Cyprien Lengagne Honored in Stuttgart
Swiss cellist Cyprien Lengagne has been awarded the 2026 Domnick Cello Prize in Stuttgart. The award supports outstanding emerging talent in contemporary music.
According to a press release, the jury of the Domnick Cello Prize praised Cyprien Lengagne as a musician «who demonstrated the full range of his talent throughout the competition: brilliant technique, a full and powerful tone, as well as exemplary thoughtfulness and fidelity to the text.» The jury is convinced that Lengagne has a bright future ahead of him in the music world.
Born in 2000, Lengagne studied cello at the Lausanne Conservatory and at the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne. He continued his studies at the International Menuhin Music Academy (IMMA). In 2024, he joined the «Lili and Nadia Boulanger» class at the Académie Jaroussky, and in 2025, he enrolled in the elite program at the École Normale Alfred Cortot in Paris.
The competition jury consisted of Thomas Demenga (chair), whose work IVY which also served as the compulsory piece, as well as Åsa Åkerberg, Diana Ligeti, Martina Schucan, Nicola Baroni, Tristan Cornut, and Conradin Brotbek (competition director). The prize was established by Greta and Ottomar Domnick. The couple, who began collecting abstract art in 1945, made experimental films, and built a modern villa in 1967 as a venue for art and New Music, established the Cello Prize to support young cellists.
