Antoine Tamestit (born 1979) is a French violist. He premiered several contemporary compositions, including Jörg Widmann's Viola Concerto (2015). Tamestit plays the Stradivarius viola Gustav Mahler. Life and career. Tamestit was born in Paris. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Jean Sulem, and further with Jesse Levine at Yale University, and with Tabea Zimmermann. He was a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist from 2004 to 2006.
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