Bruno Philippe

Bruno Philippe was born in 1993 in Perpignan. There, he began studying the cello with Marie-Madeleine Mille and regularly attended Yvan Chiffoleau?s masterclasses. In 2008, he pursued his studies at the CRR in Paris in the class of Raphael Pidoux. In 2009 he was unanimously accepted by the Paris National Conservatory of Music and Dance in the class of Jerome Pernoo and joined Claire Desert?s chamber music class. Subsequently, he participated in the masterclasses of David Geringas, Steven Isserliss, Gary Hoffman, Pieter Wispelwey and Clemens Hagen at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. He has, since October 2014, been studying as a young soloist at the Kronberg Academy with Frans Helmerson. In November 2011, he won the third Grand Prix and the Best recital at the Andre Navarra International Competition. In September 2014, he won the third prize and audience prize at the International Competition of the ARD in Munich. Bruno Philippe is regularly invited to perform at the Kammersaal of the Berlin Philharmonic, the Cite de la Musique, the Salle Pleyel in Paris, the Halle aux Grains in Toulouse and to play with the Bayerische Rundfunk, the Munich Kammerorchestrer, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, under the direction of conductors such as Bruno Mantovani and Michel Tabachnik. In 2013, he was notably invited to the Kursaal Besancon to play the Elgar concerto. Bruno Philippe also performs at the Pablo Casals Festival in Prades, the Festival of Hix, the Folle Journee de Nantes, the Vacances de Monsieur Haydn in La Roche-Posay, Musique a Deauville, the Radio France Festival in Montpellier, the Roque in Antheron, the Amsterdam Cello Biennale ... He has the opportunity to play with renowned musicians: Gary Hoffman, Renaud Capucon, Jerome Ducros, Tamestit, Sarah Nemtanu Lise Berthaud, Christophe Coin, Jerome Pernoo, Raphael Pidoux, Emmanuelle Bertrand, as well as French Cellos or Dissonances (David Grimal). In 2009, he recorded the duet opus 54 No. 1 by Offenbach with Raphael Pidoux for Integral Classic. He has already been invited to the Verbier Festival Academy in Switzerland and the Festival de Paques of Aix-en-Provence in 2015. Bruno Philippe was awarded scholarships from the Safran Foundation for music, the Raynaud-Zurfluh Foundation, the Foundation Rheingold, the AMOPA, the Banque Populaire Foundation, and in August 2014 won the Nicolas Firmenich price at the Verbier Festival. He also received the support of the "Christa Verhein-Stiftung" for his studies at the Kronberg Academy. Since March 2012, he plays with a Fanck Ravatin cello on loan from Mecenat Musical Societe Generale.