Cultivated, technically brilliant and musically subtle – an eloquent summary of why Piemontesi is one of the most outstanding pianists of our time. Born in Locarno, he began his studies with Arie Vardi and continued with Alfred Brendel, Murray Perahia, Cécile Ousset and Alexis Weissenberg. He has taken up invitations to perform with some of the world’s leading orchestras, for example the Cleveland Orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the LA Philharmonic, the Hessian and Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestras, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic. In addition, this virtuoso musician has worked with respected conductors such as Marek Janowski, Manfred Honeck, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Charles Dutoit and he enjoys a particularly close working relationship with Sir Roger Norrington.

In addition to his solo career, Piemontesi is an equally devoted advocate of chamber music. He is a passionate creator of chamber and recital programmes which can be heard in major concert halls and renowned festivals across the world, performing with eminent musicians such as Antoine Tamestit, Jörg Widmann, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Daniel Müller-Schott and the Emerson Quartet. In 2016 he began a Mozart Cycle in London’s Wigmore Hall, performing all the Mozart sonatas over three seasons. Piemontesi has also released several highly acclaimed CD recordings, featuring works by Mozart, Schumann, Dvorak, Debussy and, just recently, the Années de Pèlerinage by Liszt. As prize-winner of several renowned competitions, Piemontesi has won international acclaim and in 2009 was named a BBC New Generation Artist.

Jérémie Rhorer is one of the most versatile and intellectually ambitious conductors of his generation. As the founder and Artistic Director of the orchestra Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, the Frenchman continues in the tradition of artist-innovator, exploring the repertoire of the 18th and 19th centuries using period instruments. A winner of the Prix Pierre Cardin, Rhorer is also a well-respected composer. For over 10 years, Jérémie Rhorer has developed a close relationship with the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, where he has conducted a broad spectrum of standard, rarely-performed and contemporary operas. Rhorer has also conducted some of the most distinguished international orchestras, including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Gewandhausorchester, the Orchestre de Paris and the Czech Philharmonic.

In demand as an opera conductor, Rhorer has conducted performances at the Vienna State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, the Teatro Real in Madrid and the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and has also guest conducted at some of Europe’s most prestigious international festivals. Highlights of the current season include his debuts with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Bordeaux-Aquitaine and at the Opernhaus Zürich with a new production of Offenbach’s seldom-performed opera Barkouff. In recent years, Jérémie Rhorer and Le Cercle de l’Harmonie have initiated an innovative residency at Le Grand Théâtre de Provence in Aix-en-Provence, which includes an educational programme dedicated to new audiences. The exciting conductor enjoys a long-standing collaboration with The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen.