The violinist Nicolas Dautricourt is one of the most brilliant and engaging French violinists of his generation. He was voted ADAMI Classical Discovery of the Year at Midem in Cannes. He was awarded the Sacem Georges Enesco Prize and won prizes at Wieniawski and Lipizer international violin competitions.

In January 2019 he made his debut at the Paris Philharmonie with Orchestre National d’Ile de France. He appears regularly at major international venues, such as the Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall, Moscow Tchaikovsky Hall, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. He also appears at many classical and jazz festivals such as Victoires de la Musique in Toulouse, Lockenhaus Kammermusikfest, Festival Enesco in Bucharest, Tokyo and Nantes Folles Journées. He has performed with the Detroit Symphony, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Wales National Orchestra, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Quebec Symphony, and NHK Tokyo Chamber Orchestra. Collaborations included conductors ‪Leonard Slatkin, ‪Paavo Järvi, ‪Tugan Sokhiev, Maxim Emelyanichev, Joanna Malangré, Dennis Russell Davies, ‪François-Xavier Roth, and ‪Kazuki Yamada.

In January 2025, his recording of the Elgar Violin Concerto with BBC Wales National was released. Other CDs include the Schumann Violin Concerto with the Manchester Camerata.

Nicolas Dautricourt studied with Philip Hirschhorn, Miriam Fried, and ‪Jean-Jacques Kantorow. Since September 2023, he is a member of the Ensemble Midtvest based in Herning (Danemark). He also is a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York. As Artistic director he leads the festivals the Fêtes Musicales de Corbigny and the Accords de Cassis.

Nicolas Dautricourt plays a magnificent instrument by Antonio Stradivari, the »Château Pape-Clément« (Cremona 1704), on loan from Bernard Magrez. In January 2021, he received the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres from the French Ministry of Culture.