LOUIS RODDE cello

Awarded “révélation Classique” by the ADAMI, award holder from the Fondation Cziffra and first prizewinner of the International ARD competition in Munich category Piano Trio, Louis can be regularly heard in concert halls such as Musikverein Vienna, Konzerthaus Berlin, Concertgebouw Amsterdam,  Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord Paris, Auditorium du musée du Louvre, Forbidden city Concert Hall Beijing, Herkulessaal Munich, Salle Molière Lyon, Wigmore Hall London, Salle Bourgie Montreal, Frick Collection New York, CCK Buenos Aires, Flagey Brussels. 

He regularly appears in renowned festivals such as Schwetzinger Festspiele, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the ‘Folle Journées’ in Nantes, Tokyo and Warsaw, La Roque d’Anthéron, Cordes-sur-Ciel, the Festival de Prades and Festival de Chambord. As a soloist, he has performed with the Neue Philharmonie Westphalen, the Polish Chamber Orchestra, l’Orchestre de Caen, the Orchestre des Jeunes d’île de France and the Lebanon Philharmonic Orchestra. 

Louis Rodde studied in Paris with Roland Pidoux and Xavier Phillips. He received further tuition from Peter Bruns in Leipzig and from Clemens Hagen at the Mozarteum Salzburg.

Enchanted from an early age by chamber music, Louis Rodde founded the Karénine piano trio in 2009. Together with violinist Fanny Robilliard and pianist Paloma Kouider he had the opportunity to meet and work together with finest musicians such as the Ysaÿe Quartet, Menahem Pressler, Jean-Claude Pennetier Ferenc Rados and Hatto Beyerle. The Karénine Trio is a prizewinner of the International ARD competition 2013 and was also awarded prizes in Vienna, Heerlen and Paris. 

Louis Rodde’s recordings have been praised by the international critic (Choix de France musique, Diapason, Classica, Gramophone , Pizzicato. His albums includes ‘Fauré et Ropartz sonatas’ with pianist Gwendal Giguelay (NoMadMusic - 2016), ‘Schumann’ (2016), ‘Ravel, Fauré et Tailleferre’ (2018), Slavonic album ‘Chostakovitch, Weinberg, Dvorak’ (2019) with Trio Karénine (Mirare), ‘Schubert / Ellington’ (B records - 2019) with Soprano Karen Vourc’h, clarinettist Thomas Savy and pianist Guillaume de Chassy. 

Louis also meets and works with current day composers, including  Graciane Finzi, Philippe Hersant, or Pascal Dusapin, and has premiered pieces by Benoît Menut, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, Franck Krawczyk and Stéphane Magnin. He is a member of the artist’s collective Les Dissonances (symphonic repertoire without conductor) and of the project Le Salon Idéal (which carries out cross-over collaborations with jazz and world music artists). 

Louis wants to share his passion for music and is a committed volunteer in teaching masterclasses and playing concerts in countries such as Haïti, Sénégal and Lebanon for people without access to music. 

Louis Rodde has received support from the Académie de Villecroze. He has been a scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service and was a beneficiary of the Accenture Foundation. Thanks to the French Instruments Fund, Louis plays a cello by François-Auguste Miremont.