Philippe Honoré
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Philippe Honoré is a French-born violin
ist who has been a regular recitalist in both France
and the United Kingdom
. He has performed widely in broadcast recitals on French radio and television.
He studied violin at the Paris Conservatoire with Pierre Doukan and was awarded the Premier Prix ("First Prize") as both soloist and chamber musician. He studied further at the Royal Academy of Music
in London
with György Pauk
. In 1992 he received the honour Lauréat of the Yehudi Menuhin
Foundation of France and in 2001 was awarded an Honorary Associateship by the Royal Academy of Music
.
Honoré is a member of the Vellinger Quartet with which he regularly tours world-wide. He took part in the Decca
recording "An Equal Music", containing the items mentioned in the India
n novelist Vikram Seth
's book of the same name, playing solo Bach
and chamber music. Outside the world of classical music Honoré is perhaps best known as Seth's former partner, a relationship which lasted ten years; Seth has spoken candidly of his relationship with Honoré in his non-fiction writings and brought his name to a wide audience in the acrostic Onegin stanza
on Honoré's surname which forms the epigraph to the novel An Equal Music, which Seth credits Honoré with having inspired:
Philippe Honoré plays chamber music
, recitals and solo works, as well as leading orchestras. His instrument is an Italian violin made by Thomas Eberle in 1786.
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist who has been a regular recitalist in both France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. He has performed widely in broadcast recitals on French radio and television.
He studied violin at the Paris Conservatoire with Pierre Doukan and was awarded the Premier Prix ("First Prize") as both soloist and chamber musician. He studied further at the Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
in London
London
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with György Pauk
György Pauk
-Biography:Born in Budapest, Hungary, Pauk entered the Franz Liszt Academy of Music there at age twelve where he studied under Zoltán Kodály. In 1956 he left Hungary for the Netherlands and, after being persuaded by violinist Yehudi Menuhin, he permanently settled in London in 1961.Since then he...
. In 1992 he received the honour Lauréat of the Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985...
Foundation of France and in 2001 was awarded an Honorary Associateship by the Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
.
Honoré is a member of the Vellinger Quartet with which he regularly tours world-wide. He took part in the Decca
Decca Records
Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
recording "An Equal Music", containing the items mentioned in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n novelist Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth is an Indian poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist.-Early life:Vikram Seth was born on 20 June 1952 to Leila and Prem Seth in Calcutta...
's book of the same name, playing solo Bach
Bạch
Bạch is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Bai in Chinese and Baek, in Korean.Bach is the anglicized variation of the surname Bạch.-Notable people with the surname Bạch:* Bạch Liêu...
and chamber music. Outside the world of classical music Honoré is perhaps best known as Seth's former partner, a relationship which lasted ten years; Seth has spoken candidly of his relationship with Honoré in his non-fiction writings and brought his name to a wide audience in the acrostic Onegin stanza
Onegin stanza
Onegin stanza refers to the verse form invented by Alexander Pushkin for his interpersonal epic Eugene Onegin...
on Honoré's surname which forms the epigraph to the novel An Equal Music, which Seth credits Honoré with having inspired:
- Perhaps this could have stayed unstated.
- Had our words turned to other things
- In the grey park, the rain abated,
- Life would have quickened other strings.
- I list your gifts in this creation:
- Pen, paper, ink and inspiration,
- Peace to the heart with touch or word,
- Ease to the soul with note and chord.
- How did that walk, those winter hours,
- Occasion this? No lightning came;
- Nor did I sense, when touched by flame,
- Our story lit with borrowed powers -
- Rather, by what our spirits burned,
- Embered in words, to us returned.
Philippe Honoré plays chamber music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
, recitals and solo works, as well as leading orchestras. His instrument is an Italian violin made by Thomas Eberle in 1786.