Having studied under Nelson Goerner, Maria Tipo and Aldo Ciccolini, Olivier Cavé gave his
first concert with the Camerata Lysy under the direction of Yehudi Menuhin in September
of 1991. His career took a turn in September 2008 upon the release of a first recording for
Aeon (Outhere Music Group), which features sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti. Critics across
Europe praised the Swiss pianist with Neapolitan roots for having ‘returned to the source’.
Dedicated to Muzio Clementi, Cavé’s second recording is even more striking than his first.
Released in the autumn of 2010, the CD was given a 5 Diapason rating, 4 Stars from Classica
and the highest award from the Japanese magazine Geijutsu Records. This success also led
to invitations to perform at prestigious locations throughout the world. His tour along the
American eastern seaboard was a success and preceded his debut with the San Francisco
Symphony Orchestra in February 2012 under the direction of Rinaldo Alessandrini, where
the pianist was praised as a ‘model of refinement behind the keyboard’. In August 2012,
Olivier Cavé made a remarkable debut at La Roque d’Anthéron International Piano Festival
in France. He released his third disc with Aeon in May 2013, dedicated to the music of
Johann Sebastian Bach and entitled, Concerti, Capriccio e Aria – Nel gusto italiano, a
program that he interpreted at Venice’s Teatro La Fenice. Cavé made a second appearance at
La Roque d’Anthéron International Piano Festival in the summer of 2013 where he was hailed as
‘a revelation of the 33rd edition’. In March 2014, a glowing review in the New York Times
marked the pianist’s New York City debut at The Frick Collection. Olivier Cavé’s fourth album,
entitled Chiaro e scuro, was released with Aeon in 2015, dedicated to the music of Joseph
Haydn and Domenico Scarlatti. The recording, which topped Forbes’ 10 Best Classical
Recordings 2015 list, received unanimous critical and popular acclaim.
