Lise Berthaud

Born in Bourg-en-Bresse in 1982, Lise Berthaud first trained as a violinist at the Villefranche-sur-Saône Conservatory before turning to the viola in adolescence, then joining the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris in Pierre-Henri Xuereb's class and Gérard Caussé's advanced studies cycle. Her career unfolds in the field of classical music, with activity shared between solo repertoire, chamber music and concertos, in an approach centered on works of the 19th and 20th centuries while not excluding contemporary creation, as evidenced by the premiere of Pour Lila by Marc-Olivier Dupin in 2004 at the Théâtre du Châtelet. Lise Berthaud subsequently performed with several orchestras and conductors, and developed a regular presence on chamber music stages in France and Europe. From 2013 to 2015, she was part of the BBC's New Generation Artists program, a landmark step in her international visibility. Her discography includes Schumann - Schubert - Brahms in 2013 with Adam Laloum, Berlioz's Harold en Italie in 2014 with the Orchestre national de Lyon conducted by Leonard Slatkin, as well as several Brahms-focused recordings between 2018 and 2019 for the complete chamber music project. Lise Berthaud also appears in established ensembles, notably within the Skride Piano Quartet.