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Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre

Double bassist Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre joined the Concertgebouworkest in August 2013 and he was appointed 2nd principal double bass in 2015.

Originally he studied cello at the conservatory in his native city of Toulon and at the conservatory in Rueil-Malmaison. Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre went on to double bass with Jean-Pierre Resecco in Toulon and with Vincent Pasquier in Paris. He completed his studies at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen with Niek de Groot, former principal double bassist of the Concertgebouworkest.

He was a member of the Seiji Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy in Switzerland and member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. He was appointed assistant principal double bassist of the Orchestre National de Lille in 2003, a position he held for nine years. He also worked as a substitute with various French orchestras, and with the Concertgebouworkest in 2012.

He has participated in various chamber music festival, such festival Opera Barga and Festival International of chamber music in Thèze.

Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre is professor double bass at the Musikene Superior Arts Center in San Sebastián (Spain).

Pierre-Emmanuel plays a double bass from the collection of Foundation Concertgebouworkest, a Bergonzi family double bass, built in Cremona in 1760.

Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre image: Mladen Pikulic

Double bassist Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre joined the Concertgebouworkest in August 2013 and he was appointed 2nd principal double bass in 2015.

Originally he studied cello at the conservatory in his native city of Toulon and at the conservatory in Rueil-Malmaison. Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre went on to double bass with Jean-Pierre Resecco in Toulon and with Vincent Pasquier in Paris. He completed his studies at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen with Niek de Groot, former principal double bassist of the Concertgebouworkest.

He was a member of the Seiji Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy in Switzerland and member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. He was appointed assistant principal double bassist of the Orchestre National de Lille in 2003, a position he held for nine years. He also worked as a substitute with various French orchestras, and with the Concertgebouworkest in 2012.

He has participated in various chamber music festival, such festival Opera Barga and Festival International of chamber music in Thèze.

Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre is professor double bass at the Musikene Superior Arts Center in San Sebastián (Spain).

Pierre-Emmanuel plays a double bass from the collection of Foundation Concertgebouworkest, a Bergonzi family double bass, built in Cremona in 1760.

Double bassist Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre joined the Concertgebouworkest in August 2013 and he was appointed 2nd principal double bass in 2015.

Originally he studied cello at the conservatory in his native city of Toulon and at the conservatory in Rueil-Malmaison. Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre went on to double bass with Jean-Pierre Resecco in Toulon and with Vincent Pasquier in Paris. He completed his studies at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen with Niek de Groot, former principal double bassist of the Concertgebouworkest.

He was a member of the Seiji Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy in Switzerland and member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. He was appointed assistant principal double bassist of the Orchestre National de Lille in 2003, a position he held for nine years. He also worked as a substitute with various French orchestras, and with the Concertgebouworkest in 2012.

He has participated in various chamber music festival, such festival Opera Barga and Festival International of chamber music in Thèze.

Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre is professor double bass at the Musikene Superior Arts Center in San Sebastián (Spain).

Pierre-Emmanuel plays a double bass from the collection of Foundation Concertgebouworkest, a Bergonzi family double bass, built in Cremona in 1760.

  • Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre image: Mladen Pikulic
    Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre image: Mladen Pikulic
  • Dominic Seldis and colleagues Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre and Rob Dirksen after a concert. image: Anne Dokter
    Dominic Seldis and colleagues Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre and Rob Dirksen after a concert. image: Anne Dokter
  • Double bassist Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre. image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest
    Double bassist Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre. image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest
  • X-ray research in the state studio of the Rijksmuseum of the Bergonzibas, which may be purchased by the Foundation Concertgebouworkest for Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre. image: Hanna Philips/Concertgebouworkest
    X-ray research in the state studio of the Rijksmuseum of the Bergonzibas, which may be purchased by the Foundation Concertgebouworkest for Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre. image: Hanna Philips/Concertgebouworkest
  • Röntgen-onderzoek in het rijksatelier van het Rijkmuseum van de  Bergonzibas, die mogelijk door de Stichting Donateurs wordt aangeschaft ten behoeve van Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre.  De scan wordt op een beeldscherm bekeken. image: Hanna Philips/Concert...
    Röntgen-onderzoek in het rijksatelier van het Rijkmuseum van de Bergonzibas, die mogelijk door de Stichting Donateurs wordt aangeschaft ten behoeve van Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre. De scan wordt op een beeldscherm bekeken. image: Hanna Philips/Concert...
  • Théotime Voisin and Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre. image: Milagro Elstak
    Théotime Voisin and Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre. image: Milagro Elstak
  • image: Darja Stravs Tisu
    image: Darja Stravs Tisu