Cécile Lartigau
A rare ondist with a singular career path, Cécile Lartigau situates her work at the intersection of contemporary music, experimental improvisation, and the great orchestral repertoire. A sought-after performer, she has been invited to perform alongside prestigious ensembles such as the Vienna Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Filarmonica della Scala, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande — under the direction of conductors including Vasily Petrenko, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Andris Nelsons, Simone Young, Maxime Pascal, and Bertrand de Billy. In 2024, Cécile recorded Olivier Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie for Deutsche Grammophon. Alongside her orchestral career, she is engaged in cross-disciplinary forms combining music, performance, theatre, and video. From 2018 to 2025, she participated as an improviser in Heiner Goebbels’ major production Everything that happened and would happen, a hybrid stage work that toured across Europe as well as in New York, Saint Petersburg, and Taipei. Cécile regularly collaborates with specialized ensembles such as Le Balcon and the Emex Ensemble, as well as contemporary composers. With the Emex Ensemble, she recorded Pièces de chair II by Sylvano Bussotti for Deutschlandfunk Genuine, demonstrating her commitment to avant-garde music and the revival of rare works. She also contributed to the rediscovery of the first piece for ondes Martenot and orchestra, Dimitri Lévidis’ Poème Symphonique. Through her work, she advocates a vibrant and contemporary vision of the ondes Martenot — one deeply rooted in the musical history of the 20th century and firmly oriented towards the artistic practices of tomorrow.