Julien Quentin

Pianist from France

Julien Quentin is a French pianist, born in Paris and raised in Geneva, where his parents ran the Librairie Quentin, a bookshop specialising in rare manuscripts and art books. He earned his French baccalaureate in Thonon and studied at the Geneva Conservatory with the Russian pedagogue Alexis Golovine, through whom he met Martha Argerich. He then moved to the United States, completing an Artist Diploma with Emile Naoumoff at Indiana University in 2002 (where he also taught as Assistant Instructor and received the Presser Award) and a Graduate Diploma with György Sándor at the Juilliard School in 2003. Active as both soloist and chamber musician, he has made recital debuts at the Salle Cortot in Paris, the Geneva Conservatoire and Bargemusic in New York, has appeared with the Wroclaw, Qatar and Córdoba Philharmonic Orchestras, and has partnered artists such as Nicolas Altstaedt, Emanuel Ax, Lisa Batiashvili, Gautier Capuçon and David Garrett. He has recorded for EMI, Channel Classics, Sony RCA and Deutsche Grammophon. Based in Berlin, he founded the concert series Musica Litoralis at the Piano Salon Christophori, and explores other genres in collaborations with pianists Francesco Tristano, Kelvin Sholar and Kaan Bulak and with electronic producers. Source: Rondo DB

Usual Name Julien Quentin
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Title Subname Catalogue Key Year Type

Immortal

2026-10-09

Deutsche Grammophon (DG)