and conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow began the violin at the age of 6 at the Nice Conservatoire. He was only 13 yrs old when he won a place at the prestigious Paris Conservatoire to study in René Benedetti’s class, and graduated one year later with a 1st prize. From 1962 -68 Jean-Jaques won prizes in at least 10 international violin competitions, including 1st prizes in the Carl Flesh competition in London, and the Paganini competition in Genova, and he was 1st winner in the Geneva and Tibor Varga competitions. In 1970 Jean-Jaques won a grant from the Sacha Schneider foundation. As a concert violinist, Jean-jacques has played all round the world – USA, Canada, Asia, India, Japan, Africa, and Europe- giving as many as a 100 concerts a year and receiving rave reviews;