Piano
Laurent Molines
Laurent Molines began his studies at the Bordeaux Conservatory. Noticed early on by Ada Labèque, a disciple of Marguerite Long, he entered several piano competitions under her guidance, distinguishing himself in Barcelona and San Sebastián in Spain. He spent a year perfecting his skills at the CRR in Rueil-Malmaison with Bernard Ringeissen, then entered the CNSMD of Lyon where he studied with Pierre Pontier. Three years later, he obtained his piano prize with distinction. He studied for two years at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and took classes with great masters such as D. Bashkirov and B. Ringeissen. He then began to perform regularly in recitals and as a soloist.
Under the baton of Aurélien Azan Zielinsky, he performed Rachmaninov’s 2nd concerto, Beethoven’s 3rd and 4th concertos, and the triple concerto in Paris. At the same time, he continued his studies at the Paris Conservatoire. Appointed professor at the Toulouse Conservatory, he divides his time between teaching and concerts (Salzburg, San Sebastián, Barcelona, Casérès, Porto, Brussels, Grand Théâtre and Auditorium de Bordeaux, Halle aux Grains, Auditorium Saint Pierre des Cuisines and Espace Croix Baragnon in Toulouse, Opéra de Lyon, Archives Nationales, Salle Cortot in Paris, Festivals “Nuit musicales de Saint Emilion”, Orpheus and Bacchus, La Charité sur Loire, Piano Pic, Passe ton Bach d’abord, Tons Voisins, Festival des Arcs, Tignes, Scène Nationales de Normandie, Bretagne, Bourgogne, Midi Pyrénées, etc.).
He founded the Trio Vivace with Marlène Rivière and Nathalie Descamps, with whom he performs regularly. He has partnered with many great soloists such as Raphael Oleg, Damien Ventula, Denis Pascal, Nathanael Gouin, Dong Suk Kang, Young Chang Cho, Jacques Delplanque, Richard Galliano, and others. He is also involved in contemporary creation through numerous projects. In particular, he premiered Peio Cabalette’s Concerto for piano and orchestra, recorded the works of Dominique Prechet, and premiered works by Florentine Mulsant with Sandrine Tilly on flute and a work by Benjamin Atahir with Nathanael Gouin on two pianos at the Les Arcs Festival. He is regularly called upon to serve as a jury member for national and international competitions, as well as for bachelor’s and master’s degree competitions at the CNSMD of Paris.
He is very involved in the musical life of Toulouse, collaborating with the musicians of the Capitole (Clés de Saint Pierre, Franco-Russian Festival, etc.) and the Toulouse Baroque Ensemble, with whom he plays Bach’s concertos. He has performed at the Halle aux Grains under the baton of Serge Krichewsky in Aimé Kunc’s Fantaisie for piano and orchestra, and plays regularly in the chamber music season at the Saint Pierre des Cuisines auditorium. In 2016, he recorded an album dedicated to Beethoven’s sonatas. Praised many times by critics for his ‘subtle and refined playing, of rare elegance’, his recordings are broadcast on France Musique.
Since 2019, he has also been a piano teacher at the isdaT. In 2020, he was invited to give masterclass and a series of concerts in China.
