Rémi Geniet

Laureate of numerous international competitions, notably second prize-winner at the 2013 Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition and the youngest prize-winner of the Bonn International Beethoven Competition, Rémi Geniet is fast establishing himself as one of the most prominent pianists of his generation. Prize-winner of the Young Concert Artists in New York, in 2020 he was awarded a career grant by the prestigious New York Salon de Virtuosi.

He performs with orchestras including the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Barcelona Symphony, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Belgium National Orchestra, and Orchestre National d'Île-de-France, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta under conductors such as Marin Alsop, Emmanuel Krivine, Thomas Sanderling, Jérémie Rhorer and Okko Kamu.

Rémi appears regularly at the Auditorium du Louvre, Piano aux Jacobins, Piano à Lyon, La Roque d’Anthéron International Piano Festival, Salle Gaveau and Fondation Louis Vuitton, internationally at Carnegie Hall, Munich Gasteig, Konzerthaus Berlin and at festivals including the Verbier, Colmar and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festivals. A regular guest artist in Asia, he has given recitals at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, National Concert Hall, Taiwan and Kumho Art Hall, Seoul.   

Recent highlights include concerts with the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège and Orchestre de chambre Nouvelle Europe as well as recitals at the Salle Gaveau and Radio France, and invitations to perform with the Camerata Salzburg and at the Rencontres Musicales d’Evian with Emmanuel Tjeknovarian.

Following studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with Brigitte Engerer and the École Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot with Rena Shereshevskaya, Rémi  worked with Evgeni Koroliov in Hannover. His debut all-Bach CD, “Diapason D’OR of the Year” in 2015, and second CD of Beethoven sonatas, both on the Mirare label, reived unanimous critical praise.