“His powerful playing naturally carries the breath of music: the pianist embraces the work by the mind without seeking to dominate it by force. The fire of passion knows how to make room for poetic expression, when the piano begins to speak and the virtuoso must hide all his artifices and drop his mask. "
Olivier Bellamy
Le monde de la musique
Born in Nice in 1980, French pianist Nicolas Bringuier is one of the most brilliant artists of his generation.
Laureate of the prestigious Robert Schumann International Competition, Visiting Professor at Inje University of Busan in South Korea, artistic director of festivals, he is invited to perform as a soloist in particular at the Philharmonie and the Konzerthaus in Berlin, at the Musikverein in Vienna , at the Salle Gaveau in Paris, at the Auditorio de Madrid or at the Seoul Arts Center.
His career as a soloist and teacher has taken him to most of Europe, the United States, China, South Korea and in Japan
STUDIES - TEACHERS AND DIPLOMAS
After his studies at the Conservatory of Nice punctuated with a First Prize in piano at the age of 13, Nicolas Bringuier immediately passed the entrance examination to the National Conservatory in Paris (C.N.S.M.) in the class of Bruno Rigutto.
He was awarded there a First Prize in piano at the age of 16, as well as a Master degree and joined the post-graduate programm.
His meeting with the great German pedagogue Klaus Hellwig led him to the University of the Arts in Berlin, where he accomplished a second cycle of studies. He was awarded the Soloist Diploma with the highest honors in 2005, and finished the prestigious Konzertexamen in 2009.
He attended masterclasses with eminent pianists such as Dimitri Bashkirov, Oleg Maisenberg, Dominique Merlet, Piotr Paleczny, Jean-Claude Pennetier, John Perry, Charles Rosen, Kristina Steinegger, and Vladimir Viardo.
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
Laureate Laureate of the Yvonne Lefébure, Banque Populaire, Cziffra and Langart foundations, Nicolas Bringuier also stands out in major international competitions.
The youngest participant selected in 1998 for the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, he was the winner in 2000 of the Grand Konzerteum in Greece and finalist of the Pro Piano Competition in New York.
In 2004 he won the 2nd Prize as well as the Silver Medal of the prestigious Robert Schumann International Competition, held every 4 years in the composer's hometown, Zwickau.
He is also a medalist of the Maria Canals Competition in Barcelona, a semi-finalist of the Monte Carlo Piano Masters as well as of the Warsaw Chopin Competition in 2005, where he was one of the favorites of the press and the public.
MAIN CONCERTS
Nicolas Bringuier has a repertoire of more than 30 Concertos, which he has performed in particular with the following orchestras:
In France: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, Orchestre d'Avignon-Provence, Orchestre régional de Cannes with whom he has performed more than fifteen times.
In Germany: the Berliner Symphoniker, Berlin Classic Players, the Zwickau-Plauen Philharmonic
In Austria: the Wiener-Concert Verein
In Spain: the Castilla y Leon Symphony Orchestra
In China: the Wuhan Philharmonic
In South Korea: The International Players of Busan, Euro-Asian Orchestra, United Korean.
Among the main conductors with whom he has collaborated, we can mention:
Philippe Bender, Philippe Bernold, Wolfgang Doerner, Nanse Gum, Yoel Gamzou, James Liu, Frédéric Lodéon, Yoav Talmi.
An intense artistic proximity links him to his brother Lionel Bringuier with whom he has performed many times.
Nicolas Bringuier is invited by the most prestigious festivals, in particular:
the Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, the Nuits du Suquet in Cannes, the Colmar Festival, Radio-France de Montpellier, Génération Virtuose d'Antibes, the Serres d ' Auteuil, in Germany the festivals of Schwetzingen, the Mosel Festwochen and the Klassik Festival Ruhr, as well as in Belgium, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Moldova, South Korea, China and Japan.
Passionate about chamber music, since 2004 they have formed a duo with pianist Olga Monakh, with whom they give numerous concerts in Europe and Asia. In 2021, when they moved to Nice, the duo took the name Duo Siloti.
In 2012 they created the Rencontres Musicales du Negresco in Nice and have performed there ever since with violinists Andrej Bielow, Nicolas Dautricourt, Amanda Favier, Esther Hoppe, Vera Novakova Raphael Oleg, violists Altin Tafilaj, Alexander Zemtsov, cellists Frédéric Audibert, Gary Hoffman, François Salque, Istvan Várdai, Ukjin Yang as well as clarinetist Dennitsa Laffchieva.
He also performed with the Prazak and Volta quartets
RECORDINGS
His recordings dedicated to Schumann and Bartók for the Audite label have met a great critical acclaim, obtaining the highest awards from: Le Monde de la musique, Diapason, Classica, Fanfare, Gramophone, CD Compact, Pianist, Bayrischer Rundfunk ...
In 2016, the Klarthe label released its recording of Fauré's work for cello and piano, with the cellist Damien Ventula, which also obtained numerous distinctions.
Nicolas Bringuier has taken part in numerous radio broadcasts on France-Musique, Radio Classique, Radio suisse romande as well as RBB, Wdr and Bayern Classic in Germany.
Several television programs have been devoted to him on France 2, France 3. Mezzo, Tv Polonia
TEACHING
After having served as a Lecturer at the University of the Arts in Berlin, he was appointed in 2017 Professor at Inje University of Busan in South Korea and has been giving numerous master-classes across this country.
Passionate about the transmission of his knowledge, Nicolas Bringuier founded the PianoInsel academy in Berlin in 2015 together with
Olga Monakh. They trained there many competition winners and supported gifted children in their development.