Emmanuelle Bertrand
Emmanuelle Bertrand is one of France's most prominent and adventurous cellists, with a strong commitment to contemporary music, including avant-garde works. She is also active as an educator.
Bertrand was born November 5, 1973, in the mining and manufacturing town of Firminy in the Loire region of southeastern France. She attended the Lyon and Paris Conservatories, studying with Jean Deplace and Philippe Muller. Although she proclaims herself "not one of those competition animals who get drunk on the race for international prizes," she has won a number of them, including the Rostropovich International Competition and first prize at the Japan Chamber Music Competition. Bertrand has appeared as a soloist with a large variety of orchestras internationally, including the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, the Greater Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra of Wales. Championed by Henri Dutilleux early in her career, Bertrand has emphasized contemporary music in her repertory to an unusual degree. She has performed works by major contemporary figures, including Dutilleux, Boulez, and Berio, as well as works composed for her by Nicolas Bacri, Edith Canat de Chizy, Thierry Escaich, and others. Bertrand also performs lecture-concerts based on music and events of the World War I and World War II eras. Since 1999, she has performed with pianist Pascal Amoyel in a duo, and with the Altair Quartet.
Since a 2000 release devoted to works for solo cello, Bertrand has recorded exclusively for the Harmonia Mundi label. She has recorded more than 15 albums, including, in 2019, a complete cycle of Bach's Suites for solo cello. Her albums have been honored with the Diapason d'Or, the Choc de Classica, Gramophone Music Award, the Cannes Classical Award, and the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. She teaches chamber music at the Paris Conservatory. Bertrand is a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Bach : Complete Cello Suites
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 30 Aug 2019
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Nadia & Lili Boulanger: Les Heures claires (The complete Songs)
Lucile Richardot, Anne de Fornel, Stéphane Degout, Emmanuelle Bertrand, Raquel Camarinha, Sarah Nemtanu
Mélodies - Released by harmonia mundi on 24 Feb 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Ibert, Hartmann & Dvořák: Chamber Music
Ensemble Arabesques, Emmanuelle Bertrand
Chamber Music - Released by Farao Classics on 18 Aug 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Emmanuelle Bertrand: Le violoncelle au XXe siècle
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 17 Jun 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Chopin : 1846, dernière année à Nohant
Emmanuelle Bertrand, Pascal Amoyel
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 16 Feb 2015
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Emmanuelle Bertrand, Pascal Amoyel, BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Pascal Rophé
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 25 Mar 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Benoît Menut: Les Îles
Emmanuelle Bertrand, Quintette Syntonia, Maya Villanueva
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 24 Apr 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bloch: Cello Suites, Meditations
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 7 Jul 2011
Diapason d'or16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Johannes Brahms: Sonatas & Liebeslieder for Cello and Piano (Bonus Track Version)
Emmanuelle Bertrand, Pascal Amoyel
Chamber Music - Released by harmonia mundi on 23 Jul 2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No.1 - Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3
Emmanuelle Bertrand, Pascal Amoyel, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester and James Gaffigan
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 27 Jan 2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Dutilleux & Debussy : Works with Cello
Emmanuelle Bertrand, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester and James Gaffigan
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 6 Nov 2015
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
CONCERTOS CELLO
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monté-Carlo, Stéphane Denève, Emmanuelle Bertrand
Classical - Released by Arion on 1 Sep 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Olivier Greif: Sonate de requiem, trio avec Piano
Emmanuelle Bertrand, Pascal Amoyel, Antje Weithaas
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 23 Feb 2006
Choc de ClassicaDiapason d'or16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Alkan: Sonata for Cello and Piano & Liszt: Works for Cello and Piano
Emmanuelle Bertrand, Pascal Amoyel
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 14 Mar 2001
Choc de Classica16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Le violoncelle parle
Chamber Music - Released by harmonia mundi on 28 Apr 2011
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Le Violoncelle Parle
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 28 Apr 2011
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Alkan: Cello Sonata, op.47 (Emmanuelle Bertrand, Pascal Amoyel)
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 14 Mar 2001
Choc de Classica16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Olivier Greif: Les Plaisirs de Chérence & Sonate de Guerre - Pascal Amoyel: Sadhana
Pascal Amoyel, Emmanuelle Bertrand
Classical - Released by Disques Triton on 1 May 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo