Béatrice Martin (harpsichordist)

Béatrice Martin (born 1973) is a French harpsichordist.

Béatrice Martin

Life

Born in Annecy, Martin began playing the harpsichord at the age of 6 years old in parallel with dancing.[1] She studied at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève then Conservatoire de Paris.[2]

In 2000, she founded the ensemble "Les Folies françoises"[3] with the violinist and conductor Patrick Cohën-Akenine.

She is a professor at the Mùsica de Catalunya University of Barcelona and has been a guest professor at the Juilliard School in New York since 2015.

She has recorded about ten CDs.

Her album Bach : concertos pour clavecin was awarded a Diapason d'or.[4]

Prizes and awards
  • 1998: First prize for harpsichord at the MAfestival Brugge.[5]
  • 1999: Prix Bärenreiter Publishers
  • 1999: Révélation de l’ADAMI au MIDEM de Cannes.
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References
  1. "Interview de Béatrice Martin : Danses". Culturebox. March 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. "Journal de Genève - 27 June1991 - Pages 28/29". www.letempsarchives.ch. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  3. Official website
  4. "Onze concertos de Bach : l'Indispensable de l'été est arrivé !". diapasonmag.fr (in French). 29 June 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  5. "Beatrice Martin (Harpsichord) - Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
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