CAMILLETHOMAScello

Nominated as Newcomer of the year 2014 by the French-Grammys ‘ Les Victoires de la Musique’, the Franco- Belgian cellist Camille Tho-mas was chosen by Musiq’3 - RTBF to represent Belgium at the Euro-pean Broadcasting Union Compe-tition, where she was awarded the 1st price and named “New Talent of the Year 2014”.

She has won numerous prizes at national and international com-petitions, including the Seventh Antonio Janigro International Competition in Croatia, the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Strings Competition, the Edmont Baert Competition and the Léopold Bel-lan Competition. She is a regular guest at leading venues such as the Salle Gaveau,

the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Jerusalem Music Center and the Berlin Konzerthaus.

She regularly appears as a soloist with orchestras such as Sinfonia Varsovia, the Philharmonie Baden-Baden, the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, the Slovak Radio Sym-phony Orchestra, the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne, the La Baule Symphonic, the United Nations Orchestra, the Cappella Orchestra Academica of Berlin.. under the baton of conductors such as Theodor Guschlbauer, Darrell Ang, Jean-Christophe Ferreaux, Pavel Baleff, Kriistina Poska or Antoine Marguier...

Alongside her activities as a soloist, she has a passion for chamber mu-sic. In 2011 and 2012 she was selec-ted to participate in Seiji Ozawa’s International Music Academy in Switzerland. She is also regularly invited to play with such chamber music partners as the Alfama and Girard Quartets, Beatrice Berrut, Julien Libeer, Beatrice Rana, Loren-zo Gatto, Solenne Païdassi, Hrachya Avanesyan or also Frank Braley, Gérard Caussé, Menahem Pressler...

Her debut album « A Century of Russian Colors » for the label Fuga Libera (Outhere) released in May 2013 has been very well received by the international press (Choix de France Musique, 5* Volkskrant and 4* La Libre Belgique, Klara 10 Beste). Her next recording « Rémi-

niscences » will be dedicated to French music and will be released in the Fall 2016 for the label La Dolce Volta and with the pianist Julien Libeer.

Her concerts are regularly broad-casted on international radios and TV such as Radio France, Espace 2, DR Danemark, Musi ‘3-RTBF, Deutscher Rundfunk or Arte, TF1, France Télévision, Canal9. She is invited to particpate in the TV show presented by Rolando Villazon on Arte « Stars von Morgen » in 2015.

Camille studied in Frans Helmer-son’s class at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, after working with Marcel Bardon and Philippe Muller in Paris and Stephan Forck in Berlin. Camille is now com-

pleting advanced studies (Konzer-texam) with Wolfgang-Emmanuel Schmidt at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar.

Camille is very grateful for the generous support she has received from a number of foundations, including the Fondation Banque Populaire Natixis, Fondation Bleus-tein-Blanchet pour la Vocation, DAAD, Villa Musica, AMOPA, Live-MusicNow, the Carl Flesch Akade-mie, and the Sinfonima Stiftung Mannheim.

CT plays a magnificent instrument by Ferdinand Gagliano (Napoli, 1788), the «Château Pape-Clé-ment», on a generous loan from Bernard Magrez.

A new star of the cello is discovered. Jens Rasmussen, DR Radio Denmark 2014

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PROGRAMMESUGGESTIONS

REMINISCENCESwith pianist Julien LibeerDUPARC L’invitation au voyage (arr.) FAURE Sicilienne - Papillon - Élégie SCHUBERT Arpeggione Sonata, D.871-SAINT-SAENS Serenade - The SwanFRANCK Sonata for cello and piano in A major

West-Eastern Divan by Goethewith pianist Shani DilukaSCHUBERT Suleika I, Ostwind, D.720 (arr.)SCHUMANN Myrthen op.25 n.1 (arr.)MENDELSSOHN - Suleika op. 34 no. 4 (arr.)SCHUBERT Arpeggione Sonata, D.871-RACHMANINOFF Danse Orientale op.2 BLOCH Jewish lifeFAZIL SAY Sonata

