Marie-Catherine Girod

Born in Peyrehorade, Girod studied piano at the Conservatoire de musique de Bordeaux, then at the Conservatoire de Paris where she entered Jules Gentil's class. She then worked with Paul Badura-Skoda and György Sebők. She is regularly invited to "Mai" festivals in Bordeaux, La Roque-d'Anthéron, the "Festival Estival de Paris", the "Chopin Festival" of Château de Bagatelle, the Festival de Nohant, the Husum Festival in Germany, the "Alexandre Paley et ses amis" Festival, the "Moulin d’Andé" Festival (Normandy). She performs in recital in Europe and the United States (Richmond Festival in Virginia), in chamber formation and as soloist with various orchestras, including the orchestra of Brittany with which she recorded Paul Le Flem's Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre. She frequently participates in concerts organized by Radio France, and in radio broadcasts. Girod's recordings of works by Gabriel Dupont, Maurice Emmanuel, André Jolivet, Arthur Lourié and Gustave Samazeuilh are acclaimed by critics, and have won her numerous awards. In 2009 she completed a recording cycle of the complete piano work by Felix Mendelssohn. A pedagogue, she directed the Conservatory of Sucy-en-Brie (94) from 1986 to 2012, and created in 1992 the Concours national de piano of Sucy that she organized until 2005. She has been teaching since October 2011 at the École Normale de Musique de Paris.

• 1991: Chevalier of the Arts et Lettres • 2011: Officier of the National Order of Merit