Matthieu Cognet

French pianist Matthieu Cognet is an active soloist and sought-after chamber musician who has performed at major venues and festivals across Europe, Asia, and the United States. His appearances include Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall, the Cultural Institute of Chicago, the Hemptinne Festival and Festival Musicorum (Belgium), the Ruhrtriennale Festival (Germany), the Rushmore Music Festival (South Dakota), Memphis in May, the Saint-Georges Music Festival (Guadeloupe), and the Prades and Pianissimes Festivals (France).

He collaborates regularly with internationally acclaimed flutist Carol Wincenc and Grammy Award–winning bandoneonist Héctor Del Curto, and is a former member of the CDK Trio with cellist Kenneth Kuo and violinist Arturo Delmoni, Concertmaster of the New York City Ballet Orchestra.

As a soloist, Mr. Cognet has performed with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, San José Chamber Orchestra, Queer Urban Orchestra, Stony Brook University Orchestra, Indiana University Student Orchestra, and the Paris Sorbonne Orchestra. His recital and chamber performances have been broadcast on Radio France, RAI (Italy), and Chicago’s WFMT Radio.

Manhattan School of Music, and is a Collaborative Piano Artist at the Meadowmount School of Music.