Charles-Antoine Duflot was born in 1986 in St. Quentin/
France and has won numerous prizes since 1999,
including first prizes at the U.F.A.M. Competition in
Paris, the 2009 International J&A Beare Solo Bach Competition in London, the 2010 International Beethoven
Competition in Hradec-nad-Moravici and the
2011 Possehl Music Prize in Lübeck. In May 2013 he
won first prize at the violoncello competition „Ton
und Erklärung – Werkvermittlung in Musik und
Wort“ (Tone and Explanation – Work Mediation in
Music and Words) in Hanover. The present recording,
made in cooperation with the Cultural Society of the
German Economy in the Confederation of German
Industry (BDI) and NDR Kultur, is the result of that
prize.