Aurélie Deschamps-Caillon

Violist
Le Balcon - Aurélie Deschamps-Caillon

Aurélie Deschamps studied with Magali Demesse, Alain Janneau, and Tasso Adamopoulos before joining Pierre-Henri Xuereb's class at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris in 2003. There, she unanimously won a first prize and subsequently earned her advanced diploma in Pierre-Henri Xuereb's class. A passionate chamber musician, she continues to study with artists such as Vladimir Mendelssohn, Claire Désert, Alain Meunier, the Talich Quartet, Peter Csaba, and Ami Flammer.

She has won numerous competitions, including first prize at the TIM competition in Rome, the first Grand Prix of the city of Marseille, and the Henri Tomasi Prize. Numerous engagements followed in France and abroad, both as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles. His career is punctuated by musical encounters, among others: Massimo Quarta, Svetlin Roussev, Quatuor Enesco, Fabrice Pierre, Michel Strauss, Alain Meunier, Nicolas Dautricourt, Yuval Gotlibovich, Niek de Groot, Bruno Pasquier, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Amaury Coetaux, Sergio Azzolini, Michel Lethiec, Hagai Shaham, Frederic Laroque, Michel Mikalakakos, Gordan Nicolic, Laurent Korcia, Philip Bernold, Jean-Louis Beaumadier. She has played under the baton of many conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Emmanuel Krivine, Jesús López Cobos, Kurt Nagano, Myung-Whun Chung, Mikko Franck, Suzanna Mälkki, Zslolt Nagy.

Since 2010, she has been a soloist with the Le Balcon ensemble. In 2013, she recorded a CD dedicated to the music of Thérèse Brennet. She has been a member of the Paris Chamber Orchestra since 2018.

Aurélie Deschamps is a laureate of the Groupe Banque Populaire Natixis Foundation and received a scholarship from the Meyer Foundation.