CAMILLE THOMAS, cello

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“Camille Thomas... has all the requisite technique and produces a sound I can only liken to drinking hot chocolate: delicious, warming, full of flavour.”
— Gramophone Magazine

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON’S
FIRST CELLIST IN OVER 40 YEARS

The first cellist signed by Deutsche Grammophon in over 40 years, Camille Thomas blends a brilliant command of her instrument with a rare musicality to offer truly memorable concerto and recital appearances. Her first DG recording Saint-Saens, Offenbach vividly illustrates the reasons for DG's historic signing, as well as delighting her growing number of enthusiastic fans the world over. Camille's special talent was recognized at the European Broadcasting Union Competition, where she was awarded the 1st prize and named “New Talent of the Year 2014”. 

Whether she is playing Elgar, Saint-Saens, Dvorak, Lalo, Haydn, Schumann, some neglected works that she champions, or the new concerto Fazil Say wrote for her, Never Give Up, which she premiered in Paris, you can be sure of a passionate and compelling performance. Her fascinating recital programs offer traditional repertoire, themes, and collaborations with composer/pianists - all conceived to stimulate the audience as well as the artist. Camille has won numerous prizes at national and international competitions, including the Seventh Antonio Janigro International Competition in Croatia, the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Strings Competition, the Edmont Baert Competition, the Léopold Bellan Competition, and was chosen for Forbes’ prestigious “30 under 30” list. 

Recent international appearances include her debut in Japan with Ryusuke Numarjiri and the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, and concertos with Paavo Järvi in Bremen, at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, with the Lucerne Festival Strings in Munich, and at the fantastic Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. In recital and chamber music, she performs at prestigious venues and festivals all around Europe, collaborating with top artists from both sides of the ocean.

This season, Camille Thomas takes her magical music-making around the world from a Brahms Double with Ray Chen in Tokyo, where she also participates in the 50th Anniversary concerts of the Nippon Music Foundation from which she has the joy of playing on the great Feuermann Strad, to Taiwan, Hong Kong (with Pittsburgh Symphony Music Director Manfred Honeck) and Israel, where she plays the dramatic concerto written for her by Fazil Say. In Vienna, she plays Anna Clyne's concerto Dance and plays the Elgar Concerto and recitals in major European cities. She returns to Tippet Rise Art Center for a recital and to complete the filming of “Rendez-vous.”


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