Romain Garioud is a leading representative of the young and brilliant French cello school. A prize winner at such prestigious International Competitions as Moscow’s Tchaikovsky (2001) and Paris Rostropovitch (2002), he is also a second prize winner at Chile’s Vina del Mar competition in 2002.

He graduated from Paris CNSMD - Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique with a First Prize in both cello (1997) and chamber music (1998).

Know for his outstanding sound and sense of phrasing, Romain Garioud has had the privilege of working with such widely renowned cellists as philippe Muller, Anner Bylsma, Natalia Chakovskaia, Steven Isserlis and, more recently, David Geringas.

Romain Garioud has won Mécénat Société Générale and Fondation Meyer awards. In 2002, he was short-listed for the Victoires de la Musique Classique and was an ADAMI ‘revelation’ (French national institution for professional musicians). His career then greatly expanded and he was invited to perform or give master-classes in many classical music venues in France and abroad (Festival de l’Orangerie de Sceaux, Flâneries de Reims, Musique à l’Empéri, ….).

He played with such great conductors as Christoph Eschenbach (Orchestre de Paris), Jean-Marc Burfin (Lisbon’s Metropolitan Orchestra) or Stéphane Cardonand with prestigious chamber music partners like Mstislav Rostropovitch, Eric Le Sage, Paul Meyer, Ju-Ying Song, Tanja Becker-Bender, Régis Pasquier…Several of his concerts were recorded by Radio France or Music Cable TV channel Mezzo.

Romain Garioud is willing to defend an eclectic repertoire. In chamber music as well as in his performances as a soloist, he is driven by a true passion for exchange.

In November 2005, Romain Garioud winns the 1st Prize of Valentino Bucchi's International Competition ( Roma - Italy )