Claire-Marie Le Guay

Claire-Marie Le Guay “organizes her narrative through sweeping gestures, as if skimming the movements of an inner clock hidden beneath the eloquence of the song.” (Pianiste Magazine).

She has performed at New York's Carnegie Hall, the Philharmonie de Paris, Tokyo's Suntory Hall, and the Festival de La Roque d'Anthéron. Guest soloist in recital, chamber music and concerto (Bayerischer Rundfunk, Kremerata Baltica, New Japan Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris), she has performed under the direction of Daniel Barenboïm and Louis Langrée, with whom she has recorded Concertos by LISZT, RAVEL and SCHULHOFF. 

Her broad repertoire includes the music of her time, in particular that of Thierry Escaich, who dedicated several works to her, and of whom she is one of the most faithful interpreters.

Since 2001, Claire-Marie Le Guay has taught at the CNSMD de Paris and at the Académie de musique française de l'École Normale-Alfred Cortot. Laureate of the Victoires de la musique, Eisenhower Fellow 2015, Artistic Director of the Dinard Music Festival from 2018 to 2023, she collaborated from 2012 to 2020 with the Opéra de Dijon for the development of young audiences.

Artist in residence at the Théâtre du Chesnay since 2019, she is the author of two books: La Vie est plus belle en musique (2018) and C'est la nuit qu'il est beau de croire à la lumière (2022) prefaced by Erik Orsenna. She has made some twenty recordings, including SCHUBERT with cellist François Salque, Voyage en Russie, BACH, LISZT Les joies de l'âme for the Mirare label.

May 2025