Emmanuel Ceysson

Emmanuel Ceysson is one of the most acclaimed harpists in the world.

In 2020 he will assume the post of a principal harpist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a position he held in the past at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and at the Paris Opera. Since 2005 he has been giving concerts in the leading world venues (Wigmore Hall, Salle Gaveau, Carnegie Hall, Vienna Konzerthaus and Berliner Philharmonie); these included both solo recitals and concert and chamber music repertoire. He is a laureate of several prestigious international competitions, including the USA International Harp Competition (2004), New York Young Concert Artists Audition (2016), and the renowned International Music Competition Musikwettbewerb of the German public television and radio broadcasting service ARD in Munich (2009).

In the years 2005-2009, he was visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London and taught at the International Summer Academy in Nice. His plans for the near future include a performance of Glière’s Concerto for Harp with the Grazer Philharmonisches Orchester in Stefaniensaal in Graz, Austria; a recital with the mezzosoprano Joyce DiDonato at Carnegie Hall, New York; a series of concerts in Hong Kong, and taking part in the Festival Lanaudiere in Canada.