Laurent Wagschal

One of the most original pianists of his generation, Laurent Wagschal is recognised as a fervent interpreter of French music and ardent defender of its ill-known composers, as attests his discography, warmly greeted by the press (Telerama, Le Monde, Diapason, Classica, Pianiste Magazine...) and consisting of some thirty solo and chamber recordings devoted to Saint-Saens, Faure, Franck, Chausson, Debussy, Magnard, Dukas, Pierne, Gaubert, Schmitt, Emmanuel, Cras, Tomasi... He has also recorded with Nicolas Dautricourt Szymanowski's complete music for violin and piano as well as Chausson's Concert and Mendelssohn's Double Concerto, accompanied by the Orchestre d'Auvergne conducted by Arie van Beek. He has been nominated for the Victoires de la Musique Classique 2011 in the category "Best Recording of the Year" for the integral of chamber music with winds of Saint-Saens performed with the soloists of the Orchestre de Paris. Impassioned by chamber music, which he considers essential for his development, he performs, in particular, with the violinist Solenne Paidassi, the flute player Vincent Lucas, the Wind Quintet of the Orchestre de Paris ... Laurent Wagschal regularly performs in prestigious halls in Paris (Theatre du Chatelet, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Auditorium du Musee d?Orsay, Radio-France), abroad (Auditorium National de Musique de Madrid, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Carnegie Hall a New York, Dongsoong Hall a Seoul, Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall), as well as in many festivals (la Folle Journee a Nantes, Midem de Cannes, Festival Chopin a Bagatelle, Festival Presences, Festival du Perigord Noir...). He has won several international awards and has been a soloist with the Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, the Orchestre Pasdeloup, the Orchestre de la Cite Universitaire de Paris, the Orchestre d'Auvergne, the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra and the Classica Orchestra of Moscow.