Delphine Biron

Born in 1983, Delphine BIRON graduated with first prizes in cello, string quartet and sonata at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in 2003. Winner of the Épernay String Competition and the Young Talents of the West Competition, she then performed as a soloist with the Orchester de Bretagne and various Nantes ensembles, became a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra in 2002 then in 2004, participated in the 20th century Academy of the Lucerne Festival, directed by Pierre Boulez.
Active in several contemporary music ensembles such as the Atelier Musical de Touraine, Multilaterales, Tm+ and Smash-Ensemble, she is occasionally invited to work at the Ensemble Intercontemporain. She collaborates with composers such as Olivier Dejours, Ondrej Adamek. Since 2015, she has created in France with actors Georges Becot and Françoise Limouzi two music and theater shows around Paul Claudel and André Malraux. Passionate about the chamber music repertoire, in 2012 she joined the Thymos Quartet and took part in numerous concerts both abroad (Kennedy Center-Washington DC, Brazil…) and in France (Auditorium du Musée d’Orsay , Salle Gaveau, Philharmonie de Paris).

Since November 2005, Delphine Biron has been a tenured cellist at the Orchester de Paris and is regularly invited to several international groups (London Symphony Orchestra, Parnü Music Festival, etc.). His discography includes recordings around the works of André Jolivet, Olivier Greif, Ramon Lazkano, Antonio Vivaldi and Franz Schubert. Delphine BIRON plays on a Joseph Hel cello from 1889, gold medal at the 1900 Universal Exhibition for her exceptional violin making.