David & Bruno font leur cinéma !
David Lefèvre, a well-known figure in Monaco’s music scene, embodies the refinement and passion of our region through his radiant playing. He has been Principal Violin and Principal Soloist of the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra since 1999, having previously served as Principal Soloist of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse.
His concerts have taken him all over the world, and he has performed with the greatest conductors: Daniel Barenboim, Ricardo Muti, Mstislav Rostropovich... His extensive discography (complete chamber works of Schubert; Bartók; Franck...) has received numerous awards, including “CD of the Month” from the prestigious Gramophone magazine in London.
For several years, he served as principal guest concertmaster with the Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra in Lisbon and the George Enescu Philharmonic in Bucharest. He is the dedicatee of musical works such as J. Boisgallais’s Dixtuor, premiered at the Opéra Garnier in Monte Carlo, and M. Taralli’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. The Prince’s Palace has entrusted him with the care of the Vuillaume violin, which is part of the Prince’s collections.
David Lefèvre currently plays a magnificent DALLA COSTA instrument from 1755.
Website: www.davidlefevreviolon.com
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A laureate of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation and a native of Douai, Bruno Membrey studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique and the École Normale de Musique de Paris. He pursues a career as a pianist and specializes in accompanying renowned singers and instrumentalists. As a soloist, he has performed with the Orchestre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine and the Orchestre de Douai, as well as in Tunisia, Croatia, Belgium, Monaco, Portugal, Germany, Italy, Morocco, and Great Britain. He regularly works as a pianist on cruise ships.
An Officer of the Order of Academic Palms, Bruno Membrey served as director of the Conservatory and artistic director of the Théâtre de Tourcoing.
As a conductor, he has been invited by the opera houses of Bordeaux, Nantes, Reims, Toulon, Avignon, Dijon, Limoges, Saint-Étienne, Nice, Lille, Marseille, Massy, and Liège, and has conducted the Lille National Orchestra, the Saarbrücken and Morocco Philharmonic Orchestras, the radio orchestras of Bratislava, Sofia, Frankfurt, and Warsaw, and the symphony orchestras of Berlin, Douai, Shanghai, and Beijing…
