Jean-Pierre Catoul

Jean-Pierre Catoul is one of the few modern violinists to merge jazz together with rock music. First picking up the instrument at the age of six (and learning music theory shortly thereafter), Catoul played in a variety of bands during the '80s (jazz, rock, and even big bands), but it wasn't until 1987 that Catoul fully began to realize his potential on his instrument, as he studied with respected French violinist Didier Lockwood. In 1989, Catoul was the recipient of a Saxe award from the Jazz Academy, as "the best young hopeful of the year," and lent his violin talents to a TV program on the Queen Elisabeth Competition, playing alongside some of the greatest classical virtuosos of modern times.



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