Augustin Dumay (born 1949) is a French violinist and conductor from Paris. Biography: Dumay was invited as a soloist to appear with Yo-Yo Ma in Paris by Herbert von Karajan. Later on, he performed Béla Bartoks Second Concerto with Colin Davis and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra where he stayed. During those times he also worked for theNew Japan Philharmonic, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the London Symphony Orchestra, theRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic, and the even Mahler Chamber Orchestra. He also appeared with such notable German conductors as Kurt Masur, Kurt Sanderling, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Christoph von Dohnányi, along with Seiji Ozawa of Japan, Charles Dutoit of Switzerland, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky of Russia, and French ones such as Marc Minkowskiand Emmanuel Krivine. Dumay appeared in various music halls including Wigmore, Victoria, Suntory Hall of Tokyo, and the Queen Elizabeth Hall. As of December 2003 he is a principal conductor of the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie with which he travels throughout Europe. During the same year he had collaborated with such orchestras as the Camerata Salzburg, Orchestre de Picardie, the Orchestre d’Auvergne, the English Chamber Orchestra and many others. From 2002 to 2005 he served as a director of the arts at the Menton Festival de Musique and became a professor at theBrussels Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth wher he taught many young violinists. He also have many award winning recordings.[1] His music was published by such companies as EMI and Deutsche Grammophon and have won many awards for him such as Gramophon Award, Grammy and Victoires de la Musique. Currently he works with both theChinese and Rotterdam Orchestras, the Berliner Symphoniker, the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, and many others.
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