ISABELLE PERRIN  HARPE

After having excelled in her harp studies at the Conservatoire de Nice, Isabelle PERRIN gave her first recital
at the age of seventeen at the Festival Méditerranéen des Jeunes Solistes.
She then continued her education at the Juilliard School of Music in New York for three years
before joining the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.

Named co-principal harpist of the Orchestre National de France in 1990, Isabelle PERRIN
was in the same year honoured to be chosen as a participating soloist by the Menuhin Foundation
and selected in 1999 as laureate of the Torneo Internazionale de Musica in Rome, Italy.

An international soloist, Isabelle PERRIN tours regularly in Europe, Russia, North and South America
(USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil), Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Singapore) and Australia
and as such performs with many prestigious ensembles including the Northwest Sinfonietta (Seattle, USA),
the Oshawa-Durham Symphony (Canada), the BBC Orchestra of Wales, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra,
the National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland), the Orchestre National de France,
the Orchestre National d'Ile de France, the Orchestre National de Lille,
the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire,
the Ensemble Instrumental de Grenoble, the Sinfonietta de Picardie, the Maîtrise de Radio-France.

Isabelle PERRIN has recorded several CDs including a recital of works by Bernard ANDRÈS,
works for flute, viola and harp by Arnold BAX with the Turner Trio, of which she is the founding member,
a world-premier recording of works for harp by F.-A. BOIELDIEU including the famous Concerto in C
recorded on a period instrument, a recording of works for harp by Pierick HOUDY,
among them the Concerto français for harp and orchestra he wrote and dedicated to her,
and most recently a SACD of an eclectic compilation of transcriptions and well-known harp repertoire.

The youngest French recipient of the Certificate of Aptitude for harp pedagogy,
Isabelle PERRIN is the professor at the École Normale de Musique de Paris as well as Visiting Professor
at the Royal Academy of Music in London and gives master classes worldwide.
In August of 2004, as president and artistic director,
Isabelle PERRIN organized the 6th European Harp Symposium which took place in Lyon, France.
She holds the office of Vice-President of the World Harp Congress,
which presents an international exhibition every three years in varying countries.

Isabelle PERRIN has of late been knighted by the French Order of Arts and Letters
in recognition of her exemplary career and her involvement in the musical word.

Bienvenue sur le site internet d'Isabelle PERRIN

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