Cédric Tiberghien

Born in France on May 5, 1975, classical pianist Cédric Tiberghien began studying the instrument at the age of five with Michèle Perrier in Noyon, Oise before studying at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris with Frédéric Aguessy and Gérard Frémy. Awarded first prize for piano in 1992, he entered numerous competitions and won several international prizes, including second prize in Bremen (1993) and Dublin (1994), sixth prize at the Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv (1995), third prize in Geneva (1996) and finalist at the U. Micheli Competition in Milan (1997). In 1998, Cédric Tiberghien came to prominence at the Concours International Long-Thibaud, winning the first Grand Prix and five special prizes. With his career underway, Cédric Tiberghien signed with the Harmonia Mundi label, for whom he recorded a repertoire including the albums J.S. Bach: Partitas, 2, 3 & 4 (2005), Chopin & Brahms: Ballades (2006), Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 with Jiří Bělohlávek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra (2007), and Brahms: Hungarian Dances (2008). The pianist, selected by the BBC for its New Generation Artists program (2005-2007), then signed a deal with independent British label Hyperion. He began a long artistic collaboration with Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova, including volumes of complete chamber music for violin and piano devoted to composers such as Szymanowski, Beethoven, Ravel, Schubert, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Brahms. Alongside those projects, Cédric Tiberghien recorded the solo recitals Chopin: Mazurkas (2010), Bartók: Mikrokosmos V-VI & Other Piano Music (2016) and Chopin: Préludes, Sonata No. 2 & Scherzo No. 2 (2017). He also collaborated with soprano Sophie Karthäuser, violist Antoine Tamestit, fellow violist François-Frédéric Guy and baritone Stéphane Degout. Following his participation with the latter and conductor François-Xavier Roth on the album Ravel: Concertos pour piano - Mélodies (2022), the pianist embarked on a new project revolving around variations by various composers including Beethoven, with the collections Variation[s], Vol. 1 (2023) and Variation[s], Vol. 2 (2024). During this time, he also released Fauré: The Music for Cello and Piano with cellist Xavier Phillips (2023).