François Salque
The French cellist François Salque has married sterling technique in the grand French tradition to innovative musical thinking, and in so doing emerged as one of most exciting young players of his instrument in the 2010s.
Salque began his study of the cello at age eight and moved on to the prestigious Paris Conservatory. He earned a master's degree at Yale University, and in both Europe and the U.S. he has been a reliable prizewinner in international competitions. At several European events he took home the highest honors ever given to a French cellist.
Salque performed with the Ysaÿe Quartet from 2009 to 2014, the last five years of its existence, appearing on seven of the quartet's albums. By the time the group disbanded, Salque had already, in 2011, launched his own solo career with EST (East), an album recorded with accordionist Vincent Peirani. Appearing on the Zig Zag Territoires label, the album was a bold choice for a debut, featuring semi-popular, Eastern European dances coupled to Bartók's Danses populaires roumaines. Salque re-teamed with Peirani for Tanguillo, an album of tango music, in 2013. He also began to record traditional repertoire by Fauré with pianist Eric le Sage, and in 2017 the pair released a well-reviewed cycle of Beethoven's cello sonatas on the major Sony Classical label.
A visitor to the town of Lacanau on the Atlantic Ocean in southwestern France from the age of one, Salque chose that location to found a new annual event, the Festival Musical'Océan. The festival offered Salque a new avenue for his eclectic musical impulses, often mixing classical and jazz artists on its programs. Salque has performed in more than 50 countries as a soloist and chamber musician, and has appeared with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Munich Radio Symphony, and several top Russian and Baltic groups as well as with a variety of top French symphonic ensembles.
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Discography
19 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Gabriel Fauré (vol. 1) : Œuvres pour violoncelle & piano - Trio
Eric Le Sage, François Salque, Paul Meyer
Chamber Music - Released by Alpha Classics on Sep 29, 2011
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Gabriel Fauré (vol. 2) : Quatuors avec piano, Op.15 & Op.45
Eric Le Sage, Daishin Kashimoto, Lise Berthaud, François Salque
Quartets - Released by Alpha Classics on May 2, 2012
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Schubert : Wanderer
François Salque, Claire-Marie Le Guay
Duets - Released by Mirare on Jan 12, 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
EST
François Salque, Vincent Peirani
Classical - Released by Zig-Zag Territoires on Jan 6, 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tanguillo
François Salque, Vincent Peirani
Classical - Released by Zig-Zag Territoires on Apr 23, 2013
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Fantasiestücke, Kreisleriana, Waldscenen
Eric Le Sage, Frank Braley, François Salque, Victor Julien-Laferrière
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on Oct 30, 2008
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Sonates pour violoncelle et piano
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on Feb 24, 2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms: Sonates pour violoncelle et piano (Intégrale musique de chambre), Vol. 7 (Live)
Classical - Released by B Records on Jun 12, 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms : Musique de chambre (Intégrale, Vol. 2) (La Belle Saison Live)
Quintets - Released by B Records on Jun 22, 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms : Musique de chambre (Intégrale, Vol. 1) (La Belle Saison Live)
Pierre Fouchenneret, Lise Berthaud, François Salque, Eric Le Sage
Quartets - Released by B Records on Apr 27, 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms: Trios pour piano et cordes (Intégrale musique de chambre), Vol. 8 (Live)
Eric Le Sage, François Salque, Pierre Fouchenneret
Classical - Released by B Records on Nov 13, 2020
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Œuvres avec instruments à vent (Intégrale musique de chambre), Vol. 3 (Live)
Eric Le Sage, François Salque, Florent Pujuila, Pierre Fouchenneret
Classical - Released by B Records on Jan 25, 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Fauré : Pelléas et Mélisande, Élégie & Mélodies - Wagner : Siegfried-Idyll
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Oswald Sallaberger, Karine Deshayes, François Salque
Classical - Released by Zig-Zag Territoires on Feb 21, 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Schumann : Klavierwerke & Kammermusik - X
Daishin Kashimoto, Lise Berthaud, François Salque, Eric Le Sage, Gordan Nikolitch
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on Aug 26, 2010
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Dvorák-Mendelssohn Piano Trios
Svetlin Roussev, Elena Rozanova, François Salque
Classical - Released by Universal Music Ltd. on Mar 16, 2016
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Trucmuche
Samuel Strouk, Jeremie Arranger, François Salque
Jazz - Released by Well Done Simone on Jan 13, 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Parmi le vent
Jérémy Jouve, François Salque, Pierre Fouchenneret
Classical - Released by Totem on May 7, 2021
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Sonates pour violoncelle et piano
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on Feb 24, 2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Dvorák-Mendelssohn Piano Trios
Svetlin Roussev, Elena Rozanova, François Salque
Classical - Released by Universal Music Ltd. on Mar 16, 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo