Edgar Moreau at the Cité de la musique. Edgar Moreau (born 3 April 1994) is a French classical cellist.

Biography

Moreau was born in Paris on 3 April 1994. He began studying the cello at age four with Carlos Beyris as well as the piano, the instrument for which he obtained his First Prize at the in 2010. After following the teaching of Xavier Gagnepain, he continued his studies at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

in the class of

Philippe Muller Philippe Muller (born 20 April 1946, in Mulhouse) is a French cellist. Biography Philippe Muller (born April 20, 1946, in Mulhouse) is a French cellist and pedagogue. His first contact with the cello was under the guidance of Dominique Prete, p ...

in cello and

Claire Désert Claire Désert (born 1967) is a French classical pianist. Biography Born in Angoulême, Désert began learning the piano at the age of five. At fourteen, she joined the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP). A student of French composer Jean Hubeau ...

for chamber music. At the age of 15, he won the Young Soloist Prize at the

Concours de violoncelle Rostropovitch The Concours de violoncelle Rostropovitch, (Cello Competition Mstislav Rostropovich), is an international cello competition established in 1977 by the city of Paris. See also * List of classical music competitions European Classical music ...

and at 17, the second prize of the

International Tchaikovsky Competition The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia, for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 32 years of age and singers between 19 and 32 years of ...

. In 2013 he signed an exclusive contract with Erato, and his first recording, a recital of pieces for cello and piano with Pierre-Yves Hodique, was published in 2014. ''Révélation soliste instrumental de l'année'' at the

Victoires de la musique classique The Victoires de la musique classique (; en, "Victories of Classical Music") are an annual French classical music award event founded in 1986. The awards are the classical equivalent of the popular music awards Victoires de la Musique and the Victo ...

2013, he was ''Soliste instrumental de l'année'' at the 2015 edition. From 2015 to 2018, Edgar Moreau was an artist of the "Junge Wilde" concerts at the . On 27 November 2015, he played the sarabande of the 2nd suite by

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...

during the ceremony held at Les Invalides in tribute to the victims of the November 2015 Paris attacks.

Discography

* Pieces for cello and piano by

Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...

, Paganini, Fauré, Dvorák, Poulenc,

Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , group=n ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most popu ...

Massenet Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic music, Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are ''Manon'' (1884) ...

, Popper,

Gluck Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the Holy Roman Empire, he g ...

... - with Pierre-Yves Hodique. Erato, 2014 * Le Roi qui n'aimait pas la musique by

Karol Beffa Karol Beffa, born on October 27, 1973 in Paris, is a French and Swiss composer and pianist. Biography Karol Beffa had a general education along with music studies, at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, consisting of history, English, phi ...

, with Renaud Capuçon (violin), Paul Meyer (clarinet) and Karol Beffa (piano), CD-book Gallimard jeunesse, 2017 * A Family Affair (music by Dvořák and Korngold) with sibings Raphäelle and David (violins), and Jérémie (piano), 2020

References

External links

* Biographie lauréat de la Fondation d’entreprise

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''Edgar Moreau, violoncelliste''
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* Article in ''

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''Edgar Moreau, le "Petit Prince" du violoncelle''

on Festival de musique de Menton
Edgar MOREAU, violoncelle - Victoires de la Musique Classique - ''Danse des Elfes''
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