Odile BOURIN Violoncelliste member of Femmes et Musique Contact + french website with agent in UK
march 2006
Began her cello studies with Alain Meunier, continuing at the Paris Conservatory where she graduated in 1981, in Philippe Muller's class. Eventually she attented the Royal Music School of The Hague (Netherlands) to study with Anner Bijlsma and moved next to New-York to attend Harvey Shapiro's lessons at the Juilliard Shool of Music.
Since 1989 her life is dedicated to chamber music: on ancient instrument with piano-forte or harpsichord and modern instrument in duo, trio with piano and sextet mostly (with the "Kammerensemble de Paris").
As a pedagogue, she is regularly invited to take part in juries or master-classes: in 2001, she was the French guest of the 1st International Cello Festival of Kobe, Japan where she also played recitals.
She wrote a new cello method for beginners (2 volumes printed by Editions Lemoine, Paris).
Before that, Odile BOURIN was principal cello at the "Strasburger Philharmonic Orchestra" (from 1985 to 1988), then toured intensively with "I Solisti Veneti" and the "Orchestre de Paris", "La Grande Ecurie" et "la Chambre du Roy", Š under the direction of prestigious conductors.
She is actually a member of:
- Trio Hummel (piano-forte, ancient violin or traverso, and ancient cello)
- Kammerensemble of Paris
- Duo Bourin-Cazauran (cello and contrabass)
- Trio du Péras (piano, violin and cello)
- Duo Kobiki-Bourin (piano and cello)
- Duo Paraskivesco-Bourin (piano and cello)
Fluent English, good notions in German and in Italien.
DISCOGRAPHY
- Not'Hic Not RW1: Drawing-room pieces for cello and piano (Fang-Yi Lee, piano) Pieces written by cellists
- Maguelone 111.127: French music under Napoleon the 3rd(Christophe Maynard, piano; Jean-Claude Bouveresse, violin) Blumenthal, Pasdeloup, Cohen, Saint-Saëns
- VDE-Gallo 1055: with Kammerensemble of Paris and Armin Jordan Koechlin
- VDE-Gallo 904: with Kammerensemble of Paris Nielsen
- VDE-Gallo 795: Duos for cello and contrabass (Bernard Cazauran, contrabass) Boukinik, Genzmer, Rossini, Lindner, Franchomme
- VDE-Gallo 827: with Kammerensemble of Paris and Armin Jordan Schönberg, Wagner, Strauss
- VDE-Gallo 729: with Kammerensemble of Paris and Armin Jordan Martinu, Harsanyi, Tansman
- VDE-Gallo 846: with Kammerensemble of Paris and Armin Jordan Brahms
- VDE-Gallo 938: with Kammerensemble of Paris Nowak
- WOTRE MUSIC: with Kammerensemble of Paris , Felicity Lott and Armin Jordan Delage, Jaubert, Chausson
- BNL: Mozart's Quintet for 2 violas, for horn
- BNL: Tchaïkovski's Sextet an Prokofieff's Quintet
STUDIES :
- 1984 : Post-Graduate Diploma at the Juilliard School of Music of New-York with Harvey Shapiro.
- 1981-1982 : Studies with Anner Bijlsma at the Royal School of Music of The Hague.
- 1981 : First Prize unanimously in cello in Philippe Muller's class at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.
- 1979 : Prize in chamber music in Geneviève Joy's class at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique.
- 1971 : First Prize in Solfeggio with Christian Manen at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.
- 1984-1985 : Baroque cello lessons with Christophe Coin at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.
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