ASSOCIATE LEADER Tamás Fejes ASSISTANT LEADER

BRUNO DELEPELAIRE Cello

Bruno Delepelaire owes the fact that he became a cellist to his grandmother, an enthusiastic amateur cellist. As a five-year-old, he also wanted to learn the instrument. Lessons with his first cello teacher, Erwan Fauré, were formative experiences for him.

Delepelaire later studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Philippe Muller. In 2012 he went to Berlin to continue his training under Jens Peter Maintz at the University of the Arts and under Ludwig Quandt at the Orchestra Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker, taking up the position of First Solo Cellist of the Berliner Philharmoniker in 2013.

Delepelaire gained orchestral experience with the Verbier Festival Orchestra and Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, and as a student of the Orchestra Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker. As a soloist he has performed with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Bielefelder Philharmoniker, RundfunkSinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie, Berliner Barock Solisten, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, RSNO, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de l’Opéra de Nice and Aalborg Symfoniorkester, under conductors including Semyon Bychkov, Reinhard Goebel, Alexander Kalajdzic, Matthias Pintscher, Michael Sanderling and Thomas Søndergård.

Delepelaire has won several awards, including First Prize at the Karl Davidov International Cello Competition (2012) and the Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition (2013).

Bruno Delepelaire plays a cello made by Matteo Goffriller, on loan from the Karolina Blaberg Foundation.