Béatrice Martin (harpsichordist)

Born in Annecy, Martin began playing the harpsichord at the age of 6 years old in parallel with dancing.

[2] She has been a regular harpsichordist with Les Arts Florissants under William Christie, for whom she acted as principal assistant.

In 2000, she founded the ensemble "Les Folies françoises"[3] with the violinist and conductor Patrick Cohën-Akenine.

She is a professor at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya in Barcelona and has been a guest professor at the Juilliard School in New York since 2015.

Her album Bach: concertos pour clavecin (BWV 1052, 1053, 1055, 1056), with "Les Folies françoises", was awarded a Diapason d'or in 2016.