Henri Demarquette
Henri Demarquette (born 1970) is a French contemporary classical cellist.
Biography
At the age 13, Henri Demarquette entered the Conservatoire de Paris where he studied with Philippe Muller and Maurice Gendron. He perfected his skills with Pierre Fournier and Paul Tortelier, then with Janos Starker in the U.S.A.
After beginning a career at the age of 17 in Paris, he was invited by Yehudi Menuhin to play under his direction. He performed with the Orchestre national de France, the London Philharmonic, the Orchestre de chambre de Paris...
His main chamber music partners are Brigitte Engerer, Michel Dalberto, Giovanni Bellucci…
He has created works by contemporary composers such as Olivier Greif (Durch Adams Fall), Pascal Zavaro (concerto), Éric Tanguy (Nocturne), Florentine Mulsant (sonata), Alexandre Gasparov (Nocturne), Christian Lauba, his New York Concerto with Jonas Vitaud, piano and Richard Ducros, saxophone...
Demarquette plays a violoncello of the Italian luthier Goffredo Cappa dating 1697 and a bow made by Persois of 1820.
In 2005, he received a scholarship from the Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation[1]
In 2006, on the occasion of composer Henri Dutilleux's 90th birthday, his interpretation of the concerto Tout un monde lointain, with the Nationaltheater Mannheim (NTM) orchestra directed by Frédéric Chaslin, gave rise to a film aired on Mezzo TV.[2]
Selected discography
- Beethoven: Trios for piano, clarinet and cello Op.11 and Op.38 with Jérôme Ducros, Florent Héau (Harmonia Mundi / Zig-Zag Territoires, 2005)
- Johannes Brahms: 3 sonatas for cello and piano, with Michel Dalberto (Warner, 2008)
- Frédéric Chopin: The work for cello and piano with Brigitte Engerer (2003)
- Olivier Greif: Par la chute d'Adam (cello concerto) with the Orchestre national de France, dir. Jean-Claude Casadesus ; Sonate de requiem for cello and piano with Giovanni Bellucci (Universal, 2010)
- Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello concerto nº 1, Sonata for cello and piano nº 1, Romance for cello and piano, Le Carnaval des Animaux with Boris Berezovsky, Brigitte Engerer and the Ensemble orchestral de Paris, dir. Joseph Swensen
- L'Invitation au voyage (French music) with Brigitte Engerer (Warner, 2007)
- Le violoncelle romantique (works by Weber, Grieg, Offenbach, Chopin, Liszt, Dvorak, Rachmaninov…) with François-Frédéric Guy (Pierre Verany 1995)
- Michel Legrand: Cello concerto with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, dir. Mikko Franck (Sony, 2017)
- Vocello (works by Purcell, Tavener, Ockeghem, Tanguy, Dowland, Escaich, Clemens non papa, Hersant, Janulyte) with the Ensemble vocal Sequenza 9.3, dir. Catherine Simonpietri (Decca, 2017)
- Joseph Jongen: works for cello and orchestra - Henri Demarquette (cello), Christian Arming (conductor), Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège (interpret) CD album published 28 April 2017
- French music box: Henri Demarquette (cello), Gabriel Fauré, Jean Cras, Guy Ropartz CD album published 24 April 2017
References
External links
- Official website
- Site de Vocello
- Henri Demarquette on France Musique
- Henri Demarquette on Université populaire de Caen
- Henri Demarquette on France Culture
- Sérénade de la suite pour violoncelle et piano by Henri Demarquette, Brigitte Engerer on YouTube
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