OPHÉLIE GAILLARD

Cellist

Ophélie Gaillard is a French cellist born in 1974 in Paris. From the age of 7, she showed a keen interest in the cello. She studied in Paris, where she earned three awards at the CNSM in chamber music, cello, and baroque cello. She also holds a certificate in cello studies and a degree in musicology from the Sorbonne. After winning several international prizes, including 3rd place at the J.S. Bach International Cello Competition in Leipzig in 1998, she was voted “Instrumental Solo Revelation” at the **Victoires de la Musique Classique** in 2003 by a wide audience.

Since then, she has performed in the most prestigious venues (Bruges, Amsterdam, Bozar). After co-founding the Amarillis ensemble (a chamber music group with variable geometry), she created **Pulcinella** in 2005, a collective of virtuosos passionate about performing on historical instruments. She has recorded two albums, **Boccherini, Madrid** (2007) and **Vivaldi, Complete Cello Sonatas** (2006), both of which received top discographic distinctions.

She also collaborates with contemporary composers and dancers, notably hip-hop dancer Ibrahim Sissoko, and participated in the creation of a dance performance in 2012. Her recordings of Bach’s complete suites, Britten’s suites and sonata with pianist Vanessa Wagner, as well as her album dedicated to Gabriel Fauré’s works for cello and piano with Bruno Fontaine, have been highly praised by international critics.

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