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Virgile Roche

Year of birth: 1998
Country: France

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Virgile Roche is one of the most versatile pianists of today's young European scene. Admitted at the age of 17 to the Paris National Conservatory of Music and Dance, he recieved a total of eight degrees: Piano (under M.-J. Jude, J. Vitaud and E. Strosser), Chamber Music, Collaborative Piano, Lied, Harmony, Counterpoint, Composition and Orchestration. In September 2024, he joined the institution’s highly selective Artist Diploma postgraduate programme. From 2022 to 2025, he was an Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium, studying under the guidance of F. Braley and A. Kouyoumdjian. He has taken part in masterclasses with renowned pianists such as N. Goerner, B. Chamayou and M. Béroff, as well as chamber musicians such as H. Beyerle, P. Jüdt and J. Meissl. He performs regularly at major international festivals and venues in Europe and abroad (USA, Japan, UAE, Australia...). In 2026, he is scheduled to perform Béla Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3 for the first time with the Orchestra of the Paris National Conservatory of Music and Dance.

Programme

1st round

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
     I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato
     II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile

Béla Bartók
Three Études, Sz. 72
     I. Allegro molto
     II. Andante sostenuto
     III. Rubato

Franz Liszt
Réminiscences de Norma de Bellini – Grande fantaisie, S. 394

2nd round

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata No. 3 in B-flat major, K. 281
     I. Allegro
     II. Andante amoroso
     III. Rondo. Allegro

Claude Debussy
Images, Book II, L. 111
     I. Cloches à travers les feuilles
     II. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
     III. Poissons d'or

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
     Promenade I
     Gnome
     Promenade II 
     The Old Castle
     Promenade III
     Tuileries 
     Cattle
     Promenade IV
     Ballet of Unhatched Chicks
     Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle
     Promenade V
     Limoges. The Market
     Catacombs
     With the Dead in a Dead Language
     The Hut on Hen’s Legs (Baba Yaga)
     The Great Gate of Kiev

3rd round

Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
     I. Andantino – Allegretto 
     II Scherzo: Vivace 
     III. Intermezzo: Allegro moderato 
     IV. Finale: Allegro tempestoso

Prizes received

  • 2nd prize, Princess Lalla Meryem International Piano Competition, Rabat, Morocco, 2025
  • 3rd prize, 2 special prizes, ARD International Music Competition, Munich, Germany, 2023
  • 2nd prize, Osaka International Chamber Music Competition & Festa, Osaka, Japan, 2023 
  • 2nd prize, Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, Melbourne, Australia, 2023 
  • 1st prize, 2 special prizes, International Chamber Music Competition - Trio di Trieste, Trieste, Italy, 2022
  • 2nd prize, 3 special prizes, Piano Campus International Competition, Pontoise, France, 2020