Pierre Cussac

Accordionist from France

Pierre Cussac is a French accordionist, bandoneonist and arranger whose work spans classical, traditional, jazz and improvised music. A winner of the Concours général des lycées and a laureate of the Fondation Cziffra, he graduated from the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris with a master's degree in accordion and a prize in improvisation, and also holds a degree in musicology from the Université Paris-Sorbonne. In 2014 he received a scholarship from the Mécénat Musical Société Générale.

He has appeared as a soloist with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, in venues such as the Salle Pleyel, the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Opéra de Paris. He has made some fifty arrangements for accordion of works ranging from Rameau to Wagner, including music by Mozart, Verdi, Tchaikovsky and Gershwin, and recorded the Verdi album Dappertutto (2017). His chamber music partners include the Quatuor Voce, violinist Fiona Monbet and baritone Jean-Marc Salzmann, and he works regularly with music-theatre companies such as Arcal and Compagnie Opéra3. Source: Rondo DB

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2026-09-11

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