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The 2025/26 season sees Cédric Tiberghien perform with Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, Trondheim Symphony, Antwerp Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony and Boulez Ensemble, working with Karina Canellakis, Thomas Guggeis, Nuno Coelho and Ruth Reinhardt among others. He also gives recitals and chamber concerts in London, Paris, Madrid, Geneva and Milan, including lieder with Stéphane Degout and Beethoven's sonatas for piano and violin on period instruments with Alina Ibragimova. Highlights of the previous three seasons include concertos with Berliner Philharmoniker, San Francisco Symphony, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Washington's National Symphony, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Atlanta Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestre National de France and Orchestre National de Lyon, with conductors Cristian Măcelaru, Simone Young, Matthias Pintscher, Rafael Payare, Thierry Fischer and Stéphane Denève. Cédric is especially known for his interpretations of classical, French and contemporary repertoire. He recently completed his three-season traversal of Beethoven's complete variations for piano for Wigmore Hall and Harmonia Mundi, while his period instrument recording of Ravel's Piano Concertos with Les Siècles was shortlisted for a 2023 Gramophone Award. That same year saw his first collaboration with sound artist Matthias Schack-Arnott on The John Cage Project – a reimagining of the Sonatas and Interludes featuring a kinetic sound sculpture. Having been performed across Australia to critical acclaim, the project comes to Europe in 2026/27. Cédric is based in Nimes

Cédric Tiberghien (born 5 May 1975) is a French classical pianist. Tiberghien started learning to play the piano at age 5 with Michèle Perrier in Noyon, studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Frédéric Aguessy and Gérard Frémy, where in 1992 he received the first prize at 17. He was inspired at a young age by pianists like Arthur Rubinstein, whom he considered to be one of the greatest pianists and devotes great admiration to artists like Artur Schnabel in works by Beethoven, Richter, and even more Emil Gilels. Tiberghien has won several international awards including second prize in Bremen in 1993 and in Dublin in 1994, sixth prize at the 1995 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel-Aviv, and third prize in Geneva in 1996. In 1998, he won the First Grand Prize and five special prizes at the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition. For Harmonia Mundi he made several solo festival recordings: Debussy's piano works, Beethoven's Eroica Variations, Bach's partitas, ballades by Chopin and Brahms. He also recorded Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek. With Alina Ibragimova he has recorded the complete violin-piano works by Ravel, Szymanowski and Schubert, and their recordings of Mozart sonatas won a Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. From 2005 to 2007 Tiberghien was a member of the BBC New Generation Artists scheme.

Cédric Tiberghien is a French pianist who has established a truly international career. He has been particularly applauded for his versatility, as demonstrated by his wide-ranging repertoire, interesting programming, an openness to explore innovative concert formats and his dynamic chamber music partnerships. Concerto appearances in the 2024-25 season include the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, The Hallé and Orchestre National de France, working with Simone Young, Matthias Pintscher and Karina Canellakis among others. Cédric has a long association with the Wigmore Hall in London, where he will conclude his three-season Beethoven cycle with the Diabelli Variations. Cédric also returns to Australia with his John Cage "sound sculpture" project, and gives recital tours of the United States, United Kingdom and Japan with violinist Alina Ibragimova. Hightlights of the previous two seasons include Cédric's performance of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony with both the Berliner Philharmoniker (Simone Young) and Orchestre National de France (Cristian Macelaru). Other recent collaborations have included the Boston Symphony, Cleveland, London Symphony, NDR Elbphilharmonie, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestras and at the BBC Proms with Les Siècles. His conductor collaborations include Karina Canellakis, Nicholas Collon, Stéphane Denève, Edward Gardner, Enrique Mazzola, Ludovic Morlot, Matthias Pintscher, François-Xavier Roth and Simone Young. Cédric's most recent recording is volume two of a complete Beethoven variation cycle. Also released with Harmonia Mundi are the Ravel Concertos with Les Siècles/Roth, which has attracted superlative critical acclaim, including the accolade of 'Editor's Choice' in Gramophone Magazine. Cédric has previously recorded works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Debussy for Harmonia Mundi. He has been awarded five Diapason d'Or, for his solo and duo recordings on Hyperion. As a dedicated chamber musician, Cédric's regular partners include violinist Alina Ibragimova, violist Antoine Tamestit and baritone Stéphane Degout, with all of whom he has made several recordings as well as performing in concert. Cédric is a member of the Académie Musicale Philippe Jaroussky, where he teaches regularly.

Placé sous le signe de la variation, le programme de Cédric Tiberghien met en valeur la vitalité de celles de Beethoven, le charme obsessionnel de la musique de Sweelinck, la pureté de la Chaconne de Bach et l'illustre turquerie de Mozart.