Bruno Robilliard - piano

Born to a family of musicians, pianist Bruno Robilliard began his studies at the National Conservatory of Lyon. At a very young age he already showed unusual ability in improvisation and composition. At fourteen, he was admitted to the National Conservatory of Music in Paris; where he studied piano with Germaine Mounier and chamber music with Geneviève Joy-Dutilleuy.

In 1984 he was appointed accompanist at the National Conservatory of Lyon and accompanied the flute class by Maxence Carrieu at the Conservatory of Génève. In 1994 he taught music at the National Conservatory of Music in Lyon and that same year obtained his Certificat d’Aptitude as Professor of Piano.

Mr. Robilliard leads a brilliant career as solo pianist and as chamber musician in France as well as abroad. As an eclectic musician one may find him playing with the National Orchestra of Tokyo, at the heart of the Opera of Lyon under the baton of Kent Nagano, or with the National Orchestra of Lyon with David Robertson conducting. For many years, he has a participated in numerous festivals, such as Pollenca, l’Orne, la Dombe, du Vieux Lyon, Radio France and Montpellier as well as the “Voyage Musical d’Hiver”.

Bruno Robilliard has performed with the Debussy Quartet, the Ravel Quartet, Marie-Annick Nicolas, Philippe Pierlot, Bruno Grossi, Jean-Baptiste Dumora, Rodrigue Milosi, the ONL Members of Lyon, as well as with leading conductors like Mark Foster, Pascal Verrot, Claude Bardon, Yves Cayrol, Philippe Fournier, Stephen Asbury, among others. He has recently founded a trio with Laurence Ketels (violin) and Edouard Sapey-Triomphe (cello).