Béatrice Martin (harpsichordist)


Béatrice Martin is a French harpsichordist.

Life

Born in Annecy, Martin began playing the harpsichord at the age of 6 years old in parallel with dancing. She studied at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève then Conservatoire de Paris.
In 2000, she founded the ensemble "Les Folies françoises" 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.

Prizes and awards