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François Salque
Salque in 2019
Salque in 2019
Background information
GenresClassical
OccupationCellist
InstrumentCello
Websitewww.salque.com

François Salque is a contemporary French classical cellist.

Biography

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A graduate from Yale University, François Salque teaches at the Haute École de musique de Lausanne [fr] and at the Conservatoire de Paris.

He has played and recorded chamber music with Éric Le Sage, Alexandre Tharaud, Emmanuel Pahud and Vincent Peirani. Salque also played in the Ysaÿe Quartet from 2000 to 2004, recording Fauré, Magnard, Haydn, Schumann, Boucourechliev, but also little known works or fragments by Beethoven, the piano quintet by César Franck (with Pascal Rogé) and the Clarinet Quintet by Mozart (with Michel Portal).

Nicolas Bacri, Karol Beffa, Thierry Escaich, Bruno Mantovani and Krystof Maratka have dedicated works to him.

Discography

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François Salque has recorded for the Æon, Alpha, Arion, Lyrinx, Naïve, RCA, Sony and Zig-Zag Territoires labels.

His numerous recordings have received awards from the Diapason d'or de l'année, "Chocs" of the Le Monde de la musique, "10" of Répertoire, Grand Prix du disque de l'Académie Charles-Cros, Victoires de la Musique.

  • Beethoven, Cello Sonatas - François Salque, cello ; Éric Le Sage, piano (March 2014, Sony)
  • Fauré, Pelléas et Mélisande; Élégie; Mélodies; Wagner, Siegfried-Idyll - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie, dir. Oswald Sallaberger; François Salque, cello (18-22 July 2011, Zig-Zag Territoires) OCLC 780955696
  • Saint-Saëns, The Carnival of the Animals ; Ladmirault, Les mémoires d'un âne - Claude Piéplu, narrator; Laurent Cabasso and Alexandre Tharaud pianos ; Philippe Bernold, flute; Ronald Van Spaendonck, clarinet; François Salque cello; Pierre Lénert, alto (1999, Arion) OCLC 717328000
  • Est (Bartók, Popper...) - François Salque, cello and Vincent Peirani, accordion (1-3 July 2010, Zig-Zag Territoires ZZT 110101) OCLC 937793659
  • Tanguillo (Astor Piazzolla, traditional) - François Salque, cello ; Vincent Peirani, accordion; Tomás Gubitsch, guitar (Zig-Zag Territoires ZZT322) OCLC 893823630, 896890150
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