Irène Duval

French violinist Irène Duval, born in 1992, completed her Master’s degree with Roland Daugareil in Paris, where she gained her chamber music degree in 2012 and her violin degree, with distinction, in May 2013.     

Praised for her mastery of phrasing and of the dramatic dimension ”(Diapason), “astonishing virtuosity” (Revelation Classiques) and her “infinite delicacy” (Le Populaire du centre), Irène has won multiple international competitions and is an active performer of concerti, recitals and chamber music. Sought after as a chamber musician, she collaborates with Khatia Buniatishvili at Klavier Ruhr Festival and Rheingau Festival, and with Steven Isserlis at Hindsgavl Festival in Danemark, and Cervo in Italy. She will make her debut in Australia beginning of the year 2024.

Irène has performed widely in Europe, giving recitals at major venues and festivals including the Konzerthaus Berlin, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Salle Gaveau, Dresdner Kulturpalast, Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Fondation Singer-Polignac, Festival de la Roque d’Anthéron and Les Folles Journées à Nantes et au Japon.

Solo highlights include collaborations with the Dresdner Philharmonie, Orchestre d’Auvergne, Sinfonia Varsovia at the National Forum in Tokyo, Kremerata Baltica, working with such conductors as Maxim Emelyanychev, Michael Sanderling, Robert Trevino, and Roberto Fores Veses.

Her outstanding competition successes include first prize and the audience prize at the Avignon International Violin Competition in 2009 and 2010 and first prize at the Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition in 2011, where her exceptional interpretation of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto was also praised. In 2016 she recorded the album ‘Poèmes’ (Mirare) with Pierre-Yves Hodique.

Irène plays a beautiful Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin, which is kindly on loan to her through the Beare’s International Violin Society.

From 2014 to 2017 Irène Duval has been studying at Kronberg Academy with Mihaela Martin. These studies were funded by the Benno und Ursula Stork-Wersborg Scholarship.