PIERRE DOUMENGE

Pierre Doumenge is principal cellist of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and a member of the Bergen String Quartet. He is also a frequent guest principal cellist with orchestras including the Oslo Philharmonic, Netherlands Philharmonic, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Amsterdam Sinfonietta and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Pierre was the cellist of the Dante Quartet and has appeared at numerous international festivals, including Aldeburgh, Kuhmo, Bucharest, Vienna, Osor, Nuremberg, Hindsgavl, IMS Prussia Cove, Stellenbosch, Singapore, Hong Kong, New York, Washington DC, Vancouver, Boston and Bariloche.

He has recorded for the Dutton, Meridian, Hyperion and Chandos labels to great critical acclaim. His regular chamber music partners include Pascal Rogé, Daniel Hope, Pekka Kuusisto, Lawrence Power, the Belcea, Allegri, Sacconi, Piatti and London Haydn quartets, the Aronowitz Ensemble and the Nash Ensemble. He has been the official cellist of the Menuhin International Violin Competition and the Hong Kong International Chopin Piano Competition, performing chamber music with the finalists. He is a member of the LOGOS Chamber Group, performing regularly at the Joy of Music Festival and the Hong Kong International Piano Competition.

Pierre taught at the Yehudi Menuhin School from 2003 to 2009 and was Professor of Cello at the Guildhall School of Music from 2005 to 2017. He gives annual masterclasses at the International Cello Courses UK, Oxford Cello School, Violoncello Society of London, École Normale de Musique de Paris, West Helsinki Music Institute, Conservatoire Royal de Mons and the Szymon Goldberg Seminars in Toyama, Japan. He has also given public classes at the Juilliard School in New York and at music universities in Bloomington, Eugene, Sacramento, Vancouver, Stellenbosch, Singapore, Hong Kong and Vienna.