Bruno Belthoise

Bruno Belthoise is a laureate of the Fondation R. Laurent-Vibert, and received a Fondation de France prize in 1988. He completed the Diplôme supérieur d’exécution at the École normale de musique de Paris in 1989, and was the 1997 Adami ‘Révélation Classique’. He continued his studies with Françoise Buffet-Arsenijevic, Bruno Rigutto, François-René Duchâble, Madeleine Giraudeau-Basset and Helena Sá e Costa.

A soloist and founding member of Trio Pangea, he has had several works dedicated to him by contemporary composers such as Emmanuel Hieaux, Alexander Delgado, Sébastien Béranger, Bernard de Vienne, Fernando Lapa and Sérgio Azevedo. He is regularly invited to participate at festivals in France and abroad, and his repertoire spans Bach to contemporary composers. He is also passionate about combining piano music with the art of the short story, and has performed in front of young audiences in narrative concerts as well as recorded albums for La Librairie Sonore (Frémeaux & Associés). Belthoise’s discography includes more than 30 albums. A committed champion of French music, he also has a keen interest in the musical history of Portugal, giving recitals and conferences around the world, and curated the collection of pedagogical scores Repertoire for Pianists for AvA Musical Editions.

As part of Trio Pangea, he has recorded the series Portuguese Piano Trios for Naxos, which includes many world premières. His work is supported by renowned Portuguese institutions such as the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Instituto Camões, the Portuguese Ministry of Culture and Antena 2 – RTP. In 2022 Belthoise gave the world premiere of Anne Victorino d’Almeida’s Concerto para Piano e Orquestra at the Philharmonie de Paris, and subsequently performed the work on tour with four orchestras as part of the 2022 France-Portugal season. In 2025, he was invited to appear as a soloist with four Brazilian orchestras as part of the France-Brazil Season, giving performances in Salvador, Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, Belém and Manaus.

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