Francis Duroy
Francis Duroy (born 12 September 1959) is a French classical violinist. File Born in Charenton-le-Pont, Duroy began his musical studies at the age of eight at the where he was introduced to the violin, the piano, the French horn, writing and chamber music. He continued his studies of violin in Brussels with Maurice Raskin, then at the Conservatoire national supérieur musique et danse de Lyon, with Véda Reynolds. In 1985, Duroy received a scholarship to study at the Banff Centre School of Fines Arts (Canada). He perfected his skills with great masters such as violinists Zoltán Székely and Ivry Gitlis, violist Raphael Hillyer, cellist Anner Bylsma and pianist Menahem Pressler. In 1986, Duroy was appointed soloist of the Opéra national de Lyon under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner and Kent Nagano. From 1989 to 1991, he was concertmaster of the Orchestre national de Lyon, Emmanuel Krivine conducting. Since 1992, Duroy had a career as a concert performer that took him to all continents. In 2005, he made an important tour that took him to the biggest venues in Japan and opened the doors to Asia. He also performed in Korea. In 2010, Duroy was invited to perform in a