Ophélie Gaillard

‘If the drawing is of calligraphic precision, the supple, direct gesture sweeps the listener along in movements that have the fluidity of a mountain stream’ writes Diapason, while Strad magazine puts her ‘at the head of the pack’ and the Times hails ‘Gaillard’s magician’s fingering, a great lyrical heart and a kaleidoscope of colours’.
A spirit of insatiable curiosity, a taste for risk, an immoderate appetite for the entire cello concerto repertoire that knows neither borders nor limits, a commitment to social responsibility and an unconditional love of nature – these are undoubtedly the qualities that set this brilliant Franco-Swiss performer apart from an early age. Voted ‘Instrumental Soloist of the Year’ at the 2003 Victoires de la Musique Classique awards, she has since performed recitals across Asia and Europe, and has been a guest soloist with the most prestigious orchestras, including the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, the Orchestre National de Metz, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and the New Japan Philharmonic.

She entertains privileged relations with contemporary composers and regularly commissions new works. She has recorded several complete works for Aparté to international acclaim: Bach, Britten, Schumann, Fauré, Chopin, Brahms, CPE Bach, Strauss, as well as thematic albums that have won over a vast audience: Dreams, Alvorada and Exils, Vivaldi, I colori dell’ombra, a Night in London, Napoli!