04 OCT
2008
Ten questions to Jerome Pernoo

Le Monde de la Musique
Ten questions to Jerome Pernoo
A model He does not exist in the flesh! He is the fruit of imagination and knowledge, of freedom and environment, in one word, of  our culture. But the model is not an "ideal" that it would be necessary to reach…
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29 OCT
2008
A Consuming Need To Create

by Antoine Pecqueur
A Consuming Need To Create
Jérôme Pernoo, one of the great current French cellists, has a passion for contemporary music, especially Guillaume Connesson’s one... so much that he asked “Musique Nouvelle en Liberté" to commission a cello concerto. The creation will take place on November…
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24 AOÛT
2007
Conversation

by Michel Oriano
Conversation
As we announced it in our last issue, you have just been appointed cello teacher at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris as a replacement of Jean-Marie Gamard, who retired. You are only 34 years old, an exceptionally…
29 MARS
2009
Amateur Practice and Teaching

by Michel Oriano
Amateur Practice and Teaching
We had met two years ago, before you took your duties at the CNSM where you replaced Jean-Marie Gamard. You had then let our readers know about your life as a musician. Today, I would like you to focus on…
13 JUIN
2007
Widening Of The Public

by Jerome Pernoo
Widening Of The Public
All the actors of cultural life agree: it is necessary to widen the public of classical concerts. But widen to whom exactly? To those who are not interested? This is a strange bet. Shouldn’t we interest ourselves more on the…
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29 JUIN
2005
The "Seniors" Testify

by Marcel Weiss
The
Jerome Pernoo what is your personal idea of being an artist? It is not precisely a profession. It is a way of life, a permanent glance on the world, on beauty, on the ugliness which surrounds us. A musician is an…
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29 SEPT
2007
Inventing One's Path
by Gretchen Amusen
Inventing One's Path
Jérôme Pernoo’s career as a cellist and musician has – despite his young age (35) – already spanned many worlds  – from South Africa to Bielorussia, from dance to theatre, from chamber music to solo performances with great orchestras, from…