À propos
« Young promising violinist » , « a pyrotechnic game »— Le Figaro
« A bow with velocity and a secure left hand » — Le Monde
Grégoire Torossian started playing the violin at the age of 4. In 2018, he joined the Conservatoire National de Paris (CNSMDP) and studied with Ami FLAMMER, Svetlin ROUSSEV and Pierre Colombet. He also learnt from Patrice FONTANAROSA at the Schola Cantorum and Karen AROUTIOUNIAN in Brussels before continuing today an Artist Diploma Diploma again at the CNSMDP.
Grégoire Torossian enriched his knowledge throughout Europe with musicians such as Sergey Khachatryan, Julia Fischer, Kirill Troussov, Constantin Bogdanas and Pierre Amoyal as well as Nemanja Radulovic in the Academy Philippe Jaroussky (promotion Brahms).
He quickly distinguished himself in competitions in France, and abroad with the Leonid KOGAN 2018 competition in Brussels. Internationally, he won the 3rd Prize of the prestigious Georges Enescu competition in 2022 in Bucharest and in 2024, the Mimas competition in Napoli. He performs regularly as a soloist, in recital and chamber music. He searches and explores the musical complicity with many musicians such as Jérôme Fréjaville, Rodolphe Menguy, Ilan Zajtmann, Pierre Lénert, Georges Barré, Lorraine Campet. Since 2024 with the Vermeer String Trio, of which he is a founding member alongside Marie Ducroux (alto) and Eliott Leridon (cello).
Grégoire Torossian is invited to many festivals such as the Colmar international festival, Les Granges de Meslay, the Pablo Casals festival, Les Etoiles du Classique Festival, French Spring Festival in Ukraine and the Seiji Ozawa Academy in Switzerland…
He has performed in Concert halls such as the Kiev Philharmonic, the Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Paris Philharmonic, the Bucharest Athenaeum, la Seine Musicale and the Paris Philharmonic. He also collaborates as soloist with orchestras such as the Republican Guard Orchestra, the Baden-Baden Philharmonic, the George Enescu Festival Orchestra and the Paris Conservatory Laureates Orchestra with conductors like Wilson Hermanto, Sebastien Billard, François Boulanger, Jean-François Verdier and Heiko Mathias Förster.
Grégoire Torossian plays on the « Faisan doré » by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, dating from 1862, generously provided by a private collector. He is supported by the Safran Foundation since 2024.
