Pianist
Pianist, conductor and sought-after chamber musician, Tanguy de Williencourt performs in venues in France and beyond: Auditorium de Radio France, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Opéra-Comique, Grand Théâtre de Provence, Berlin Philharmonie, Bonn Opera, Sala Sao Paulo, De Bijloke, Brugge Concertgebouw, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Wigmore Hall… and festivals such as Yehudi Menuhin in Gstaad, Radio France in Montpellier, Festival de Pâques d’Aix en Provence, Pablo Casals in Prades, Chorégies in Orange, La Roque d’Anthéron…
In concerto, Tanguy de Williencourt performs notably alongside the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine, Flanders Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Ensemble Matheus… alongside conductors such as Kristiina Poska, Aziz Shokhakimov, Martijn Dendievel, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Pascal Rophé, Marta Gardolińska… In chamber music, he regularly shares the stage with Bruno Philippe, Nathan Mierdl, Stéphane Degout, Nathanaël Gouin, the Ouranos Quintet…
As an assistant conductor and vocal coach, he collaborates with Philippe Jordan, Michael Schønwandt, Simone Young, Gustavo Dudamel… (Paris Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayreuth Festival).
His last solo album, released in 2024, an homage to Liszt and his Muses (Mirare), was critically acclaimed (TTTT by Télérama). His extensive discography with Mirare also consists of an album devoted to César Franck (CHOC Classica), as well as two integrals: the complete piano transcriptions by Wagner/Liszt and the complete Beethoven’s Bagatelles, both released to great critical acclaim (***** Classica and Diapason). With Harmonia Mundi, he has recorded with cellist Bruno Philippe, with mezzo-soprano Stéphanie d’Oustrac, as well as the album “Debussy: the late works” which received in 2019 the “BBC Music Magazine Award” as well as the “Gramophone Award”. The album “Proust: le concert retrouvé” with violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte gained a great critical success as well as the Gramophone Editor’s Choice in 2021. Tanguy was also part of a film devoted to Renée Fleming, filmed in the Théâtre du Châtelet, shown worldwide in IMAX cinemas in 2022.
After brilliant studies at Paris Conservatoire in piano (Roger Muraro), chamber music (Claire Désert), accompaniment (Jean-Frédéric Neuburger) and vocal coaching, he receives the support of both the Blüthner and Banque Populaire Foundations, as well as the ADAMI (Classical revelation 2016) and the SPEDIDAM. In 2016, he is awarded the Jury and the Audience Prize at the Société des Arts de Genève, and the next year of the Play-Direct competition at the Philharmonie de Paris. At the same time, he works closely with Maria João Pires, Christoph Eschenbach, Stephen Kovacevich and Paul Badura-Skoda.
He dedicates his 2026-2027 season to Beethoven on the occasion of the bicentenary of his death: in 2027 is released the complete Piano Sonatas with Harmonia Mundi. He is spearheading this major project in France, Spain, the United Kingdom…
Tanguy de Williencourt has taught piano at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris until 2026, and is teaching at the Académie Philippe Jaroussky from September 2025. He is artistic director of the Tempo festival Le Croisic.
Photo credit : Jean-Baptiste Millot