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.

• Solo violin of I Virtuosi di Roma^[1]
• 1976 to 1985, concertmaster of the Orchestre national de France
• Music director of the Orchestre des Pays de Savoie when it was created in 1984
• Violinist of the Fontanarosa

Fontanarosa formed the famous Fontanarosa Trio^[2] with his sister Frédérique Fontanarosa, pianist, and their brother Renaud Fontanarosa, cellist.

• Academic at the Conservatoire de Paris
• Academic at the Schola Cantorum de Paris

• Villa Lobos in Rio de Janeiro
• Enesco in Bucarest
• Kreisler in Liège
• 1965: 6th prize of the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition in Paris
• Ginette Neveu competition in Paris
• 1967: 3rd prize of the Paganini Competition in Genoa
• 1995: Victoire de la musique; best Instrumental soloist for the CD Le Violon de l'Opéra

Cinema

• 1971: Jo by Jean Girault as the violinist

Television

• 1975: Les Compagnons d'Eleusis [fr] by Claude Grinberg [fr]

Fontanarosa is married to harpist Marielle Nordmann.