Vincent Larderet

Honored with the revered title of “Steinway Artist”, Vincent Larderet has attracted international recognition for the exceptional intensity of his performances and his highly acclaimed recordings.

Praised as an “impressive pianist” (MusicWeb International, UK) for his “very lyrical playing” (Crescendo Magazine, Belgium) and his “multi-timbred” sound (Fanfare, USA), he “makes the piano equal to an orchestra” (Classica, France) with a wide range of “fascinating pianistic colors” (PIANO News, Germany). His very personal and deeply inspired interpretations are often compared to the piano legends such as Michelangeli, Pollini, Zimerman and Argerich. The MUSICA magazine in Italy hailed “the ghost of Claudio Arrau” while the Toronto Star in Canada described : “his playing is remarkable for its ease as well as style. Larderet overcomes with panache”. Nominated for the "International Classical Music Awards" and "Classical Revelation" by Adami winner at MIDEM in Cannes, he is considered as one of the leading French pianists of his generation.

Vincent Larderet’s eclectic repertoire stretches from Scarlatti to Boulez, who played an important role in the romantic period, French music and during the 20th century. He also ardently favors lesser-performed composers such as Berg, Falla, Schmitt, Scriabin and Szymanowski. In 2007 he performed a series of recitals dedicated to Beethoven and especially distinguished himself with the "Hammerklavier" Opus 106 and Opus 111 Sonatas. He also participated in the complete live recording of Beethoven's 32 Sonatas, notably alongside Stephen Kovacevich for the prestigious DVD set released by Piano Passion. Internationally renowned as a Ravel specialist, he worked in Paris with Carlos Cebro who passed on to him the stylistic and musical tradition of Vlado Perlemuter and studied Ravel’s works on Perlemuter’s personal scores annotated during his collaboration with the composer. Mr Larderet is also used to performing both the 2 Ravel's Concertos during the same concert. He completed his training at the National Conservatory of Music in Rueil Malmaison where he won the “Virtuosity Prize” and perfected his art at Lübeck’s Musikhochschule in Germany with the famous pianist Bruno-Leonardo Gelber. At the same time, Vincent was a prize-winner in several international piano competitions including Maria Canals in Barcelona, A.M.A. Calabria (in Italy under the jury chairman of Lazar Berman) and Brest (France). He was also laureate of the “Orpheum Foundation for the Advancement of Young Soloists” in Switzerland. When it comes to shaping his interpretations, he is committed to a musicological approach and he studies and analyzes Music history. He has written some essays including for the booklets of his own recordings.

Vincent Larderet has performed worldwide in recital and concerto at prestigious venues such as Zurich’s Tonhalle, Barcelona’s Palau de la Musica, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Washington Kennedy Center, Hong Kong Cultural Centre (Ravel’s Concerto in G), Tokyo Toppan Hall & Hakuju Hall, Potton Hall (UK); and major concert halls in France including the Salle Pleyel, Salle Gaveau, Cité de la Musique, the Nice Opera (Beethoven's Triple Concerto), the Saint-Eustache church (Beethoven’s Concerto nº4), the Parc du Château de Florans (the 2 Ravel’s Piano Concertos), the Cannes Palais des Festivals and the Juan les Pins Palais des Congrès (Prokofiev’s Concerto n°3). Invited to perform at renowned international festivals and concert series (including Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival, Orpheum Music Festival, Festival Pianistico Busoni, Fantastic Pianist Series, Piano Texas, Le French May, Berlioz Festival, Besançon Festival, Boulez Festival, La Roque d’Anthéron and La Folle Journée), he also devoted himself intensively to chamber music with distinguished artists including Emmanuelle Bertrand, Yi-Bing Chu, Marc Coppey, Michel Dalberto, Nicolas Dautricourt, Sol Gabetta, Pavel Sporcl, the Debussy Quartet as well as the West Side Quartet, his group for 2 pianos and percussion. Among the esteemed conductors and orchestras with whom he has collaborated include Salvador Brotons, Giuseppe Cataldo, Daniel Kawka, Eric Lederhandler, Grigor Palikarov, György G. Ráth, Robert Trevino, Pierre-André Valade, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sinfonia Varsovia, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, the Orchestra Simfonica del Valles, the Czech Virtuosi Symphonic Orchestra, the Ose Symphonic Orchestra, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo and the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong.

Moreover, he has served as a member of the jury at various international piano competitions, in addition to several Masterclasses. A truly dedicated artist, he has given several benefit concerts for humanitarian causes such as Amnesty International and Combating Cystic Fibrosis. His performances have been broadcasted on major radio and TV channels such as France 3, France 2, France Musique, Radio Classique, Radio Suisse Romande, SRF (Switzerland), Kultur Radio RBB, MDR, WDR, HR2 Kultur, BR-klassik (Germany), Radio Nacional d’Espanya, Civil Radio (Hungary), Radio Paris-La Paz (Bolivia), QBS (Quatar), Radio Canada, ABC Classic FM (Australia), Radio UNAM (Mexico) and Radio New Zealand. His recordings released by ARS Produktion, NAXOS, Chandos and INTEGRAL Classic to outstanding international critical acclaim have won prestigious Awards including the Classica “CHOC”, Diapason 5, Télérama 4 f, Resmusica “CLEF” (France), MusicWeb International “recording of the month” (UK), Klassik Heute “Empfehlung” (Germany), Crescendo Magazine “JOKER” (Belgium), RITMO 4 stars (Spain), MUSICA 5 stars (Italy) and Pizzicato “SUPERSONIC” (Luxembourg). He is also responsible for the major world premieres of Debussy, Ravel and Schmitt works. The SACD-CD of the 2 Ravel’s Piano Concertos is praised by Fanfare magazine (USA) among “the best recordings of the year” and “the only relevant performance which could exist alongside the reference recordings of Michelangeli and Zimerman” (Klassik Heute). His new album devoted to Debussy stands out as one of the recording events of 2018 in tribute to the centenary of the composer's death. Mr. Larderet is also the co-founder of the Piano au Musée Würth international festival in France, which he managed as Artistic Director until 2017.