Violin Prodigy Appearing Here Nov. 14
Wins High Musical Award At Age Of 12
At the age of 14, a hoy hasn’t
too long a bioigraphy to recount!
Regis Pasquier from Paris, the
second artist to appear in Kodiak
in the current season of the Alaska
Music Trails, at that age is a re
cognized viloin prodigy. He was
born in 1945 in the historic town
of Fontainebleu, near Paris. His
Pasquier grandparents had been
famous musicians in France. Both
his father and mother were laure
ate graduates of the great Paris
Conservatoire, where they are now
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professors. His father Pasquier,
and his two uncles Jean and
Etienne Pasquier, form the most
famous string trio in the world—
in fart the Pasquier Trio has tour
ed the United States more than 20
times during the last 30 years,
including a tour of the Alaska
Music Trails. His mother is Ma
dame Nelly Pasquier, an accompan
ist of note in Europe.
Regis (which is pronounced Ray
gees in the French manner) and
his four brothers are growing up
like typical children of a musical
family. They all began to study
music at an early age under their
parents guidance and they all play
the piano and a stringed instru
ment.
First Honor At 12
“Regis began the study of the
violin at the age of 4. Although all
five sons are musical, the parents
soon perceived the extraordinary
talent of their fourth child. His
rapid mastery of violin technique
permitted his entry into the Paris
Conservatoire at the age of 10.
One raiiny May day in 1958 Regis
suddenly became the talk of music
al Paris! He had carried off the I
coveted Premier Prix of the Con
servatoire ait the age of 12! The
year-end contests at the Paris Con
servatory are famous. The contests
are obligatory examination - per
formances, in which all Conservat
ory students must participate,—
the picked foreign students who
come to study with the French
masters, the cream of the French
music students. Ages range from
15 to 25, and all violin students
must enter the violin contest. The
violin contest had, incredibly, been
won by a little 12-year old genius!
All of Paris was buzzing over Regis
Pasquier! Paris had just discover
ed among its own youngsters one
of the greatest violin prodigies of
the day!
Symphony Debut At 14
This past May of 1960 Regis
made a Paris debut as soloist with
the great Pasdeloup Orchestra
This was no longer Conservatory
and academic discipline; this was
onstage, in one of the great music
al capitols of the world, face to
face with the exacting, super-criti
cal Parisian musical press. The
Verdict: “A stunning brilliance
and astounding virtuosity” (Fig
aro); “Completely different from
—and superior to—a chlid prodigy,
he is a virtuoso musician who will
make the world take notice.” (La
Vie Musicale).
Regis Pasquier will appear in
concert, Monday, November 14, at
the high school auditorium. He
will be accompanied at the piano
by his mother, Madame Nelly Pas
quier, a musician in her own right.
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vited to attend a meeting to be
held in the high school gym at
7:30 p.m., November 7.
Plans for the coming season will
be discussed and a schedule will
be drawn up. Approximately six
teams have already indicated a de
sire to enter and any others are
welcome, according to Joe Floyd,
coach at the high school.
Firms wrho are expected to field
a team are: PNA, Krafts, A.C.S.,
Coast Guard, High School Bears
and High School Independents.
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