Romantic composerswith pianists Henri Barda of Fabrizio ChiovettaMENDELSSOHN Songs Without Words, op.109 (arr.)SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, op.73CHOPIN Etude en c sharp minor, op.25 n°7 (arr. )BRAHMS Sonata in e minor, op.38

around Pablo CasalsCASALS El cant dels ocells J.S. BACH, Cello Suite n°2, BWV.1008YSAŸE Sonata for cello, op.18 CASSADO Cello Suite

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REPERTOIREC.P.E. BACH 3 concertosBEETHOVEN Triple Concerto, op.56BLOCH Schelomo “Rhapsodie hébraïque” PrayerBRAHMS Double concerto for violin & cello, op.102BRUCH Kol Nidrei, op. 47 Canzone Ave Maria Keltische WeisenDVORAK Concerto in b minor, op.104 WaldesruheELGAR Concerto in e minor, op.85HAYDN Concerto in C major n°1 Concerto in D major n°2KABALEWSKY Concerto n°1, op.49 Concerto n°2, op.77LALO Concerto, op.33PROKOVIEV Sinfonia concertante, op.125SAINT-SAËNS Concerto n°1, op.33 Concerto n°2, op.119SCHUMANN Concerto in a minor, op.129

SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto n°1, op. 107 Concerto n°2, op.126TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme, op.33 Pezzo capricciosoVIVALDI Concerto in D major, RV.403 Concerto in b falt minor, RV.424 Concerto «La Notte», RV.439WEINBERG Concerto in d minor, op.43

J.S. BACH 6 suites, BWV.1007-1012BRITTEN Suite, op.72CRUMB SonataDUTILLEUX Trois Strophes sur le nom de SacherGABRIELLI Ricercar VIIHINDEMITH Sonata, op.25 n°3KODALY Sonata, op.8 LIGETI SonataLUTOSLAWSKI Sacher VariationsREGER Suite n°2, op.131b, Suite n°3, op.131c Andante con variazioniYSAŸE Sonata, op.28

Auerbach, Bach, Beethoven, Boccherini, Bloch, Brahms, Britten, Chopin, shostakovich, Davidov, Debussy, Fauré, Franck, Glazounov, Ginastera, Grieg, Jongen, Schubert, Kabalevsky, Janacek, Liszt, Magnard, Martinu, Paganini, Piazzolla, Pierné, Popper, Ponce, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Stravinsky, Vivaldidetailed list of works on request

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DISCOGRAPHY

A CENTURY OF RUSSIAN COLOURSwith pianist Beatrice Berrut Fuga Libera, 2013RachmaninoffSonata in g minor, op.19KabalevskiSonata en B flat major, op.71Auerbach, 7 Preludes (ext. of 24 Preludes, op.47)

«The glimmering high register, this vast array of nuances and this bow full of ardour find a material of choice in the imposing sonata of Rachmaninov. Out of these four hands springs a torrent of passion and a generous expressivity. A very musical duo.» Bertrand Boissard, Diapason, October 2013.

«The opportunity for both interpreters to show a beautiful complicity and to give us a deeply moving interpretation. » Etiennes Comes, ResMusica, June 2013.

«Impressive duo […]. Musicality, technical perfection, generosity, freedom, these musicians have it all. This first CD is a happy discovery. » Martine D-Mergey, La Libre Belgique, July 2013.

«As a student of both Philippe Muller and Frans Helmerson it is clear that award-winning French cellist Camille Thomas has benefited from excellent tutoring. It’s no surprise then that in these warmly recorded works her technical and musical readings are so impressive. The Rachmaninoff is

a real heart-on-sleeve Sonata, yet these artists control the emotional pacing expertly, with a brisk and exciting Allegro scherzando and an Andante that is expressive yet eschews sentimentality.» Joanne Talbot, The Strad, Sept. 2013.

