Born in 1993, Bruno Philippe began his musical education at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. A prize winner at multiple competitions, he has appeared in eminent venues in France such as Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Philharmonie de Paris, Auditorium du Louvre and La Grange au Lac as well as on the international scene at Berlin Konzerthaus, Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Teatro Colón and Bogotá.

Bruno has performed with many of Europe’s leading orchestras including Radio-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt conducted by Christoph Eschenbach, Dijon-Bourgogne Orchestra under Gabor Takács-Nagy, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchener Kammerorchester, Orchestre National de Bordeaux, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris and Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo.

Recent highlights include his debut with BBC Philharmonic as well as performances with l’Orchestre de Picardie, Slovak State Philharmonic Košice and a collaboration with Tabea Zimmerman at Schloss Elmau. Festival appearances include Festival de Pâques, Aix-en-Provence, Insel Festival Hombroich, Max Festival with Irina Lankova and Alina Pogostkina, Festival d’Auvers sur Oise and Festival International de Colmar with Cédric Tiberghien. With Ensemble Jupiter, Bruno participated in his second major tour of the United States where he performed concertos for cello by Vivaldi.

Additional debuts include with Orchestre National de France, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Sinfónica de Tenerife and Hallé Orchestra performing repertoire that included Dvořák's Cello Concerto, Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 and Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1.

Bruno Philippe plays a 1760 cello by Gennaro Gagliano kindly loaned to him through the Beare’s International Violin Society.

Pianist and conductor Tanguy de Williencourt is a much sought after chamber musician. He performs extensively in France and on the international stage, including in such prestigious venues as Auditorium de Radio France, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Opéra-Comique, Berlin Philharmonie, Bonn Opera, Sala Sao Paulo, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and Wigmore Hall. He has appeared at festivals such as Yehudi Menuhin in Gstaad, Radio France in Montpellier, Pablo Casals in Prades, La Folle Journée in Nantes and Warsaw and La Roque d’Anthéron.

Concerto appearances include with Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine, Flanders Symphony Orchestra and Ensemble Matheus alongside eminent conductors Kristiina Poska, Aziz Shokhakimov, Martijn Dendievel, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Pascal Rophé and Marta Gardolińska. Other recent notable performances include at the Philharmonie de Paris and Konzerthaud Dortmund and a concerto with the Orchestre des Pays de la Loire.

Tanguy’s pedigree as a recording artist is firmly established. He has an extensive discography with Mirare including the highly-regarded An homage to Liszt and his Muses and an album devoted to César Franck. With Harmonia Mundi, recordings include Debussy: the late works (2019) which received BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone Awards in addition to Proust: le concert retrouvé which was selected as Gramophone Editor’s Choice in 2021. Tanguy also participated in a film devoted to Renée Fleming, filmed in the Théâtre du Châtelet, shown worldwide in IMAX cinemas in 2022.

Tanguy has been teaching piano at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris since 2021. He is artistic director of the Tempo festival Le Croisic.

Ciarán Farrell was born in Dublin and studied at Trinity College Dublin, DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, and the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena.  He has worked with and received commissions from the BBC, RTÉ lyric fm, RTÉ Performing Groups, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Craig Ogden, The Smith Quartet, Gerard McChrystal, John Feeley, Feeley/Dowdall duo, Damien Kelly, Redbrick Duo, Duo Ahlert & Schwab, Katie McMahon, Cois Ceim, Irish Modern Dance Theatre, The Degani Ensemble, Concorde, and Codetta amongst others.

Ciarán has also worked on a number of self produced projects. His, Opium Jazz, project featured some of Ireland’s top musicians, and the first EP released under this project title was called, Stealing Beauty, (2018). A follow up EP released in 2020 with the same ensemble was called, Willow.

In December of 2022 he launched a YouTube series entitled, Guitar by the Fire. Five videos were released over an eight-month period featuring pieces written for two guitars, and influenced by bluegrass, country, and blues music.

He is currently working on a number of personal projects including new works for guitar, string orchestra, and choir.

Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2

Robert Schumann Liederkreis, Op. 39, excerpts

Interval

MN Commission by Ciarán Farrell

Sergei Rachmaninoff Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19