About
Recognized by her peers for her musicality and her beautiful tone, the French violist Virginie d’Avezac particularly enjoys performing as a chamber musician.
The French violist Virginie d’Avezac began her musical studies with the Piano at the age of 5 and entered the Bordeaux National Conservatory at the age of 10. At 14, she found her true musical calling and began studying the viola. She received first prizes from the Bordeaux Conservatory in viola, chamber music, harmony and counterpoint. Virginie studied with two of France’s most respected violists, Tasso Adamopoulos and Serge Collot. During her time in Paris, Virginie participated with the Magnolia quartet – of which she was a founder member- in the prestigious Proquartet program for chamber music. The Magnolia quartet studied for two years under the guidance of great artists such as Guy Danel (Danel quartet), Günther Pichler and Valentin Erben (Alban Berg quartet), Eric Robberecht (concertmaster at La Monnaie orchestra in Brussels).
An avid chamber musician, she has played with the pianist Zachary Deak in France, Morocco, and Southern California since 2010. She regularly performs in Chamber Music concert series in the LA area such as the Bruman Festival, South Pasadena Public Library Concerts, Concerts at the Dome, Mason Concerts, and Hear Now Festival
Former Principal Viola of the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Monica Symphony and the Dream Orchestra, Virginie has performed in numerous orchestras in Europe and Southern California for twenty years.
While living in France, Virginie has played in many prominent orchestras across France and North Africa, including the National Orchestra of Ile de France, the National Orchestra of Bordeaux, the Youth Orchestra of the Mediterranean, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Morocco, and the Symphonists of Aquitaine Orchestra.
Since her arrival in Los Angeles in February 2016, Virginie has played with ensembles such as the LA Master Chorale, the New West Symphony, the Dream Orchestra, the Santa Monica Symphony, the Downey Symphony, the LA Doctors Symphony Orchestra, and the LA Jewish Symphony.
From September 2016 to September 2018, Virginie was the Principal Viola of the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra.
In April 2017 she was invited to perform with the Juneau Symphony in Alaska. Virginie has performed extensively in Los Angeles at venues such as Walt Disney Concert Hall, Zipper Hall, the Broad Stage, the Getty auditorium, the Ford Theatre, the Greek Theater and the Powell Library, the Soraya, and the LA Convention Center. She has participated in several recordings for film, TV, and commercials at Warner Bros, Capitol Studios, Fox Studios, Eastwest Studios and the Village Studios.
Virginie served as the Director of the Venice Community Choir during the season 2022-2023.
She is currently an Adjunct Professor at Old Dominion University in Norfolk,VA and a viola substitute with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
Virginie is a proud contributor to the Grammy Winning Album “Mythologies” by composer Danae Xanthe Vlasse.
Grammy winner 2022 for best classical solo vocal album: Mythologies by Danae Vlasse. Sopranos Sangeeta Kaur, Hila Plitmann, Violinist Lily Haydn, Violist Virginie d’Avezac, Cellist Eru Matsumoto, Flutist Wouter Kellerman, Pianists Danae Vlasse, Robert Thies, Brendan White, Percussionist Nadeem Majdalany and Emilio Miller. Sound engineer Gerhard Joost, Producer Emilio Miller.
Teaching
In addition to her career as a musician, Virginie is a dedicated violin, viola and piano teacher.
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With more than twenty years of teaching experience in music schools, conservatories in France, Morocco and California, Mrs d’Avezac’s teaching philosophy is focused on serving all of her students with passion, respect, kindness, rigor and patience.
She adjusts her teaching to the particular needs of each student, committing herself fully to their musical development.
As a Certified Hypnotherapist and Artist Coach, Virginie provides her students with an in-depth and personalized approach to learning, practicing and performing. She strives to offer her students a comprehensive understanding of music that includes both body and mind.
This balanced approach allows musicians to better express themselves through their instrument, with greater confidence and mastery.
In her private Hypnotherapy practice, Virginie works regularly with musicians on management of stage fright and other issues that may interfere with performing.
