Eric-Maria Couturier

A cellist and professor at the Conservatoires Nationaux Supérieurs de Musique et de Danse of Paris and Lyon. He regularly performs on major international stages as a soloist and chamber musician, with the Talweg trio, Mauricio Pollini and Martha Argerich. He has been a member of the Ensemble intercontemporain since 2002. He has worked with legendary conductors like Pierre Boulez, Wolfgang Sawallisch and Esa-Pekka Salonen.

As a versatile artist, Couturier engages in improvisation and cross-genre projects and created the music for popular video games. Passionate about innovative pedagogy, he also co-founded Les Ateliers du violoncelle.