About
Laure Cholé embodies the new generation of French pianists.
She has performed at prestigious festivals such as the Festival des Lisztomanias in Châteauroux, La Vague Classique in Six-Fours, Schiermonnikoog Festival, Festival Ravel, Festival des Nancyphonies, Festival des Pianissimes, Festival de Torroella de Montgrí in Spain, Alba Music Festival in Italy, and in the United States in New York, Washington and Chicago with the French American Piano Society, the Festival Puplinge Classique in Geneva, the Festival Musique et Patrimoine in Vienne et Gartempe and in venues such as the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, the Salle Cortot, the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, the Musée de la Vie romantique, the Institut Liszt and the Musée Claude Debussy in Paris, the Prieuré de Chirens, the Théâtre du Casino d’Aix-les-Bains, the Théâtre Sénart, the Aula Magna Uni in Fribourg.
Supported by the Safran Foundation, Laure has distinguished herself in international piano competitions, including the Fribourg International Piano Competition and the Brin d’Herbe International Piano Competition in Orléans, where she won first prize. After winning first prize, she met György Kurtág, for whom she played some of his works at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris. She also took part in the El Primer Palau competition in Barcelona, where she won the Joventuts Musicals de Catalunya prize. She has performed in France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United States.
Born in 1999 into a family of musicians, Laure Cholé developed a deep love of music at an early age. She first studied with Janine Collet, then entered Hugues Leclère’s class at the CRR in Paris, where she received her Diplôme d’Etudes Musicales with the unanimous approval of the jury, as well as her Prix de perfectionnement with the unanimous approval of the jury.
She then trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where she was taught by Michel Dalberto, Claire-Marie Le Guay, Hortense Cartier Bresson and Jonas Vitaud.
During various master classes, she has received advice from Bruno Rigutto, the Modigliani Quartet, Marie Josèphe Jude, Jean Baptiste Fonlupt, Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Itamar Golan, Louis Rodde…
Also passionate about chamber music, she shares the stage with musicians of her generation such as Elise Bertrand, Celio Torina, Léo Ispir and since 2023 she has been the pianist of the Méliphages ensemble, made up of Julien Beautemps on accordion, Clara Dietlin on cello, Louis Hognon on saxophone and Arthur Bechet on percussion. Méliphages is a variable-geometry ensemble specialising in transcriptions of orchestral works, and is currently working on a recording project.