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Schedule
Masters in the Chapel
Sunday, January 28th 2024, 4pm
at the First Lutheran Church of Venice
Mozart and Brahms Piano Quartets
Ambroise Aubrun, violin Virginie d’Avezac, viola
Sophie Chauvenet, cello Zachary Deak, Piano
PAst Events
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, December 10,2024
at the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts
Holiday Pops
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, December 8 and 9, 2023
at the Chrysler Hall, Norfolk VA
Elf in concert
ODU Faculty Recital
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 7pm
at the Chandler Hall, Diehn School of music
Mozart and Brahms Piano Quartets
Emily Ondracek-Peterson, violin; Virginie d’Avezac, viola; Rebecca Gilmore, cello; Zachary Deak, piano
Bruman Festival
Thursday, August 3rd, 2023 at noon
at the Lani Hall- the UCLA Herb Alpert School of music
Mozart and Brahms Piano Quartets
Ambroise Aubrun, violin; Virginie d’Avezac, viola; Sophie Chauvenet, cello; Zachary Deak, piano
Santa Monica Symphony
Sunday, December,2022, 7pm
at the John Adams Middle School Performing Arts Center
John Powell- Suite from “How to train your dragon”
Ralph Vaughan Williams- “The Lark ascending” with Fabiola Kim, violin
Igor Stravinsky- “The firebird Suite” (1919 version)
Percy Grainger- Irish Tune from County Derry
Santa Monica Symphony
Saturday, October 15th 8pm
at the John Adams Performing Arts Center- 1630 Pearl St. Santa Monica
Mikhail Glinka- Overture from Ruslan and Ludmila
Franz Joseph Haydn- Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major
Johannes Brahms- Symphony No.4 in E minor op.98
LA Master Chorale
Saturday, October 8th, 2pm and Sunday October 9th, 7pm
at Walt Disney Concert Hall
The Creation by Haydn
New West Symphony
Saturday, October 1st 7:30pm
at the Kavli Theater- Thousand Oaks
New West Symphony
Sunday, October 2nd 3pm
at the Rancho Campana Performing arts Center- Camarillo
Mammoth Music Festival
Friday, July 29th 7:30pm
at the Cerro Coso College
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, K. 493
Zachary Deak, Rebecca Hang, Virginie d’Avezac, Cara Colón
Mammoth Music Festival
Saturday, July 30th 7:30 pm
at the Cerro Coso College
César Franck (1822-1890)
Piano Quintet in F Minor
Zachary Deak, Jessica Guideri, Rebecca Hang, Virginie d’Avezac, Emilio Colón
Mammoth Music Festival
Sunday, July 31st 4pm
at the Cerro Coso College
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Brandenburg Concerto no.3 in G Major, BWV 1048
Rebecca Hang, Jessica Guideri, Ambroise Aubrun, Virginie d’Avezac, Emilio Colón, Cara Colón, Brian Schuldt, Zachary Deak, SAM Students
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)
Serenade for Strings, opus 22
Rebecca Hang, Jessica Guideri, Ambroise Aubrun, Virginie d’Avezac, Emilio Colón, Cara Colón, Brian Schuldt, SAM Students
Friday, June 3, 2022 at 7pm
@Villa Gardens in Pasadena
Schubert Piano Quintet in A Major “the Trout”
Benjamin Hoffman, violin; Virginie d’Avezac, viola; Clement Chow, cello; Evan Hillis, Bass; Irene Kim, Piano
Saturday, June 11, 2022 at 6pm
MASON HOME CONCERT
Mar Vista- Exact location TBA
Bach
Brandenburg n.4 (and more)
Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 3pm
Veterans Memorial Auditorium- Culver City
Chamber Musicale
Four centuries of chamber music including Catalani, Telemann, Beethoven, Haydn, Gabrielli, Coleridge-Taylor, Mayer, Thiele, and Weiss featuring String and Wind Ensembles of the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra
Saturday,April 2nd, 2022 at 7:30pm @ Kavli Theater- Thousand Oaks
Sunday April 3rd at 3pm @Rancho Campana Performing Arts Center- Camarillo
NEW WEST SYMPHONY
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto n3
Joplin: Selections from Treemonisha
Sibelius: Symphony n3
Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 7:30pm
