Aurélien Pontier

Pianist Aurélien Pontier parlayed child prodigy status into a flourishing adult career after making his debut at age nine. He has performed across Western and Eastern Europe and as far afield as Thailand. Pontier is a fixture on France's two large classical music radio networks. He has made several recordings, including Vienna: Joyful Apocalypse in 2024. Pontier was born in Paris in 1981. His father was a pianist and piano teacher who played for his five-year-old son a recording of the Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77, by violinist Itzhak Perlman and conductor Carlo ...