David Kadouch, born in 1985, is quickly becoming one of the most acclaimed pianists of his generation. A prize winner at the Beethoven Bonn Competition in 2005 and Leeds International Piano Competition in 2009, Kadouch has become a regular guest of some of the most important orchestras, recital series and international festivals.

He has performed at major festivals: Contemporary Music Festival in Lucerne under Pierre Boulez, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Gstaad Festival, Verbier Festival (where he was awarded the Verbier Festival Prix d’Honneur in 2009), Montreux Festival, Schwetzingen Festival, Jerusalem Festival, La Roque d’Anthéron Festival, Les Flâneries Musicales de Reims, “Folles Journées” in Japan, Piano aux Jacobins in China, in the Tonhalle in Zürich and Louvre in Paris. He is playing chamber music with Renaud Capuçon, Antoine Tamestit, Nikolaj Znaider, Radovan Vlatkovic, Frans Helmerson, as well as the Quartets Quiroga, Ebène and Ardeo.

This 2010-2011 season he had his New York debut recital at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and performs with the Tonhalle Orchestra of Zürich under David Zinman (Beethoven 5), Orchestre Philarmonique de Monte Carlo under Yakov Kreizberg, Orchestre National de Lille and the Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra under Jean-Claude Casadesus, Orchestre de Strasbourg under Marc Alrecht, Halle Orchester under Robin Ticciati… He gives recitals in Paris, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Reims, Madrid, Verbier, Elmau, Munich, Strasbourg and tours Japan.

Born in Nice, Kadouch began his studies at the Nice Conservatoire with Odile Poisson. At the age of 14 he entered the Paris Conservatoire in the classes of Jacques Rouvier. After receiving First Prize with Honors from the Paris Conservatoire, he moved to the Reina Sofia School in Madrid, where he studied with the legendary Dmitri Bashkirov. He has been perfecting as well with Murray Perahia, Mauricio Pollini, Maria-Joao Pires, Daneil Barenboim, Vitaly Margulis, Itzak Perlman…

At the age of 13, Kadouch was invited by Itzhak Perlman to play under his baton at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In 2008, Perlman  invited him again to perform the Schumann Piano Quintet, this time at Carnegie  Hall.

Daniel Barenboim invited him to participate in his Beethoven Sonata DVD project, which also featured Lang Lang… He also Barenboim invited him to replace Murray Perahia in Jerusalem in 2008 and to participate with him at the France 2 TV show “Thé ou Café” in 2009. Most recently, he invited him to step in for Lang Lang in Ramallah (West Bank), filmed by Arte for the documentary “Maestro”.

Kadouch's recordings include a live recording of the Beethoven Concerto No. 5 Emperor with the Cologne Philharmonic for Naxos. In January 2010 TransArt Live released his recording of Shostakovich's Preludes.

David Kadouch is nominated “Young Talent of the Year” by French Victoires de la Musique in 2010 and was elected “Young Artist of the Year” by the Classical Music Awards in 2011.