With a career spanning over thirty years, Anne Gastinel performs in the most beautiful halls and
festivals of every continent (Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Philharmonie de Paris, Vienna
Musikverein, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Théâtre du Châtelet, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Wigmore Hall
in London, Auditorium de Lyon, Amsterdam Concertgebouw…) in recital, in chamber music and
alongside the world’s leading orchestras. She has performed alongside great masters such as
Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovitch and Kurt Sanderling. During her travels, she has also
met musicians and composers with whom she loves to exchange ideas: Emmanuel Krivine,
Daniele Gatti, Pinchas Steinberg, Krzysztof Penderecki, Michel Plasson, Alexandre Bloch, Paavo
Järvi...

In chamber music, she shares the stage with Claire Désert, with whom she has recorded
numerous albums (Poulenc, Franck, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin...), with the Quatuor Hermès,
Andreas Ottensamer, David Grimal and Philippe Cassard, Xavier Philipps and the French cellos.
Her extensive discography has received the greatest awards. Her recording (naïve) of
Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Nicholas Angelich, Gil Shaham, Paavo Järvi and Frankfurt Radio
Orchestra received the "Choc" award from Classica Magazine. The complete Beethoven trios
released in 2020 by La Dolce Volta with David Grimal and Philippe Cassard won a Diapason d'or
and a Choc Classica.

Her 2025-2026 season is taking her notably in Taïwan, Brussels, London, Montreal and the USA,
in Romania, in Turkey, in recital as well as in trio or in concerto.
A precocious talent, Anne Gastinel entered the CNSMD in Lyon at the age of 11. Yo-Yo Ma, János
Starker and Paul Tortelier, with whom she went on to perfect her skills and who had a profound
impact on her personal and musical development, already recognised in her the maturity of an
exceptional artist. She won numerous prizes in major international competitions (Scheveningen,
Prague, Rostropovitch) and began to perform throughout Europe, finally coming to the attention
of the general public at the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest. In 1997, she was chosen by Marta
Casals Istomin to play the legendary Matteo Goffriller by Pablo Casals for a year. In 2006, Anne
Gastinel received the Victoire de la Musique award in the category "Soloist of the Year" (after
having won the "Young Talent" and "Best Recording" awards).
She has been a professor at the CNSMD in Lyon since 2003, and at the Académie Jaroussky since
2022. A respected artist and teacher, she now presides many juries of cello competitions
(Harbin, Budapest, Queen Elizabeth in Brussels…)

Anne Gastinel plays a Testore cello from 1690.