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Tristan Raës

Piano

He began learning the piano at 6 years of age, studying with his father Alain Raës. At 13 he garnered a First Prize at the Schola Cantorum in the class of Jean Jacques Painchaud, and the same year received Second Prize in the Sarrebourg competition.
He thereupon entered the Conservatory of Lille, where he obtained a Gold Medal 1996, having followed the postgraduate curriculum there.
In 1999, Tristan Raës was accepted unanimously at the Paris Conservatory (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique), where he received the prix in piano and the diploma of advanced studies in 2002, in the class of Bruno Rigutto.
After a Second Prize and a special prize for contemporary music in the Moravia competition (Czech Republic) he enrolled in the advanced chamber music curriculum in the classes of Marie-Francoise Bucquet and Daria Hovora. Concurrently he worked on solo repertory with Nicholas Angelich and Pascal Devoyon, as well as Pierre Boulez on the occasion of the performance of one of his works. He recorded in 2004 a CD of the complete music for two pianons by Francis Poulenc, which received warm critical acclaim. He subsequently entered the instrumental accompaniment class of Jean Koerner, then the vocal accompaniment class of Anne Le Bozec, wherein he obtained the prix by unanimous decision in 2007 and 2009.
A few months later he obtained the First Prize in piano at the Nadia and Lili Boulanger international Voice-Piano Competition in Paris. In 2013, he was the winner of the international chamber music competition in Lyon, where he was awarded the First Prize, the Special Prize of the Bayer Foundation and the Audience Prize in duo with Cyrille Dubois, tenor.
He performs in recital, chamber music and with orchestra in numerous festivals, such as the tels le Pablo Casals Festival, Pianofolies, “Clé de soleil,” the Saison Musicale des Invalides, Ars terra, “Jeunes Talents”…
For several years he has occupied the post of Specialized Assistant in Artistic Instruction at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional of Paris.