Bertrand Chamayou (born 1981, Toulouse) is a French pianist whose repertoire spans Romantic and contemporary music, with a particular focus on Ravel, Liszt and Messiaen. He has won France's Victoires de la musique five times and holds an exclusive recording contract with Warner Classics/Erato. Since 2021 he has served as artistic director of the Festival Ravel in the French Basque Country, and for the 2026-27 season he takes up the role of artist-in-residence with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
Chamayou was announced as artist-in-residence of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra for the 2026-27 season, where he will perform with chief conductor Barbara Hannigan.
His album Ravel: Fragments was released on Warner Classics in March 2025, earning a Gramophone Recording of the Month designation.
The four-hands album Schubert: Four Hands, recorded with Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes for Warner Classics/Erato, was released in November 2025.
Chamayou performed Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Danish National Symphony, and appeared with the Gothenburg Symphony under Barbara Hannigan.
His album Cage2, devoted to John Cage's prepared piano music and recorded at Miraval Studios in Provence, was released on Warner Classics/Erato.
😴 Nothing scheduled with this artist in the near future.
93classicalThu 21.1.Beethoven & Shostakovich
90classicalThu 11.3.Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1
88classicalThu 15.10.Debussy's La Mer
82concertThu 3.6.Stravinsky & Beethoven
80concertThu 10.12.Víkingur Ólafsson and Herbert Blomstedt
80concertSat 12.12.Víkingur Ólafsson Plays Bach & Beethoven
74concertFri 12.3.Thomas Enhco
74concertSat 13.3.Thomas Enhco
69classicalThu 22.10.Beatrice Rana
64classicalThu 4.2.Beethoven and Schumann
55classicalFri 5.2.Beethoven and Schumann on Tour
concertBarbara Hannigan sings Messiaen and Zorn alongside pianist Bertrand Chamayou and composer George Benjamin in an experimental classical programme at Berwaldhallen.
concert(2 days)
George Benjamin conducts a programme featuring pianist Bertrand Chamayou and soprano Barbara Hannigan, spanning works by Ravel, Sibelius, Unsuk Chin, and Benjamin's own composition.