NICOLAS BRINGUIER

Born in Nice in 1980, French pianist Nicolas Bringuier is one of the most brilliant artists of his generation. Invited to perform as a soloist at venues such as the Berlin Philharmonie and Konzerthaus, the Vienna Musikverein, Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Auditorio in Madrid, and the Seoul Arts Center, his career as a soloist and pedagogue has taken him to most European countries, as well as the United States, China, South Korea, and Japan.
He is also the Artistic Director of the Rencontres Musicales du Negresco and of the Samson François International Piano Competition.
After studying at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional (C.R.R.) of Nice with Christine Gastaud, he entered the Paris Conservatoire (C.N.S.M.) at the age of 13 in the class of Bruno Rigutto, where he was awarded a First Prize in piano at 16 and completed the Advanced Performance Cycle at 18.
He then continued his training at the Berlin University of the Arts under Klaus Hellwig, graduating with the highest distinctions.
Through masterclasses, he also benefited from the guidance of renowned musicians such as Dimitri Bashkirov, Oleg Maisenberg, Dominique Merlet, Jean-Claude Pennetier, John Perry, Charles Rosen, Kristina Steinegger, and Vladimir Viardo.
A laureate of the Banque Populaire, Cziffra, Langart, and Yvonne Lefébure foundations, Nicolas Bringuier also distinguished himself in major international competitions: the youngest participant selected for the 1998 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, he won the Grand Konzerteum in Greece in 2000 and was a finalist at the Pro Piano Competition in New York.
In 2004, he won the 2nd Prize and the Silver Medal at the prestigious R. Schumann International Competition in Zwickau. He also received a medal at the Maria Canals Competition in Barcelona, and reached the semifinals of the Monte‑Carlo Piano Masters and the Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 2005, where he was a favorite of both the press and the public.
Nicolas Bringuier has a repertoire of more than 30 concertos, which he has performed with numerous European and Asian orchestras: the Berliner Symphoniker, Wiener Concertverein, the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, the Zwickau‑Plauen Orchestra, the Nice Philharmonic, the Wuhan Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Cannes, the Avignon Orchestra, the Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra, the Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra, the Euro‑Asian Orchestra, among others.
He is a frequent guest at prestigious festivals, including the Printemps des Arts in Monte‑Carlo, Nuits du Suquet in Cannes, the Colmar Festival, Radio‑France Montpellier, Génération Virtuose in Antibes, the Serres d’Auteuil, as well as the Schwetzingen Festival in Germany, the Mosel Festwochen and Klassik Festival Ruhr, the Sonoro Festival in Romania, the Schiermonnikoog Festival in the Netherlands, the Alba Festival in Italy, and many others worldwide.
His recordings of works by Schumann, Bartók, and Fauré for the Audite and Klarthe labels have been met with great critical acclaim and have received the highest distinctions.
With pianist Olga Monakh and their Duo Siloti, he has performed at the invitation of the President of Germany at the Schloss Bellevue residence, completed three tours in China, and played together in most European countries.
Passionate about chamber music, he also performs alongside artists such as Andrej Bielow, Alexandra Conunova, Nicolas Dautricourt, Philippe Graffin, Julien Hervé, Gary Hoffman, Esther Hoppe, Alissa Margulis, Raphael Oleg, Régis Pasquier, Razvan Popovici, Estelle Revaz, François Salque, Istvan Vardai, Ukjin Yang, and Alexander and Dana Zemtsov.
A lecturer at the Berlin University of the Arts and Visiting Professor at Inje University in South Korea, Nicolas Bringuier is now a Professor at the École Normale de Musique de Paris. Since 2022, he has served as Artistic Director of the Samson François International Piano Competition in Cagnes‑sur‑Mer.
He is regularly invited to serve on the juries of prestigious international competitions.