Gaëlle Solal

At the age of 16, she entered the Conservatoire de Paris where she obtained the 1st Prize for guitar unanimously as well as the cycle of perfection with Roland Dyens.

From the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln with Roberto Aussel [de] to the Université du Québec in Montréal with Alvaro Pierri, her training is enriched by the master classes by A. Dumond, Carel Harms, Oscar Ghiglia, A. Goni and Leo Brouwer and Joaquin Clerch.

1st Grand Prize of the Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition (first French woman to win it), 2nd Prize of the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America, she was finalist at the Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York, winner of the Beracasa, Meyer, Contestabile Foundations.

She performs in solo recital as well as in duo within the Astor duo[3] (from 1996 to 2005), as a chamber musician with clarinet (Florent Héau, Antonio Salguero), violin (Marina Chiche), flute (Alfonso Rubio),[4] bandoneon (Jérémy Vannereau), string quartet (Cuarteto Arcadia),[5] with the Chœur Nicolas de Grigny [fr], the contemporary music ensemble "Zahir" and as a soloist with the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra,[6] the French Republican Guard Band and the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra.

Solal divides her time between concerts, master classes and international competition juries; she has taught at the Conservatories of Cordoba (2003 to 2004) and Seville (2004 to 2009).