Jérôme Pernoo, born May 11, 1972, in Nantes, France, is a French classical cellist and music educator. Pernoo studied cello at the Conservatoire de Paris under Philippe Muller, winning third prize at the Rostropovich Cello Competition in Paris in 1994 and first prize at the Pretoria International Competition in 1996. Pernoo taught at the Royal College of Music in London for 7 years before serving as professor of cello at the Conservatoire de Paris from 2005 to 2022. Pernoo founded the festival Les Vacances de Monsieur Haydn in 2005 and created the Centre de musique de chambre de Paris in 2015. His recordings include J.S. Bach's Six Suites a violoncello solo senza Basso in 1998, Jacques Offenbach's Grand Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre in 2006, and Guillaume Connesson's Concerto pour violoncelle in 2014. In September 2023, Pernoo was convicted of sexual assault on a minor, receiving a 1-year suspended prison sentence, a fine, a 10-year ban on working with minors, and inclusion on the sex offender registry.
