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Thomas Briant

Biography

Awards and honours

  • 1st Prize - Joël Klépal Apassionato International Violin Competition
  • 2nd Prize - Orpehus Competition
  • 3rd Prize - Fondation Maurice Ravel
  • Young Talent of Académie Musicale Philippe Jarrousky - Debussy Promotion
  • Laureate of the Seiji Ozawa International Academy

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Videos

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.

Thomas has already performed as a soloist and chamber musician internationally, in particular in Russia, Italy, Romania, Switzerland, the UK and Morocco. A regular guest at festivals and concert seasons such as the Centre de Musique de Chambre de Paris, Les Pianissimes and the Festival International de Piano de La Roque-d'Anthéron, he has shared the stage with Gautier Capuçon, Martha Argerich, Anne Gastinel, Vincent Coq, Raphaël Pidoux, Ophélie Gaillard and many others.

With Théotime Gillot (piano) and Eliott Leridon (cello), he forms the Trio Zarathoustra, whose first CD will be released at the end of 2024 on the Conservatoire de Paris INITIALE label.

Thomas plays a David Tecchler violin dating from 1722.

2024-2025 Season

December 13-15, 2024

Gironde Tour

Gironde – France

November 17, 2024

Scala Paris

Paris – France

October 31 - November 2, 2024

Dinard International music festival

Dinard  – France

With Tatiana Probst, Ninon Hannecart- Segal, Noémie Lenhof, Lisa Strauss and Théo Ould

October 30, 2024

La nuit magique – Théâtre Debussy du Palais des Arts

Dinard – France

With Théo Ould and Lisa Strauss

October 11-13, 2024

Hanghzou Contemporary Music Festival

Hanghzou - China

September 8, 2024

Ernen Festival

Ernen – Suisse

August 1-9, 2024

Festival des Rencontres de Violoncelle

Bélaye – France
With the Trio Zarathoustra

July 26, 2024

Private concert

With the Trio Zarathoustra

April 30, 2024

Pianissimes, Salle Cortot

Paris – France
With the Trio Zarathoustra

March 23, 2024

Concert

Edinburgh - Scotland
With the Trio Zarathoustra

February 22, 2024

RTBF Master sur les ondes

Suisse
With Julien Beautemps

February 15, 2024

Salle Simone Signoret

Bordeaux – France
With the Philia Trio 

February 14, 2024

Mairie de Caudéran

Bordeaux – France
With the Philia Trio 

January 4, 2024

CD recording - Label INITIALE

Paris Conservatoire

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