The Louvre was hosting several concerts of the Kronberg Academy this week. The Kronberg Academy is an institution which aims to support highly gifted young violinists, violists and cellists.
Music luminaries such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Christian Tetzlaff, Nobuko Imai, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Tabea Zimmermann and Marta Casals Istomin are or have been involved with the Academy, as teachers or/and members of its artistic council.
Saturday‘s concert, which was broadcast live on the French radio, was the last one of the series, with professors Mihaela Martin (violin) and Frans Helmerson (cello), and 5 students: Fumika Mohri and Marc Bouchkov (violin), Timothy Ridout and Adrien Boisseau (viola), Bruno Philippe (cello).