Edgar Moreau, cello

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Prizewinner at the 2009 Rostropovich Competition, 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition, and winner of the 2014 Young Concert Artist Award, Edgar Moreau, born in 1994, began playing the cello at the age of four. He studied with Philippe Muller at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and later continued his training at the Kronberg Academy under the guidance of Frans Helmerson. At age 11, he made his debut with the Teatro Regio Orchestra in Torino, performing Dvořák’s Cello Concerto.

Edgar regularly performs in the world’s most prestigious halls, including New York’s Carnegie Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna’s Musikverein and Konzerthaus, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl, Paris’ Philharmonie and Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, Tokyo Suntory Hall, Seoul Arts Center, Geneva’s Victoria Hall, Barcelona’s Palau de la Música Catalana, Milan’s La Scala, Venice’s La Fenice, and London’s Wigmore Hall. He is frequently invited to festivals such as Verbier, Salzburg, Gstaad, Montreux, the Martha Argerich Festival, Edinburgh, Saint-Denis, Menton, Colmar, and Lugano.

Moreau enjoys collaborates with internationally acclaimed conductors including Gustavo Dudamel, Valery Gergiev, François-Xavier Roth, Myung-Whun Chung, Tugan Sokhiev, Marin Alsop, Manfred Honeck, Lahav Shani, Elim Chan, Mikko Franck, Jakub Hrůša, Michael Schønwandt, Alain Altinoglu, Pablo Heras-Casado, Susanna Mälkki, Joseph Swensen, Vasily Petrenko, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Aziz Shokhakimov, Lionel Bringuier, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, and Nathalie Stutzmann.

Edgar Moreau’s appearances with world-renowned orchestras include the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Roma’s Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Filarmonica della Scala, Munich Philharmonic, Hamburg Symphony, Lucerne Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Brussels Philharmonic, Antwerp Symphony, Swedish Radio Symphony, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, and the KBS Symphony.

Passionate about chamber music, Moreau works with artists such as Martha Argerich, Yo-Yo Ma, Renaud Capuçon, Khatia Buniatishvili, Daniil Trifonov, Nicholas Angelich, András Schiff, Emmanuel Pahud, Sergey Babayan, Lisa Batiashvili, Julian Rachlin, Alexei Volodin, Bertrand Chamayou, and David Kadouch, as well as his siblings Raphaëlle, David, and Jérémie.

Upcoming projects for the 2024/25 season include concerts with the Wiener Symphoniker, Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, George Enescu Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Jerusalem Symphony, Orquesta de Valencia, Athens State Orchestra, as well as the orchestras of Lyon, Bordeaux, Metz, and Montpellier with Nathalie Stutzmann, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Julian Rachlin, Joseph Swensen, and Pascal Rophé.

An exclusive artist with Erato, Edgar Moreau released his debut album Play in 2014 with pianist Pierre-Yves Hodique, followed by Giovincello with Il Pomo d’Oro and Riccardo Minasi (ECHO Klassik Award, 2016), and an album of Debussy’s sonatas and trios with David Kadouch. His discography also includes Gulda and Offenbach Concertos with Les Forces Majeures and Raphaël Merlin, A Family Affair featuring works by Korngold and Dvořák, and Transmission, an album celebrating Jewish heritage and musical tradition through works by Bruch, Bloch, Korngold, and Ravel. In September 2023, he released an album of Dutilleux and Weinberg cello concertos with Andris Poga and the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln. His latest album, Rococo (Warner Classics, November 2024), features Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester and Michael Sanderling, as well as Chopin’s Cello Sonata and works for cello and piano with pianist David Kadouch.

Edgar was honored at the Victoires de la Musique Classique (the “French GRAMMYs”) in 2013 and 2015 and was named an ECHO Rising Star in 2017. He is a laureate of the Fondation Banque Populaire, received the Young Soloist Award from French Public Radio Stations in 2013, and was awarded by the Safran Corporate Foundation and Adami Révélation Classique in 2012. Since fall 2023, he has served as Cello Professor at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.

Edgar Moreau plays a 1711 David Tecchler cello with a bow made by Dominique Peccatte.