Friends of music at PPC
Pasadena Presbyterian Church
585 E Colorado Blvd. Pasadena
CPE Bach Organ Concerto in G Major, Wq 34, H.444
Presenter and Organ soloist: Dr. Timothy Howard
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, March 5th, 6pm
at the Mechanic’s Bank Theater
DVORAK AND BEETHOVEN
Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 7:30pm
New West Symphony
The Kavli Theater, Thousand Oaks
AMERICAN ROOTS CONCERT
Michael Christie, Conductor. Philippe Quint, Violinist
Aaron Copland | Fanfare for the Common Man
Antonín Dvořák | Suite in A major, Op. 98b “American”
Joan Tower | Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Violin Concerto
John Williams | Star Wars Suite
Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 3pm
New West Symphony
Rancho Campana Performing Arts Center in Camarillo
AMERICAN ROOTS CONCERT
Michael Christie, Conductor Philippe Quint, violinist
Aaron Copland | Fanfare for the Common Man
Antonín Dvořák | Suite in A major, Op. 98b “American”
Joan Tower | Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Violin Concerto
John Williams | Star Wars Suite
February,20, 2022 at 6pm
St James in-the-city
3903 Wilshire Blvd 90010
Bassoonist Judith Farmer and friends
Mozart: duo n2 in B flat Major for violin and viola
Gernot Wolfgang: Common ground for bassoon and cello
Francois Devienne: Quartet in C Major op 73 n.1 for bassoon and string trio.
Judith Farmer, bassoon; Ambroise Aubrun, violin; Virginie d’Avezac, viola; Armen Ksajikian, cello.
December, 13, 2021 10am and 12pm.
Violins of Hope- Soraya Student Matinees
Younes and Soraya Nazarian
Center for the Performing Arts
Concert will be performed on String Instruments from the Holocaust.
The historic instruments stand as a testament to resilience, now more than ever, in their triumphant return. The concert marks a celebration of perseverance and music’s power to transcend.
Szymon Laks String Quartet No. 3
I. Allegro Quasi Presto
Max Bruch Piano Quintet in G minor Op. Post
I. Allegro molto moderato. Tranquillo
Erwin Schulhoff Five Pieces for String Quartet
III. Czech folk music
Violins: Niv Ashkenazy, Lorenz Gamma; Viola: Virginie d’Avezac; Cello: Garik Terzian; Piano: Ming Tsu
December 5, 2021 at 3pm
New West Symphony
Rancho Campana Performing Arts Center- Camarillo
Tales of Winter
Michael Christie, Conductor
December 4, 2021 at 7pm
New West Symphony
Kavli Theater, Thousand Oaks
Tales of Winter
Michael Christie, Conductor
November, 30, 2021 at 7:30pm
Chamber music Salon
Private location
Violins of Hope
This concert will be performed on instruments from the Violins of Hope collection. (Instruments from the Holocaust)
Gershwin- Lullaby
Weiner- String trio op.6 No1
Weinberg- violin duet
Laks- String quartet No 3
Bach- Concerto for two violins
November, 20, 2021 at 6:30pm
Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra
Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium
Copland, Respighi, Vaughan Williams
October, 9, 2021 at 6pm
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra
Mechanic’s Bank Theater
Bruch and Dvorak
The concert opens with the talented violinist Simone Porter playing Bruch’s enchanting Scottish Fantasy. Maestro Kirov then takes us on a journey to the “New World” with Dvořák’s enigmatic Symphony No. 9.
Bruch | Scottish Fantasy
Violin Soloist: Simone Porter
Dvořák | Symphony No. 9, From the New World
Sunday, February 2, 2020 at 4pm
South Pasadena Public Library
Haydn: Trio in C Major for Flute, Violin and Cello
Saint-Saens: Fantaisie for Violin and Harp, op.124
Koechlin: Primavera quintet for Flute, Harp, Violin, Viola and Cello
INTERMISSION
Mozart: quartet in D major for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello
Cras: quintet for Flute, Harp, Violin, Viola and Cello
Susan Greenberg, Flute; Cristina Montes Mateo, Harp; Madalyn Parnas Möller, Violin; Virginie d’Avezac, Viola; Juliette Herlin, Cello.
