Amanda Favier

Amanda Favier (born 7 April 1979 in Paris, France) is a French classical violinist.

Early life and academics Amanda Favier took her first piano lessons when she was four and started violin at six.

At 13, she joined the Conservatoire de Paris with Gérard Poulet as her main teacher. She was awarded 1st prize in violin and graduated cum laude. She then traveled in Europe to study with teachers including: Sir Ifrah Neaman in London, Igor Ozim in Cologne, Jean-Jacques Kantorow in Rotterdam and Suzanne Gessner.

Awards and recognition Favier performed publicly for the first time at the age of nine and was the youngest winner of the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig.

She has won several international competitions.

Favier has also been awarded with the Forthuny prize of the Académie des Beaux Arts and Berthier prize of the Palmes Académiques. Several private foundations have also supported her like the Fondation Banque Populaire and the Mécénat Société Générale.

Her peers have also acknowledged her talent by awarding her the "Révélation classique" and then "Violon de l'Adami". Francois Castang has participated to this project as a lead actor for numerous concerts. The public is invited to listen to pieces composed just after the First World War but also to discover the music that would comfort him on the battlefield. The letters he would send to his falmily from there are simultaneously read by Marie Christine Barrault, a French actress. This project has been awarded with the official "Centenaire" label by the Mission du centenaire de la Première guerre mondiale.

Media and press Favier is regularly invited to broadcast on French radio and TV on RTL, France-Musiques, FIP, Radio Classique, France 2 (1pm News, " Tandem " show with Jean D’Ormesson) and France 3 (" Toute la musique qu’ils aiment " show).

Discography Sonatas by Richard Strauss and Leoš Janáček with Cédric Tiberghien, Lyrinx Album Claude Pascal, Polymnie Antonio Vivaldi's Four seasons with quintet (Classique d’or RTL), Saphir Le Violon de l’ADAMI, Sonatas by César Franck and Gabriel Fauré with Dana Ciocarlie, Promotion record Sonatas by Maurice Ravel and César Franck with Jean Dubé, Syrius Album Blanche Selva, with Laurent Martin, Ligia Dans la malle du Poilu with Célimène Daudet, Arion