After obtaining his bachelor’s degree from the Conservatoire royal de Liège in 2018, Valère Burnon left for Germany to study under Florence Millet at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. Since 2022 he has been Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and in recent years he has also perfected his piano skills at the Accademia Internazionale di Imola. Among other awards, he has won prizes at the Épinal (First Prize, 2019), Bremen (First Prize, 2021), Long-Thibaud (Revelation Prize, 2022) and Viotti (Second Prize, 2023) competitions. Valère Burnon has appeared alongside such orchestras as the Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, and the Milan and Metz Symphony Orchestras. He has performed in the Philharmonic Halls of Cologne, Liège and Luxembourg, and in such venues as the Salle Cortot in Paris and Tonhalle in Düsseldorf. Having learned the violin as his first instrument, he has a particular affinity for the chamber music repertoire. He has recorded two CDs and has been teaching chamber music at the Conservatoire royal de Liège since 2022.

Teachers

2022 - : Frank Braley & Avo Kouyoumdjian
2021 - 2024 : Leonid Margarius
2018 - 2021 : Florence Millet
2016 - 2018 : Jean Schils, Étienne Rappe & François Thiry
2008 - 2018 : Marie-Paule Cornia
2005 - 2016 : Émilie Chenoy

Degrees

2022 - : Artist Diploma, Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel
2021 - 2024 : Corso triennale, Accademia Internazionale di Imola “Incontri col Maestro”
2018 - 2021 : Master, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
2016 - 2018 : Bachelier, Conservatoire Royal de Liège

Concerts

2024 : Yamaha Ginza Hall (Tokyo, Japon), Récital solo
2024 : Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, dir. Vahan Mardirossian
2024 : Philharmonie de Luxembourg, Récital de musique de chambre
2024 : Malmundarium de Malmedy, Festival « Il pleut des cordes », Récital solo
2024 : Château Kirwan, Margaux-Cantenac (France), Festival « L’Esprit du Piano », Récital solo
2023 : Théâtre municipal de Louvain, Frascati Symphonic, dir. Kris Stroobants
2023 : Royal Juillet Musical de Saint-Hubert, Récital de musique de chambre
2023 : Musée des Instruments de Musique de Bruxelles, Concerts de Midi, Récital solo
2023 : Flagey, Studio 4, Chapel Flagey Festival, Sinfonia Varsovia, dir. Augustin Dumay
2023 : Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, Midi-minimes, Récital solo

Competitions

2023 : Second prix, Concorso Gian Battista Viotti
2022 : Prix Révélation, Concours Long-Thibaud
2021 : Premier prix & Prix de la meilleure interprétation de la pièce contemporaine, Europäischer Klavierwettbewerb Bremen
2019 : Premier prix, Concours International de Piano d’Épinal