Claire-Marie Le Guay

A soloist on the international scene, Claire-Marie Le Guay has performed at New York's Carnegie Hall, the Philharmonie de Paris, Tokyo's Suntory Hall, the La Roque d'Anthéron Festival, and the Klavier Festival Ruhr. Winner of several international competitions, she plays with the same commitment in recital, chamber music (with François Salque, the Modigliani Quartet, etc.) or in concerto (under the direction of Daniel Barenboim, Louis Langrée, etc.). His vast discography has been acclaimed by the critics. With the release of her recording Joies de l'âme in 2021, Claire-Marie Le Guay has rediscovered Liszt, whose interpretation made her known to the general public at the age of 19. This is her fourth recording for Mirare after "Voyage en Russie", "Bach", then Schubert "Wanderer" with François Salque. Her wide-ranging repertoire includes the music of her time (Dutilleux, Thierry Escaich, of whom she is the dedicatee of several works and one of the most faithful interpreters, Sofia Gubaïdulina and Bruno Mantovani). 

Giving an essential place to transmission, she teaches since 2001 at the CNSM of Paris. A committed artist, she collaborated with the Dijon Opera from 2012 to 2020 in the development of artistic projects for young audiences. Eisenhower Fellow 2015, Claire-Marie Le Guay is the artistic director of the Dinard International Music Festival since 2018 and the author of the lives La Vie est plus belle en musique, ed Flammarion 2018 and C'est la nuit qu'il est beau de croire à la lumière, Flammarion 2022.

December 2022