Ceysson won the 2006 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and in November of 2006 gave his debut recitals in New York at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall and in Washington, DC at the Kennedy Center. At the Auditions, he was also awarded the Alice Rosner Foundation Prize, the Victor Salvi Foundation Prize, the Summis Auspiciis Prize, and the Orchestra New England Soloist Prize. Ceysson won the Gold Medal at the 2004 USA International Harp Competition in Bloomington, Indiana.

Ceysson has appeared in recital and at festivals throughout Europe, including the World Harp Congress in Geneva (2002), the Journées de la Harpe in Arles (2000, 2002 and 2003), and the 6th European Harp Symposium in Lyon (2004). He has performed as soloist with l’Orchestre de Basse-Normandie and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He frequently performs with l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and serves as Principal Harp of the Paris Opera Orchestra.

Emmanuel Ceysson was born in 1984 in Oulins, France. He attended the Conservatoire National de Région de Lyon, where he studied harp with Jacqueline Defoulounoux and Christophe Truant. Also an accomplished transcriber and arranger, he received the prestigious “Premier Prix” of Harmony from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (CNSMDP). He received a Diplome de Formation Supérieure (First Prize in Harp) from the CNSMDP, where he studied with Isabelle Moretti, in 2005.

Ceysson’s debut CD, Divertissements à la française, was released in 2005 on Egan Records.