Originally from Bordeaux, Rodolphe Lospied began playing the piano at the age of five and obtained several Musical Studies Diplomas: piano, chamber music, accompaniment but also harpsichord and basso continuo at the Regional Conservatory. He continued his advanced studies at the CRR then entered the CNSMD in Lyon in David Selig's class. He obtains his Master's degree in June 2022.
Freshly graduated, he takes part in recruitment competitions for the Lyon National Orchestra, the Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ile-de-France National Orchestra, and the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 2022, he performed at the Lyon Opera in recital with soprano Claire de Sévigné, in the orchestra in Pierre et le Loup and as a chamber musician with Julien Beaudiment (flutist), Ewa Miecznikowska (cellist) and Chloé Briot (mezzo-soprano).
A versatile musician, he is a harpsichordist in the opera Bang! under the direction of Ingrid Roose at the Philharmonie de Paris and plays under the baton of Marc Minkowski in Handel's Messiah at the Auditorium de Bordeaux. He will also be harpsichordist during the opening concert of the 2024 Les Arcs festival, with the Geneva Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Raphaël Sévère.
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Rodolphe Lospied developed the profession of singing leader with Emmanuel Olivier, Irène Kudela, Mariame Clément, Barbara Nestola and Brice Sailly. In 2023, he joined the Jeune Scène Lyrique de l'Arcal and the promotion of Génération Opéra, which led him to accompany the Voix-Nouvelles 2023 competition both on the piano and the harpsichord. He will perform with the winners in several major opera houses (Nice, Dinard, Limoges, Nancy, Rouen, Compiègne, Avignon, Toulouse and even at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris).
Furthermore, he participates in several projects with David Stern and accompanies the auditions of the 5th generation of Opéra Fuoco.
Since 2018, he has formed the duo Symbiose with Julie Goussot (soprano). After participating in the Nuits Lyriques de Marmande competition in August 2021 where they won first prize in Melody (as well as first prize in Opera for Julie), they were awarded the Grand Prize at the French Melody Competition in Toulouse.
They have just participated in the 5th edition of the LiedBasel festival in Switzerland under the teaching of singer Ian Bostridge and pianist Julius Drake. They plan to record an album “Parisian evenings” in 2025.