Alphonse Cemin began his musical education studying piano and flute at the Conservatoire in Boulogne-Billancourt and Paris. He later continued at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique (CNSM) in Paris, specializing in analysis, piano accompaniment, chamber music, as well as melody and lieder.

In the 2024/25 season, Alphonse Cemin will conduct George Benjamin’s Picture a Day Like This at the Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg, Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi with English Touring Opera in the UK, and embark on a European tour, including performances at the Elbphilharmonie and the BBC Proms, featuring Boulez’s Le Marteau sans Maître.

Recent engagements include Bellini’s I Puritani with the Athens State Orchestra, Rossini’s La Cenerentola at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and the Opéra de Rouen, and Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride at the Opéra de Nancy. Other notable productions include Rameau’s Les Indes galantes and Tomás Bordalejo’s Bureau 470 at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, as well as George Benjamin’s Into the Little Hill at the Théâtre de l’Athénée and the Opéra de Lille.

Alphonse Cemin is a founding member of the ensemble Le Balcon, where he plays a pivotal role in its artistic projects, contributing as a pianist, conductor, artistic advisor, and musical director.

He also serves as the musical director of the Lundis Musicaux at the Théâtre de l’Athénée in Paris, where renowned artists such as Dame Felicity Lott, Christoph Prégardien, Sandrine Piau, Nahuel Di Pierro, Malcolm Martineau, Michael Spyres, Dorothea Röschmann, Julia Kleiter, and Julius Drake have performed. Additionally, Cemin frequently performs as a pianist, collaborating with singers such as Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Marianne Crebassa for recitals.

Alphonse Cemin has worked alongside distinguished conductors such as Maxime Pascal, Raphaël Pichon, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Kent Nagano, George Benjamin, Marc Minkowski, Daniel Harding, Pablo Heras-Casado, and Marc-André Dalbavie. His collaborations have brought him to prestigious stages, including the Salzburger Festspiele, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Capitole de Toulouse, and the Opéra Comique.

In 2010, Alphonse was named HSBC Laureate Pianist at the Aix-en-Provence Festival Academy. He went on to receive the Interpretation Prize at the Stockhausen Courses in Kürten in 2013 and was awarded the Gabriel Dussurget Prize at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 2017.