Winner of several international awards, Lysandre Donoso is a leading soloist and is frequently called upon to perform with the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, etc… He regularly performs in the greatest halls in Europe like the Royal Albert Hall (London), the Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg), the Salle Pleyel (Paris), the Bozar (Brussels), the Cité de la Musique (Paris) and the Berlin Konzerthaus.
He started his studies at the age of 6 years old at the Conservatoire de Lyon. Nourished by his diverse origins, including Latin-American folk music by his Chilean father and the bandoneon he inherited from his Polish grandfather, he began to be passionate about Tango and Argentinian music and quickly became a specialist of the genre. He studied at the Conservatory of Rotterdam (Codarts) under the teaching of Gustavo Beytelmann and Víctor Villena. In parallel of his studies, he has been multiplying the professional experiences: the Silbando orchestra, the Emedea quintet, the Sónico ensemble, the Caliente quartet and Juan José Mosalini’s grand orchestra among others.
Lysandre is now a reference in tango and one of the most requested bandoneonists in Europe. He is a leading expert in the music of Astor Piazzolla thanks to an important effort of research, transcription and editing of his lost or forgotten work. He’s been rewarded the prize of best bandoneon player in the competition organized by the Fundación Astor Piazzolla in 2021.
His discography is extensive, with recordings of various styles: classical music (« Rendez-vous with Martha Argerich » with the violinist Michael Guttman), French song (forthcoming discs with the singer Juliette and the band Les Ogres de Barback), jazz (Lalo Zanelli, Jean-Michel Proust), besides tango. He has been invited to travel to festivals with international dimension: Odessa Classics, Martha Argerich Festival (Hamburg), Week-end Tango à la Philharmonie (Paris), Tango BA Festival y Mundial (Buenos Aires), Trans-Siberian Art Festival (Novosibirsk), Pietrasanta in Concerto, Crans-Montana Classics. He also performed in South Korea, Colombia, Canada,