Patrick Cohën-Akenine

Patrick Cohën-Akenine (born in 1966) is a French classical violinist and conductor.

At the age of four, he began playing the violin and received a first prize for excellence from the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Rueil-Malmaison [fr].

He thus had the chance to work with the Amadeus, Alban Berg, Cleveland, Fine Arts, Guarneri quartets.

Passionate about early music, he learnt baroque violin with Patrick Bismuth at the CNSMDP and perfected his skills with Enrico Gatti.

In 2008, under the patronage of the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Cohën conducted an orchestra restoration program, Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi, with an original setting.