Acclaimed for the depth of his playing and the sincerity of his interpretations, David Kadouch is an internationally acclaimed soloist and chamber musician. He distinguishes himself by the meticulous construction of his recital programs, by the eclecticism of his concerto repertoire, from Bach to Saint-Saëns, from Mozart to Massenet, from Clara Schumann to Messiaen, and by his spotlight on forgotten composers of the 19th and 20th centuries.

David Kadouch is regaularly invited to numerous festivals, including the Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Granada, Gstaad, Montreux, Verbier, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Heidelberg, Jerusalem, Aix-en-Provence, Colmar, Menton, Deauville, la Roque d'Anthéron, Martha Argerich Hamburg Festival, Montpellier Radio France, Saint-Denis, Piano aux Jacobins in Toulouse, Folle Journée de Nantes. In recital, he performs at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Musikverein in Vienna, Wigmore Hall, Mozarteum Salzburg, Opéra de Lyon, Opéra de Nice...

A passionate chamber musician, David Kadouch performs regularly with Edgar Moreau, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Sandrine Piau, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Antoine Tamestit, Frans Helmerson, Victor Julien-Laferrière, Geneviève Laurenceau, Guillaume Bellom, Yuri Revich, Sol Gabetta, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Michel Dalberto, as well as the Ebène, Modigliani, Quiroga and Ardeo quartets.

He is invited as soloist by numerous orchestras such as the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de Lille, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de la Fondation Gulbenkian, Orchestre de Strasbourg, Hallé Orchestra, Norrlandsoperan Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Hong-Kong Sinfonietta, Orchestre Insula, Orchestre National de Montpellier, Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Sinfonia Varsovia, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Munich Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Symphoniker Hamburg, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Orchestre National de Belgique, etc.

David regularly collaborates with conductors such as David Zinman, Marc Minkowski, Myung-Whun Chung, Daniele Gatti, Matthias Pintscher, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Sylvain Cambreling, Laurence Equilbey, Ariane Matiakh, Stéphane Denève, Benjamin Lévy, Lionel Bringuier, Louis Langrée, Hervé Niquet, Aziz Shokhakimov, Robin Ticciati, Marc Albrecht, Jérémie Rhorer, Debora Waldmann.

David Kadouch's discography includes Beethoven's 5th Concerto (Naxos), the complete Preludes by Shostakovich (TransartLive), a Schumann disc with the Ardeo Quartet (Decca/Universal), a disc of Russian music and a recital devoted to Bach, Janacek, Schumann and Bartok (Mirare), a duo recital with Edgar Moreau featuring Franck, Strohl, Poulenc and de la Tombelle (Warner - Erato), a “Révolution” disc (Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Janacek, Dussek, Rzewski), a CD with the Ardeo Quartet (Decca/Universal). Erato), a “Révolution” disc (Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Janacek, Dussek, Rzewski), awarded Choc Classica of the year 2019.

Last release in 2022 (Mirare), widely acclaimed by the critics: Les Musiques de Madame Bovary, which explores the musical universe surrounding Flaubert's heroine, through works by Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Pauline Viardot, Louise Farrenc, Léo Delibes, Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin.

To be released in January 2025 by Mirare: a "Forbidden Love" recital, featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Poulenc, Britten, Szymanovski, Reynaldo Hahn... (Official disc of La Folle Journée 2025).

A fervent advocate of contemporary music, David Kadouch is committed to the discovery of new repertoires, and in particular to highlighting female composers from the 19th and 20th centuries. In January 2024, he took part in “Transfiguré, 12 vies de Schönberg” with the Orchestre de Paris and Ariane Matiakh, directed by Bertrand Bonello. He regularly performs concertos by Marie Jaëll, Clara Schumann, Lucija Garuta and Louise Farrenc, and works by Clémence de Grandval, Charlotte Sohy and Fanny Mendelssohn.

Born in 1985, David Kadouch trained with Odile Poisson at the C.N.R. in Nice, with Jacques Rouvier at the CNSM in Paris, with Dmitri Bashkirov at the Reina Sofia School in Madrid, and with Murray Perahia, Maurizio Pollini, Maria-Joao Pires, Daniel Barenboim, Vitaly Margulis, Itzhak Perlman, Elisso Virsaladze and Emanuel Krasovsly. At 13, he played at New York's Metropolitan Hall. At 14, he played at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.

David Kadouch was a finalist in the 2009 Leeds International Piano Competition, “Révélation Jeune Talent” at the 2010 Victoires de la Musique awards, “Young Artist of the Year” at the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) 2011. He is also a laureate of the Salzburg and Verbier Academies, ADAMI and the Fondation Natixis Banque Populaire.

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