Biography

Patrice Fontanarosa (born 4 September 1942 in Paris) is a French classical violinist and actor. Fontanarosa is the elder son of the painters Lucien Fontanarosa (1912-1975) and Annette Faive-Fontanarosa (1911-1988). In 1959, Fontanarosa earned a music diploma with first prize in violin from Conservatoire de Paris. Source: Article "Patrice Fontanarosa" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.