Wednesday, 12 March

Solo Bach

Ophélie Gaillard, cello

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

Première Suite BWV 1007
Prélude - Allemande - Courante - Sarabande - Menuets 1 et 2 - Gigue

Deuxième Suite BWV 1008
Prélude - Allemande - Courante - Sarabande - Menuets 1 et 2 - Gigue

Troisième Suite BWV 1009
Prélude - Allemande - Courante - Sarabande - Bourrées 1 et 2 -Gigue

OPHÉLIE GAILLARD, cello

Franco-Swiss cellist Ophélie Gaillard plays a cello made by Francesco Goffriller in 1737, loaned to her by the CIC (France-based bank Credit Industriel et Commercial).

Education:

Trained at the Paris Conservatoire (CNSM) for chamber music in Maurice Bourgue's class, for cello in Philippe Muller and for Baroque cello, with Christophe Coin
Teaching diploma (cello) and a degree in musicology from the Sorbonne

Awards:

Winner of several international competitions, notably the J. S. Bach International Cello Competition in Leipzig

Orchestras performed with:

The Orchestre de Cannes-Provence- Alpes Côte d'Azur, the Polish Radio Orchestra (conductor Gabriel Chmura), the Orchestre de Picardie (Edmon Colomer), the European Camerata, the orchestra Les Siècles, the Franz Liszt Orchestra of Budapest, the Japan Philarmonic Orchestra

Recitals:

Gave recitals in the world's great concert halls and champions the solo cello repertoire, from Bach's Suites to works by Britten, Dutilleux, Crumb and the composers of the younger generation, and performed at theatres including those of Bordeaux , Avignon , Poissy and Paris (Châtelet)

Festivals:

Appeared at various major festivals such as Saint-Denis , Quimper , Messiaen at La Meige, Orangerie de Sceaux, Sablé-sur-Sarthe, Beaune, Evian, Montreux, Bach in Lausanne , October in Normandy , Reims Flâneries Musicales,Toroella de Montgri

Activities:

Gives recitals and masterclasses in Japan and Korea , Latin and Central America and Canada
Has been teaching since 2000
Took part in Baroque vocal works directed by Christophe Rousset and Emmanuelle Haïm
Founded the ensemble Amarillis, and has played in this group for 10 years
Created Pulcinella, a chamber ensemble composed of some of the finest soloists, with which she explores the vast repertoire of concert cello works

Repertoire:

Bach - Bartholomee - Bartok - Beethoven - Berio - Bloch - Brahms - Britten - Cassado - Chopin - Chostakovitch - Crumb - Debussy - Dutilleux - Dvorak - Elgar - Faure - Janacek -Klaus Huber - Kodaly - Ligeti - Liszt - Lutoslavsky - Martinu - Tanguy - Yun - Haydn - Lalo - Lutoslawski - Rachmaninov - Saint-Saens - Schumann - Strauss - Tanguy - Tchaikovsky

Recordings:

Recorded for radio (France Musique, BBC Radio 3) and television (France 2, Mezzo, Arte)
- Bach – Suites a Vionlocello Solo senza Basso
- Schumann – Phantasiestucke
- Amarillis plays Vivaldi
- Benjamin Britten – Musique de chambre (1 and 2)
- Gabriel Faure – cello and piano
- Vivaldi – Complete cello sonatas (1 and 2)