biography
After significant encounters with Paul Badura-Skoda, Charles Rosen, and Malcolm Bilson who mark out his artistic career, in 2018 he was awarded the laureate from the Royaumont Foundation. Florent Albrecht surrounds himself with an eclectic mix of demanding musicians for his past and future projects : Giuliano Carmignola, Amandine Beyer, Christophe Coin, Sophie Karthaüser, Anna Reinhold, or conductors such as Chiara Banchini, Alexis Kossenko and Vaklav Luks. Florent was invited by the Orchestre National de France to perform on the pianoforte. As a soloist or chamber musician, of which he is particularly fond of, he has performed at the Barbican Center London, Auditorium Nacional Madrid, Munich Philharmony, Juilliard School New York, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Auditorium de Radio France, Philharmonie and National Opera in Paris. In 2020, Florent founded the Ensemble de L’Encyclopédie in Geneva, to play chamber & symphonic music, sacred and lyrical repertoire of the Enlightenment and Pre-Romanticism through a specific work on historically informed performances. All together, they already performed at Swiss Radio Studio Ansermet, Victoria Hall as well as in the prestigious Concerts Saint Germain, in Geneva. The ensemble is invited in August 2023 by the City of Paris to perform at the Festival du Parc Floral. His two solo albums dedicated to John Field and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart received unanimous critic acclaim. From 2025, Florent's recording projects will be held by International Harmonia Mundi label. March 2025
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