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In 1958 when he was only twelve years of age, Régis Pasquier was awarded First Prize for violin and chamber music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. Two years later he went to the United States to give a recital in New York. This was a decisive year for he was to meet Isaac Stern, David Oistrakh, Pierre Fournier, Nadia Boulanger, and Zino Francescatti who heard him play, was impressed by his talents and a few years later requested his collaboration to record Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto for two violins. He has performed in Japan, Europe, Canada, South America and particularly in the United States with all the greatest orchestras. In 2005 he was appointed Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur. He plays a magnificent violin by Guarnerius (Del Gesu) Cremona 1734.