Anne Gravoin

Anne Gravoin
Born (1965-11-04) 4 November 1965
Montauban, France
Nationality French
Education Conservatoire de Paris
Occupation Concert violinist
Spouse(s) Manuel Valls (m. 2010)

Anne Gravoin (born Montauban 4 November 1965) is a French concert violinist and music-entrepreneuse.[1]

Since 31 March 2014 her husband, Manuel Valls, has been the Prime Minister of France.

Biography

Anne Gravoin was born in south-west France at Montauban[2] where two generations earlier Dr Corenfeld, her maternal grandfather, had settled after completing his medical studies at Strasbourg. He had emigrated from the Soviet part of Moldavia, then the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, in order to escape the predations of Stalinism.[3][4] Anne Gravoin's mother became an English teacher. Her father, whose family came from Bourbonnais in the centre of the country, was a professional violinist with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra. Six months after her birth[2] the family relocated from Montauban to the Paris suburb of La Varenne-Saint-Hilaire.[5]

She studied at the Paris Conservatoire where her teachers included Gérard Poulet,[6][7] Dominique Hoppenot, and Myriam Solovieff.[8] She won a first prize as a violinist[9] and for her participation in chamber music.

In 1984 she started working with musician-singers such as Laurent Voulzy, Marc Lavoine and Michel Jonasz. She was the violin soloist with the "Archets Européens" ("European Bows") in 1989,[8] with the Tours based Orchestra of Central France between 2001 and 2004, and of the "Orchestra of the Paris Conservatoire prize-winners" in 2004. She has been a member of the Menuhin Foundation since 1986. In 2007 she founded a string quartet, the Travelling Quartet.

In 2000 Gravoin established "Régie Orchestre" (RO),[10] one of the three largest organisations of its kind in the Paris region,[11] and which works with musicians, mostly on short term contracts, to provide and coordinate orchestral support and collaboration,[12] both domestically and outside France. Each year more than 400 musicians are employed.[11] Major projects include orchestral backing for Johnny Hallyday tours,[6][7] and on recording albums with artists such as Françoise Hardy, Nolwenn Leroy, Alain Souchon and Laurent Voulzy.[11] The RO has also been collaborating on various film scores with composers such as Tôn-Thât Tiêt et Vladimir Cosma.

In 2013 the "Régie Orchestre" joined the team of musicians for the high-profile television programme "Chabada" presented by Daniela Lumbroso.[13] In 2013 and 2014 it participated in the lengthy "Sur le chemin" ("On the road") tour of Emmanuel Moire, which took in more than 70 concerts across France, Switzerland and Belgium.

Personal

The daughter of her first marriage, Juliette, was born in 1992.[14]

Sources and notes

  1. ↑ Die gefeierte und vorlaute Frau des Premiers Basler Zeitung Accessed on line 26 August 2014
  2. 1 2 Manuel... le Montalbanais sur La Dépêche du Midi, 16 June 2012
  3. ↑ Jacques Hennen; Gilles Verdez (2013), Manuel Valls, les secrets d'un destin (livre numérique) (Éditions Du Moment ed.), ISBN 978-2354172169
  4. ↑ Alain Baute (2012). "Montauban. Valls à l'intérieur de la bastide". Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Marie-Amélie Lombard-Latune, « Anne Gravoin, la femme orchestre de Manuel Valls », Le Figaro, encart « Culture », Wednesday 2 April 2014, page 38.
  6. 1 2 Thierry Hillériteau, « Anne Gravoin, femme-orchestre » in Le Figaro, 22 june 2012
  7. 1 2 Benjamin Locoge, « Anne Gravoin n'est pas une femme d'intérieur » in Paris Match, 15 June 2012
  8. 1 2 "Anne Gravoin violoniste montalbanaise". Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  9. ↑ Manuel Valls se marie en sa mairie in Le Parisien, 1 July 2010
  10. ↑ http://www.regieorchestre.com/
  11. 1 2 3 Antoine Pecqueur, « Orchestres symphoniques et musiques actuelles », La Lettre du musicien n° 412, 16 janvier 2013
  12. ↑ The final line on the organisation's home page in 2014 offered "Des solutions sur mesure pour l'organisation et la coordination de vos projets audiovisuels." ("Tailored solutions for the organization and coordination of your audiovisual projects."
  13. ↑ Politique et Médias: Daniela Lumbroso une nouvelle fois épinglée, Puremedias, 9 May 2012.
  14. ↑ http://www.elle.fr/Societe/Les-enquetes/Anne-Gravoin-valse-avec-Manuel-2596479
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