Born in Lausanne, cellist Martin Egidi is part of a new generation of versatile musicians, passionate about the broad sonic spectrum ranging from early music to contemporary repertoire, on both modern and baroque cello. Chamber music lies at the heart of his career.

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He performs with Thomas Demenga, Nicolas Altstaedt, Claudio Martinez Mehner, Maria Włoszczowska and Dmitry Smirnov, among others, and appears at numerous festivals, including the Salzburger Festspiele, VOLTA Kammermusikfest, Misteria Paschalia in Kraków, Resonanzen in Vienna, Davos Festival, Lavaux Classic, Musikdorf Ernen, Heidelberger Frühling, London Handel Festival and IMS Prussia Cove.

 

He is a member of the duo naïa with percussionist Augustin Lipp, of the Trio Zeitgeist, and of Ossian’s Dream, an ensemble at the forefront of research into historical performance practice of the Classical and Romantic repertoires.

A laureate of the Migros Culture Percentage in 2019, he won First Prize at the Orpheus Competition (2022) and at the Paul Juon Chamber Music Competition (2023) with the Trio Zeitgeist. In 2025, he won First Prize at the Van Wassenaer International Competition at the Utrecht Early Music Festival (Festival Oude Muziek) with Ossian’s Dream.

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Also drawn to orchestral playing, he is regularly invited as principal cellist with ensembles such as Ensemble Resonanz, the Kammerorchester Basel and the Basel Sinfonietta, as well as with early music ensembles including Il Pomo d’Oro, Arcangelo and the Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble.

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As a member of the shared artistic direction of the Orchestre des Jeunes de Suisse Romande, he is committed to mentoring and nurturing young talent. He also gives masterclasses for young musicians specializing in historically informed performance.

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He holds a Bachelor’s degree with distinction from the class of Patrick Demenga, and in 2020 earned a Master’s degree at the Musik-Akademie Basel with Danjulo Ishizaka. He has further studied with David Geringas, Claudio Martinez Mehner, Rainer Schmidt, Steven Isserlis and Stephan Forck. He studied baroque cello at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Christophe Coin and Petr Skalka.

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Martin is an associate artist of the Jumpstart Jr. Foundation and plays a cello by Giovanni Battista Genova (1760).