Guillaume Bellom has one of the most unique paths to success of his generation, pursuing studies not just in piano but also in violin, all the way from the conservatoire of his hometown Besançon to the Conservatoire of Paris. It was in this institution that he decided to fully develop his activity as a pianist, under the influence of striking personalities such as Nicholas Angelich and Hortense Cartier-Bresson.
In 2015, Guillaume was highly acclaimed as a finalist at the Clara Haskil competition, aptly named after the great Romanian pianist who herself was known for also playing the violin. His performance was awarded the "Modern Times” prize, for the best interpretation of a set work by Thomas Adés. That same year, he won the first prize at the Épinal international competition and became laureate of the "L' Or du Rhin” foundation, before winning the Thierry Scherz prize at the "Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad” the next year. In 2017, he was nominated at the Victoires de la Musique in the "instrumental soloist revelations” category. He is also an associate artist at the Singer-Polignac Foundation in Paris since 2018.
Guillaume has performed as a soloist with the Orchestre National de France, Orchestre National d'Ile de France, the Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne, the Orchestre National de Montpellier, and the National Orchestra of Lorraine, under the baton of Jacques Mercier, Christian Zacharias, Pierre Dumoussaud, and Marzena Diakun. Deeply interested by chamber music, his mastery of a vast repertoire has made him a much sought-after musical partner, performing with artists such as with artists such as Renaud Capuçon, Paul Meyer, Yan Levionnois, Victor Julien-Laferrière, Ismël Margain, Anne Göckel, Adrien Bellom, and the Hermès, Girard, and Hanson quartets. He regularly performs in numerous festivals across the world, including the Festival international de piano de la Roque d'Anthéron, the Festival de Pâques in Aix-en-Provence, the Piano aux Jacobins, the Festival de Pâques and L"Août Musical in Deauville, the Festival des Arcs, the Shanghai Concert Hall,the Bombay Royal Opera, and the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg.
His discography notably includes two albums dedicated to four-hands pieces by Schubert (rewarded by the prestigious "ffff” of French magazine Télérama) and Mozart, recorded with Ismaël Margain for Aparté, a cd with cellist Yan Levionnois ("ffff” of Télérama), released in 2017 for Fondamenta, and a solo cd around Schubert, Haydn, and Debussy, released in 2017 as well by Claves.
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