Thomas Briant

Born in 2001, Thomas Briant began playing the violin at the age of 5 at the Toulon Conservatoire. Trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with Stéphanie-Marie Degand and Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian, he is currently studying with Renaud Capuçon at the HEMU in Lausanne.

Thomas benefits from the guidance of internationally renowned artists, including Nemanja Radulović, Anne Gastinel, Philippe Jaroussky, Cédric Tiberghien, Claire Désert, Trio Wanderer, Quatuor Ebenne, Philippe Graffin, Olivier Charlier, Gérard Poulet, Schmuel Ashkenasi and Christian Ivaldi.

He participates in prestigious academies including the Seiji Ozawa International Academy in Switzerland, the Académie Musicale Philippe Jaroussky, the Académie des Ecoles d'Art Américaines de Fontainebleau and the Académie de Villecroze.

Thomas encourages new horizons of the violin repertoire. He arranges and composes works for his instrument and explores the contemporary repertoire alongside accomplished composers (Philippe Schoeller, Julian Anderson, Éric Montalbetti, Betsy Jolas, Thierry Escaich, Julien Beautemps, Max Vinetz...).

In 2019, he won the 5th Joël Klépal Appassionato violin competition. The same year, the Maurice Ravel Foundation awarded him the third prize for his interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Sonata in G major.