After a first prize from the Conservatoire de Musique in Avignon, Pierre-Henri XUEREB obtained First Prize at the Paris Conservatory in viola class of Serge COLLOT at the age of sixteen. He perfected his training in the United States, first at Juilliard School, then at Boston University where he obtained the University’s Performance Award and a Bachelor of Music cum laude. Having studied with William PRIMEROSE, of whom he was one of the last pupils, he was a finalist of the Ernest Bloch Competition at the Juilliard School and Hindemith Competition of both Juilliard and the Aspen Festival.

After having auditioned for Pierre BOULEZ in New York, he joined the Ensemble Inter Contemporain as a soloist for two years. As a soloist and chamber musician, he collaborated with many prestigious ensembles – The Audubon, Parisii, Enesco, The Tchaikovsky Trio; and orchestras -The Ensemble Inter Contemporain, Orchestre régional Provence Côtes d’Azur, Orchestre lyrique Alpes Provence, Israel Sinfonietta. He has regularly been invited to play in various chamber music festivals and has appeared with musicians such as Pascal DEVOYON, Natalia GUTMAN, Jean-François HEISSER, Eugène ISTOMIN, among others.

Pierre-Henri XUEREB is professor of viola at the Paris Conservatory and at the Ecole Nationale de Musique in Gennevilliers. He regularly performs and teaches at international summer academies and festivals – Ecole Britten of Perigueux, Festival Pablo Casals of Prades, Musica Senza Frontiera (Bologne), Festival of Kuhmo, C.I.F.M. of Nice and Festival of Rambouillet. From 1991 to 1998, artistic director of the “Florence Gould Hall Chamber Players”, he organised a concert series at the Florence Gould Hall in New York.