Alain Moglia

A French violinist born in Montargis on December 22, 1943, Alain Moglia has made a name for himself with his versatility of repertoire in a wide range of ensembles. The son of an amateur violinist, he took private lessons in Mantes-la-Jolie before entering the Paris Conservatoire in 1955, where he was awarded first prize at the age of sixteen. From then on, a fruitful career awaited him, beginning with chamber music concerts and the 1961 meeting with Jean-Claude Malgoire, who integrated him as solo violin into his pioneering baroque orchestra, La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy. After collaborating with Fernand Oubradous and Paul Kuentz's orchestras, Alain Moglia took part in the creation of the Octuor de Paris in 1965, before joining the Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris (1966-1973), then the Ensemble Instrumental de France. In 1970, he founded the Quatuor Via Nova, then in 1976 joined the brand-new Ensemble Intercontemporain founded by Pierre Boulez, where he remained for two years, collaborating on works by Karlheinz Stockhausen, György Ligeti, Iannis Xenakis and Luciano Berio. From 1977 to 1990, the musician changed repertoire once again, sharing with Luben Yordanoff the position of concertmaster of the Orchestre de Paris, where he performed under the baton of Daniel Barenboim, Karl Böhm, Leonard Bernstein, Eugen Jochum, Rafael Kubelik, Carlo Maria Giulini, Georg Solti, Claudio Abbado, Zubin Mehta and Riccardo Chailly. In 1994, he founded the Quatuor Olivier Messiaen, which records and performs worldwide the Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Professor at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris since 1990 and in charge of string training at the Orchestre Français des Jeunes, Alain Moglia turned to conducting at the Orchestre Philharmonique de Montpellier, then from 1992 at the Orchestre de Chambre National de Toulouse, with whom he recorded the Bach discs for Pierre Verany's independent label: Concertos for violin (1993), Haydn: Concertos for trumpet, horn and trombone (1994), Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (1995), Corelli: Concerti Grossi (1995), L. & W. A. Mozart: Symphonie des Jouets & Plaisanteries Musicales (1995), Tchaikovsky - Glazunov: Sérénades Russes (1996), Les Cordes Françaises du XXe Siècle (1998) and Haydn: Les Sept Dernières Paroles du Christ en Croix (1998). In 1999, he paid tribute to Astor Piazzolla with the album Contemplación e Danza, and in 2020, with the same orchestra, he conducted the final sessions of violinist Ivry Gitlis, published under the title The Last Studio Recording (2021).