About this Artist
Chosen from among 70 of his best peers in a totally blind and anonymous audition process, Emmanuel Ceysson joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic in September 2020. This exciting position in a symphony orchestra came after almost 15 years of playing principal harp in opera orchestras: first, with the Paris Opera, a job he won at the age of 22, and then with the Metropolitan Opera in New York for five full seasons.
Born and raised in France, Ceysson was admitted unanimously to the Paris Conservatoire when he was 16, and in the next 10 years, he went on to collect the highest international distinctions and prizes, securing an acclaimed solo career, as a recitalist appearing in major concert venues including Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, Wigmore Hall, Salle Gaveau, Munich’s Gasteig, Wiener Konzerthaus, and Hyogo Concert Hall and as soloist with such orchestras as the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, RAI Orchestra Torino, Orchestre National de Lyon, and Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá.
As a recording artist, he has released a wide range of solo, chamber music, and concerto repertoire for the harp on such labels as Naxos, BR Klassik, Naïve, and Aparte—a discography that has earned him acclaim from the specialized press.
Ceysson also invests much of his time teaching master classes worldwide. He held visiting professor positions at the Royal Academy of Music (London) and Sibelius Academy (Helsinki) and teaches a harp studio at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He was recently appointed Associate Music Director of the USA International Harp Competition.