A major international soloist, Bertrand Chamayou is a versatile pianist, as much a chamber musician as a great champion of the music of our time. A particularly sought-after interpreter of French music, his extensive repertoire also includes several major complete works, such as Ravel's complete works for piano, Liszt's Etudes Transcendentes and Années de Pèlerinage, and Olivier Messiaen's Vingts Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus.

Bertrand Chamayou performs with the most prestigious orchestras: the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland and Pittsburgh orchestras, the Chicago, Atlanta, Montreal, Vienna and London symphony orchestras, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the London and Rotterdam philharmonic orchestras, the Orchestre de Paris, the Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich, the Orchestre National de France and the Philharmonique de Radio France, the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Munich, Frankfurt, Cologne and Copenhagen Radio Orchestras, as well as the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

He has had the privilege of playing under Pierre Boulez and Sir Neville Marriner, and has collaborated with Esa-Pekka Salonen, Herbert Blomstedt, Semyon Bychkov, Charles Dutoit, Mikko Franck, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Krzysztof Urbanski, Philippe Herreweghe, Gianandrea Noseda, Philippe Jordan, Andris Nelsons, François-Xavier Roth, Tugan Sokhiev, Sir Antonio Pappano and Elim Chan.

He performs regularly in recital in the greatest concert halls: Philharmonie de Paris and Théâtre des Champs Elysées, ElbPhilharmonie in Hamburg and Philharmonie in Berlin, Wigmore Hall in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Suntory Hall in Tokyo. He is a guest at prestigious festivals, including the Mostly Mozart in New York, the Lucerne, Edinburgh, Salzburg and Rheingau Festivals, the Beethovenfest Bonn, the Klavier-Festival Ruhr and the Festival de la Roque d'Anthéron.

A much-appreciated chamber musician, his partners include renowned artists such as Sol Gabetta, Vilde Frang, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Leif Ove Andsnes, the Quatuor Ebène and Antoine Tamestit. Highly involved in new works and new repertoire, he has also collaborated with Henri Dutilleux and György Kurtág, and more recently with Thomas Adès, Bryce Dessner and Michaël Jarrell, who dedicated his latest piano concerto to him.

Bertrand Chamayou has made a large number of recordings. An exclusive Warner/Erato artist, he won the ECHO Klassik prize in 2016 for his recording of Ravel's complete works for solo piano. His recording of Camille Saint-Saëns' piano concertos Nos 2 and 5 with the Orchestre National de France and Emmanuel Krivine won the prestigious Gramophone Classical Music Awards in the best recording category. In June 2022, he released Olivier Messiaen's Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus, performing the complete cycle at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées that same month.

Bertrand Chamayou was born in Toulouse, and his musical talent was quickly spotted by the pianist Jean-François Heisser, who later became his teacher at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris. He went on to perfect his skills with Maria Curcio in London. He is the only French artist to have won the Victoires de la Musique five times, in every category. He is co-Artistic Director of the Ravel Festival in Saint-Jean-de-Luz.