Born
in
Geneva
in
1987,
internationally
acclaimed
cellist
Lionel
Cottet
performs
as
soloist,
chamber
musician
and
solo
cellist
of
the
Bavarian
Radio
Symphony
Orchestra
in
the
most
prestigious
concert
halls:
London’s
Wigmore
Hall,
New
York’s
Carnegie
Hall,
Berlin
Philharmonie,
Vienna
Musikverein,
Zurich
Tonhalle
among
others.
He
has
played
as
a
soloist
with
a
number
of
orchestras,
including
the
Academy
of
St
Martin
in
the
Fields,
the
Russian
National
Orchestra
conducted
by
Mikhail
Pletnev,
the
Polish
Radio
Orchestra,
the
Belgrade
Philharmonic,
the
Lausanne
Chamber
Orchestra.
His
passion
for
chamber
music
has
led
him
to
the
world’s
most
famous
festivals,
such
as
Marlboro,
Verbier,
Bergen,
Gstaad,
where
he
performed
with
artists
such
as
Itzhak
Perlman,
Mitsuko
Uchida,
Nobuko
Imai,
Pierre
Amoyal
or
with
his
Duo
partner
pianist
Louis
Schwizgebel.
He
has
also
been
invited
to
perform
with
the
Berlin
Philharmonic and with the 12 cellists of this legendary orchestra.
Winner
of
the
Swiss
Ambassador's
Award,
Lionel
Cottet
has
received
numerous
prizes
at
international
competitions
including
Lutoslawski
Competition
in
Warsaw,
Brahms
Competition
in
Austria
and
Astral
Artist
Auditions
in
Philadelphia.
He
is
also
a
Soloist
of
the
swiss
Migros
Kulturprozent
Classics
and
was
finalist
at
the
Eurovision
competition.
He
studied
in
the
prestigious
Artist
Diploma
program
of
the
Juilliard
School
in
New
York,
at
the
Salzburg
Mozarteum,
at
the
Zurich
Hochschule
and
at
the
Geneva
Conservatoire
with
Joel
Krosnick,
Clemens
Hagen,
Thomas
Grossenbacher
and
François Guye.
Lionel
is
deeply
committed
to
communicating
with
the
young
generation
in
various
outreach
programs
in
Mexico,
Colombia,
USA
and
in
Switzerland.
He
plays
an
1852
Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume cello.