Well known for his style of bowing, his splendid tone and the clearness of his execution, French violinist, teacher and composer Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766-1831) composed nineteen Violin concertos and forty operas duringhis life time, and is perhaps best known for his 42 &Eacute,tudes or Capriccios, 1796.

Born in Versailles, Kreutzer was initially taught by his German father, who was a musician in the royalchapel, with later lessons from Anton Stamitz. H