Diego Tosi

Diégo Tosi joined the Ensemble intercontemporain as a violinist in October 2006. He performs as a soloist in the world’s greatest concert halls and plays from the repertoires of all periods.
He has made several CDs on the “Solstice” label, including works by Ravel, Scelsi, Berio and Boulez, which have won major awards. He has recorded the entire œuvre of virtuoso violinist Pablo de Sarasate and received Del Duca prize awarded by the French Academy of Fine Arts and the SACEM’s Enesco prize.

In September 2018, he recorded a CD featuring the largest pieces for violin and piano in the contemporary repertoire as well as the most famous operas by Charles Gounod, transcribed by Pablo de Sarasate, on the occasion of the composer’s 200th birthday.

Having been the unanimous choice for first prize at the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP), where he studied under Jean-Jacques Kantorow and Jean Lenert, he went on to train in Bloomington (USA) with Miriam Fried before winning the postgraduate Concours des Avant-scènes at the Paris Conservatoire.
During his training Diégo Tosi entered the most prestigious international competitions, including the Paganini in Genoa, the Rodrigo in Madrid, the Valentino Bucchi in Rome, winning every time. He also won many awards in various international competitions, including those of Wattrelos, Germans Claret and Moscow.
He has been the artistic director of the festival Tautavel en musique since 2010.