Emmanuel Krivine [SEP] occupation
Emmanuel Krivine
Emmanuel Krivine (born 7 May 1947, Grenoble) is a French conductor, the son of a Polish mother and a Russian father. He studied the violin as a youth and was a winner of the "Premier Prix" at the Paris Conservatoire, at age 16. He later studied at the Queen Elisabeth School in Brussels. He stopped playing the violin after a car accident in 1981.
Inspired by a meeting with Karl Böhm, Krivine began to develop an interest in conducting. He was principal guest
a teacher, so he had to resign from the rank of student to be able to teach. He is a member of the Philharmonic Chamber (Emmanuel Krivine) and has also been principal horn player of the Orchestre de chambre de Paris (Kurt Masur) from 2004 to 2009 and then to the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra (E. Krivine) from 2009 to 2010.
Today, he is the principal trumpeter in the same ensemble.
He has also recently started playing the tuba, trombone, violin and ophicleide.
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