Edgar Moreau

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Edgar Moreau

Edgar Moreau (born April 3, 1994 in Paris ) is a French classical cellist.

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Edgar Moreau was born on April 3, 1994 in Paris. As the son of antique dealers, he started playing the cello at the age of 4 after listening to the cello in an antique shop with his father on a tour of the city. At the age of seven he learned the piano. In 2010 he was awarded a prize for this at the Boulogne-Billancourt Conservatory. After taking lessons from Xavier Gagnepain , he continued his studies at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris in the cello class of Philippe Muller and in the chamber music class of Claire Désert .

At the age of 15 he won the youth prize at the Rostropovich Competition and at seventeen second prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition . In 2013 he signed an exclusive contract with the Erato label . In 2014 his first recording, a recital of cello and piano pieces that he recorded with Pierre-Yves Hodique , was released. He received the Révélation soliste instrumental de l'année (instrumental soloist discovery of the year 2013) at the Victoires de la musique classique 2013 and Soliste instrumental de l'année (instrumental soloist of the year) 2015. From 2015 to 2018, Moreau was one of the boys Wilden of the Konzerthaus Dortmund . On November 27, 2015, he performed the sarabande of the second suite by Jean-Sebastien Bach on the occasion of the memorial service for the victims of the November 13, 2015 attacks in Paris . In 2019 Moreau released the album "Offenbach, Gulda". On this album he recorded Jacques Offenbach's “Grand Concerto G major”, which was only recorded in 2006 by the cellist Jérôme Pernoo . This new recording is a kind of reference recording for this Offenbach concert.

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  1. ↑ The article is a translation of the article of the same name on the French-language Wikipedia.
  2. ^ Marie-Aude Roux: L'archet prodige d'Edgar Moreau. Le Monde, May 10, 2013, accessed March 2, 2019 (French).
  3. ↑ franceinter.fr: Edgar Moreau. Retrieved March 2, 2019 (French).
  4. ^ Edgar Moreau, le violoncelle au corps. In: Le Temps. September 4, 2015, accessed March 2, 2019 (French).
  5. ↑ francemusique.fr: Palmarès 2015 des Victoires de la Musique Classique. February 3, 2015, accessed March 2, 2019 (French).
  6. ^ Konzerthaus Dortmund: Chamber concert "Junge Wilde" - Edgar Moreau. Retrieved March 2, 2019 .
  7. ↑ youtube.com: Homage national: Edgar Moreau joue Bach. September 27, 2015, accessed March 2, 2019 (French).
  8. ↑ SWR2-Treffpunkt Klassik - New CDs, February 24, 2019, 12:30 p.m.
personal data
SURNAME Moreau, Edgar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French classical cellist
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris