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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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.
Agenda
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
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