© Photo : Natacha Colmez-Collard

Born in 1990, Camille Pépin is one of the most successful rising young composers of her generation. She began her musical studies at the Regional Conservatory in Amiens, studied with Thibaut Perrine and then entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where she was awarded first prizes in Orchestration, Harmony, Counterpoint, Fugue and Form, Analysis. She studied notably with composers Thierry Escaich, Guillaume Connesson, and Marc-André Dalbavie - all of whom were paramount in her musical journey.

She won a lot of prizes : Jury Prize and the Audience Prize at the composition competition Ile de Créations 2015, Grand Prize ”young composer” Symphonic Music SACEM, Audience Prize Jeunes Talents Festival 2016, Prix Encouragement Musique from the ’Académie des Beaux-Arts 2017, Trente Eclaireurs Vanity Fair 2018.

Her compositions have been played by numerous orchestras (Los Angeles Philharmonic, Malmö Live Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre national d’Île de France, Orchestre national de Lyon, Orchestre Colonne, Orchestre de Picardie), and performers (Raphaëlle Moreau, Célia Oneto Bensaïd, Yan Levionnois, Fiona McGown, Anaëlle Tourret, Thibault Lepri, Adélaïde Ferrière, Auryn Quartet et l’Ensemble Polygones). They are conducted by Arie van Beck, Leonard Slatkin, Karen Kamensek, Ben Glassberg, Nicholas Collon, Julien Leroy, Vahan Mardirossian, Débora Waldman, Léo Margue etc...
She is invited in numerous festivals (Festival international de musique de Besançon, Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Long-Thibaud Competition, Festival de musique des Arcs, Festival Présences, Festival Messiaen au Pays de la Meije, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Festival Européen Jeunes Talents, Musikstage Mondsee).

Her works have been played in the most prestigious concert halls (Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Elbphilharmonie de Hambourg, Wiener Konzerthaus, Kölner Philharmonie, Barbican Center London, Philharmonie de Paris, Auditorium de Radio France, Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, Müpa Budapest, Bozar à Bruxelles, Konzerthuset Stockholm, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Sage Gateshead…).

In April 2019, her work Vajrayana is choreographed by Xin Pen Wang for the Bayerisches Junior Ballett München.

Her first album Chamber Music (NoMadMusic, 2019) won a lot of press prizes : Choc Classica, Choc Classica of the year 2019, SuperSonic Pizzicato, FFF Télérama, Choix de France Musique, Joker de Crescendo Magasine.

Camille is a grant recipient of the Foundation Banque Populaire.

(Translation : Natacha Colmez-Collard)

-----------------------------------2019

> Premieres

04/11/19
THE SOUND OF TREES, double concerto for cello, clarinet and orchestra
Orchestre de Picardie - Cello: Yan Levionnois - Cl.: Julien Hervé
Cond.: Arie van Beek
Maison de la Culture - Amiens - France

29/11/19
AETHER, concerto for harp, marimba and orchestra
Orchestre de l’Opéra de Toulon - Hp.: Anaëlle Tourret - Marimba: Thibault Lepri
Cond.: Oksana Lyniv
Opéra - Toulon - France

> News

- Composer in residence at the Orchestre de Picardie for the season 2019.

-----------------------------------2020

> Premieres

01/02/20
NUMBER 1, for piano
Jonathan Fournel
Festival Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Chapelle - Gstaad - Switzerland

RECORDING WORKS

> 2020 / NoMadMusic NMM074 - The Sound of Trees
THE SOUND OF TREES, for clarinet, cello soli and orchestra
Orchestre de Picardie - Julien Hervé (clarinet) - Yan Levionnois (cello) - Arie van Beek (conductor)

> 2021 / NoMadMusic NMM092 - Metamorphosis
NUMBER 1, for piano
Célia Oneta Bensaid (piano)

> 2021 / NoMadMusic – Gris-Brume
GRIS-BRUME, for cello and piano
Yan Levionnois (cello) - Guillaume Bellom (piano)

> 2022 / NoMadMusic NMM098 – Paris Urban Quartet
FEUILLES D’EAU DE SILVACANE, for string quartet
Paris Urban Quartet