Award-winning pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet enjoys an illustrious career, working with orchestras like the Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and BBC Symphony, alongside renowned conductors such as Vladimir Jurowski, Gianandrea Noseda, Vladimir Ashkenazy, and many others. Highlights of his 2023/24 season include tours with the Philharmonia Orchestra in China, performances of Ravel with the Lähti Symphony, Bartok’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Kyoto Symphony, and his residency at Wigmore Hall in a series dedicated to Debussy. Additional engagements feature his recital tours with programs of Debussy, Liszt, and Massenet across venues including Wigmore Hall, Sage Gateshead, and Japan’s Hamamatsu.
Bavouzet’s acclaimed recordings, all with Chandos, include his series of Haydn Piano Sonatas, regarded as the modern benchmark, and “The Beethoven Connection,” both receiving critical praise. His Bartók Piano Concerti recordings with the BBC Philharmonic and Gianandrea Noseda earned the Gramophone Concerto Award in 2014, while his Stravinsky and Ravel concerti won multiple awards. He also champions lesser-known French composers such as Gabriel Pierné and Albéric Magnard.
An ICMA Artist of the Year in 2012, Bavouzet also serves as International Chair in Piano at the Royal Northern College of Music.