Pierre Doumenge
Cello
Pierre Doumenge is the principal cellist of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and a member of the Bergen String Quartet. He is also guest principal cello with many orchestras including Oslo Philharmonic, Netherlands Philharmonic, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
Pierre was the cellist of the Dante Quartet and has appeared at many international festivals (Aldeburgh, Kuhmo, Bucharest, Vienna, Osor, Nuremberg, Hindsgalv, IMS Prussia Cove, Stellenbosch, Singapore, Hong-Kong, New-York, Washington DC, Vancouver, Boston, 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, London Haydn quartets, 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 to perform chamber music with the finalists.
Pierre taught at the Yehudi Menuhin School from 2003-2009 and was professor of cello at the Guildhall School of Music from 2005-2017. He gives annual masterclasses at the International Cello Courses UK, Oxford Cello School, Violoncello Society of London, Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, West Helsinki Music Institute, Conservatoire Royal de Mons and the Szymon Goldberg Seminars in Toyama, Japan. He has given public classes at the Juilliard School in New-York and the music universities of Bloomington, Eugene, Sacramento, Vancouver, Stellenbosh, Singapore, Hong-Kong and Vienna.