Gwendal Giguelay

Gwendal GIGUELAY is a pianist of Breton origin. Trained in Rennes then at the National Higher Conservatories of Music and Dance of Paris and Lyon, he won the Scaramuzza Prize of the Les Corts Competition in Barcelona (2008) as well as the Musicians Between War and Peace Prize of the Ravel Academy of Saint- Jean-de-Luz (2010). He performs as a soloist in France and abroad and has recorded Chopin’s 24 Études opus 10 and 25 for the BY Classique label (2022).
A passionate chamber musician, he also forms a duo with the cellist Louis Rodde with whom he recorded the CD Sonatas (Fauré, Ropartz), released on the NoMadMusic label (2016). He regularly collaborates with Catel and Bocquet, the Octuor de France, the Orchester national d’Île-de-France and the Académie Musicale de Villecroze.
A specialist in improvisation, he regularly accompanies silent cinema and lends himself to original artistic experiences such as comic book concerts, performances at the Venice Biennale, or even cinema: he is on screen in the film Noces by Philippe Béziat (2011).

Gwendal Giguelay maintains a privileged relationship with the world of dance and movement. He has collaborated with multiple companies and institutions such as the Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, the Alvin Ailey American Danse Theater, the dancer and choreographer Pichet Klunchun, the Center National de la Danse de Pantin as well as INSEP (swimming synchronized).
Holder of the Certificate of Aptitude for teaching duties, Gwendal Giguelay teaches piano and improvisation; he is regularly invited as a teacher in Asia and Africa. In 2016, he received the Musical Teaching Prize from the Chambre Syndicale des Éditeurs de Musique de France.
His three educational works were published by Éditions First: Improvising on the piano for dummies (2017), Les Grands Classiques du piano pour les dummies (2018) and Masterpieces of Classical Cinema for Dummies (2020).