«A warm, passionate and sophisticated interpretation of Rachmaninov’s cello sonata […] a fresh, spontaneous and technically astounding (ou mind-blowing au choix) version of the sonata of Ka-balewski.» Bart Tijskens, Klara’s 10 beste, Mei 2013.

«These two young performers are full of power, in the musical conception of their program and their interpretation as in the sounds deployed on their respective instruments. They give themselve with passion in this very beautiful music where emotions burst forth in the rough. […] Happiness listening to an exciting recording.» CD Coup de cœur de Sylviane Falcinelli, octobre 2013.

LES SALONS DE MUSIQUEwith pianist Beatrice Berrut CD-compilation - Outhere/Arte, 2014A selection of the most beautiful moments of the show Les Salons de musique (Arte) bringing together artists such as Shani Diluka, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Sarah Nem-tanu, Henri Demarquette, Sarah Nemtanu, Julie Fuchs…Bloch, Prayer from Jewish life

Albéric Magnardwith pianist Laurent Wagschal and violinist Solenne PaïdassiTimpani, september 2014Complete Chamber Music: Sonata op.20 & Piano trio op.18

Cellist Camille Thomas with Wagschal, a dedicated partnership, shine in this score, communicating passion and vita-lity from start to finish. Marked Sans lenteur the starkly beautiful opening movement is played with proficiency and determination.The trio of Wagschal, Païdassi and Tho-mas play with impeccable ensemble and eloquence throughout […] In 2014 the centenary year of his death the chamber music of Albéric Magnard is wonderfully served by this new release on Timpani. Michael Cookson, MusicWebInternatio-nal, Novembre 2014

PRESS[...] la violoncelliste Camille Thomas nous offrait un récital de violoncelle solo au programme d’une rare intelligence entièrement dévolu à la musique du XX° siècle. Par sa construction réfléchie comme par l’engagement du jeu de la violoncelliste, ce voyage dans l’Europe du XX° siècle [...] parlait autant au coeur qu’à l’esprit. Jean-Claude Hulot, ResMusica, April 2015.

Tristan Pfaff accompagnait au piano l’exceptionnelle Camille Thomas dans une exploration virtuose du violoncelle, alliant la diversité des modes de jeu à un vibrato parfait au service d’écritures musicales très singulières, jouées pour cette unique occasion. Émilien Moreau, Journal Zibeline, April 2015.

L’une des stars montantes de la musique classique. TF1, Juillet 2015

A new star of the cello is discovered. The young franco-belgian cellist, charming and generous, gave an extremely moving rendition of the Shostakovich Cello Concerto n°1. Jens Rasmussen, DR Radio Denmark, October 2014.

Wonderful Camille Thomas, a cellist we are not done talking about… Serge Martin, Le Soir, july 2013.

Camille Thomas offers to the piece an impeccable technique, a full and deep tone, but without excessive thickness, and the expression of a communicative romanticism. In the Sonata of Rachmaninov, the generosity Camille Thomas already showed in the Brahms finds an even better use and demonstrate a veritable personality. Simon Corley, Concertonet.com, July 2012.

Camille Thomas thrilled us with a deep emotional sincerity, a technical sovereignty and a great emotional maturity .Doris Kösterke, Allgemeine Zeitung, October 2012. (about a concert with Menahem Pressler in Simmern, Germany).

Emerging talent, the French Camille Thomas convinced with warmth and balance. Fascinating! Karl-Heinz Fischer, Badische neueste Nachrichten, July 2010. (about Dvorak concerto with Baden-Baden Philharmonie).

Revelation 2010 of the ADAMI, who once again proved the high quality of the selection of their performers, the young, Franco-Belgian cellist born in 1988 is a refined musician, […] with a fluid, intense, and very well-founded interpretation! Alain Cochard, Concertclassic.com, November 2009.

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