Léonor de Récondo

Léonor de Récondo, née en 1976, débute le violon à l’âge de cinq ans. Son talent précoce est rapidement remarqué, et France Télévisions lui consacre une émission alors qu’elle est adolescente. À l’âge de dix-huit ans, elle obtient du gouvernement français la bourse Lavoisier qui lui permet de partir étudier au New England Conservatory of Music (Boston/U.S.A.). Elle devient, pendant ses études, le violon solo du N.E.C. Symphony Orchestra de Boston. Trois ans plus tard, elle reçoit l’Undergraduate Diploma et rentre en France. Elle fonde alors le quatuor à cordes Arezzo et, grâce au soutien de l’association ProQuartet, se perfectionne auprès des plus grands maîtres du genre (Quatuor Amadeus, Quatuor Alban Berg). Sa curiosité la pousse ensuite

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