French violinist to perform here

French violinist to perform here

JAKARTA (JP): French violinist Virginie Robilliard will
perform tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Sasono Mulyo Ballroom at Hotel
Meridien in South Jakarta.

Robilliard, a winner of the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud
contest, will be accompanied by Indonesian pianist Adelaide
Simbolon.

Born in 1970, Robilliard started violin lessons at the age of
four. She studied at the Conservatoire National Superieur de
Musique de Lyon and won the first award with compliments in 1987.
The following year she enrolled at the Julliard School of Music
in New York. She graduate from Julliard in 1993.

Among her awards is the Grand Concours International Long-
Thibaud which she won at the age of 17. In 1990, she placed
fourth at the Concours International Indianapolis in the U.S.

Her Jakarta concert is part of the annual promotion of winners
of the Concours International Marguerite Long/Jacques Thibaud
contest. It is organized by the French Cultural Center in
Jakarta.

Robilliard's Southeast Asian tour has been organized in
cooperation with Banque Nationale de Paris.