Sunday,January 26, 2020 at 4pm
Groupmuse concert
Handel-Halvorsen: Passacaglia for violin and cello. Filip Pogády, violin and Mark Bassett, cello
Beethoven: the Eyeglasses duo for viola and cello. Virginie d’Avezac, viola and Mark Bassett, cello
intermission
Mozart: Divertimento in E-flat major K.563 for string trio.
I. Allegro II. Adagio VI. Allegro
Sunday, December 1, 2019 at 6pm
LACMA
- Haydn: Trio in C Major for Flute, Violin and Cello
- Koechlin: Primavera quintet for Flute, Harp, Violin, Viola and Cello
- Saint-Saens: Fantaisie for Violin and Harp, op.124
- Cras: quintet for Flute, Harp, Violin, Viola and Cello
Susan Greenberg, Flute; Cristina Montes Mateo, Harp; Madalyn Parnas Möller, Violin; Virginie d’Avezac, Viola; Juliette Herlin, Cello.
Sunday, November 10,2019 at 4:30pm
Classical Music Encounters of Orange County
Piano and viola recital with Pianist Zachary Deak
- Rachmaninov: 4 préludes for piano
- Scriabin: Piano sonata no3
Intermission
- Clarke: Viola sonata
- Bowen: Melody on the G string for viola and piano
Sunday, October 20, 2019 at 7pm
Walt Disney Concert Hall
LA Master Chorale
conductor: Grant Gershon
- Anton Bruckner: Mass no3 in F minor
- Osvaldo Golijov: Oceana
Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 2pm
Walt Disney Concert Hall
LA Master Chorale
conductor: Grant Gershon
- Anton Bruckner: Mass no3 in F minor
- Osvaldo Golijov: Oceana
Sunday, October 6,2019 at 3pm and 5pm
Mount Wilson observatory
Mozart and Brahms quintets for Clarinet and Strings
with Pierre Genisson, clarinet, Ambroise Aubrun and Henri Gronnier, violins, Virginie d’Avezac, viola, Cecilia Tsan, cello
Saturday, September 28, 4pm
Galerie XII, 6150 Wilshire blvd, Los Angeles 90048
Groupmuse Concert
Trios and duos for violin, viola and accordion
program TBD soon
Kerenza Peacock, violin; Virginie d’Avezac, viola; Ryan Whyman, accordion
Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 7pm
Zipper Hall, Los Angeles
Petra Conti and friends “I’m gonna live forever!”
with Dream Orchestra
Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 6pm
Central LA
Handel-halvorsen, Schubert, Sibelius, Koechlin, Morricone, Grime, Peacock, O’Connor
with Kerenza Peacock, violin
Handel-Halvorsen,Schubert, Sibelius,Koechlin, Morricone, Grime, Peacock, o’Connor Duets for violin and viola
with Kerenza Peacock, violin
LA Master Chorale presents the great movies and opera choruses
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Saturday, April 13, 2019 6pm
Galerie XII, 6150 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles
Handel-Halvorsen, Schubert, Mozart, Sibelius,Grime, O’Connor,
Kerenza Peacock, violin; Virginie d’Avezac, Viola
April, Sunday 29, 5:00 pm
HEAR NOW FESTIVAL
First Lutheran Church of Venice
Sharon Farber, Bridges of Love
Hila Plitmann (soprano), Donald Foster (clarinet), Robert Thies (piano), Virginie d’Avezac (viola)
May, Saturday 12, 7:30pm
Rabobank Arena, Theater and Convention Center, Bakersfield
Igor Stravinsky, Petruschka
Sergei Rachmaninov, Symphonic Dances
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra
May, Saturday 26, 6:00pm
Mason Concerts , 3484 Redwood Ave Mar Vista
Johan Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg 5th
Arnold Schoënberg, Verklarte Nacht
Todd Mason, Lighthouses
Members of the LA Opera
Sunday, July 22 at 2pm
Santa Monica
Mozart, Beethoven, Danzi, Fauré, Shostakovitch, Duets for viola and cello
with Callie Galvez, cello