Éric Le Sage

Éric Le Sage is established as one of the leading pianists of his generation and a famous representative of the French piano school, regularly boasted for his subtle sound, his sense of structure and poetic phrasing.

In 2010, Éric Le Sage very successfully came to the end of a project that he had cherished and prepared for a long time; recording Robert Schumann’s complete works for piano. He has been invited to perform in this context in major venues around the world.

Éric Le Sage has performed recitals and chamber music concerts in major venues throughout the world and played as a soloist with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, St Louis Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthaus Orchester, Dresden Philharmonie, Gothenburg Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. He has worked with conductors such as Edo de Waart, Stéphane Denève, Louis Langrée, Michel Plasson, Michael Stern, Sir Simon Rattle, Alondra de la Parra and Fabien Gabel.

Born in Aix en Provence, Éric Le Sage was the winner of major international competitions such as Porto in 1985 and the Robert Schumann competition in Zwickau in 1989.  He was also a prize-winner at Leeds International competition the same year, which allowed him to perform under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle.