Born in 1991, Manuel Vioque-Judde has established himself in recent years as one of the most captivating violists on the French and international music scene.
He has since collaborated with numerous orchestras around the world, forging musical links in France with the Orchestre Français des Jeunes, in Belgium with the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, in Venezuela with the Orchestre Symphonique Simon Bolivar, in the Czech Republic with the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, in Germany with the Vogtland Philharmonic Orchestra and the Elbland Philharmonie Sachsen, in the United States with the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, in Sweden with the Camerata Nordica, and in Japan with the Kansaï Philharmonic Orchestra.
Manuel Vioque-Judde is also a sought-after chamber musician, counting among his partners such eminent artists as Augustin Dumay, Jonathan Fournel, Ilya Gringolts, Gary Hoffman, Victor Julien-Laferrière, Barnabás Kelemen, Suyoen Kim, Gidon Kremer, Alexandre Kantorow, Dmitri Masleev, Aurélien Pascal, Christian Tetzlaff, the Wanderer Trio and the Arod Quartet.
He performs on the greatest stages such as the Bozar in Brussels, the Philharmonie in Paris, the Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Seiji Ozawa Hall in Boston, the Symphony Hall in Osaka, and takes part in prestigious events such as the Folles Journées in Nantes and Tokyo, the Festival International de la Roque d'Anthéron, the Festival de Verbier, the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, the Festival de Pâques d'Aix en Provence, the Tanglewood Music Festival, and the Festival des Jeunes Solistes Européens in Venezuela. ..
He began his musical career in Paris at the age of 5, exploring the viola while devoting himself intensively to singing and the piano. A pupil of Laurent Verney, he won 1st prize at the Concours National des Jeunes Altistes at the age of 15, before entering the Paris Conservatoire under the tutelage of Jean Sulem. His quest for perfection led him to receive advice from illustrious violists such as Tabea Zimmerman, Antoine Tamestit, Tatjana Masurenko, Miguel Da Silva and Lawrence Power.
Manuel is a laureate of the Fondation Banque Populaire and was named Révélation Classique Adami in 2017. Since 2018, he has been Artistic Director of the Just Classik Festival in Troyes and in 2019 he will found the Arnold Trio alongside violinist Shuichi Okada and cellist Bumjun Kim.
He plays two violas made by German luthier Stephan von Baehr.
January 2024
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