Sylvie Gazeau (born 30 January 1950) is a French classical violinist Born in Orléans, Gazeau began her musical studies at the Conservatory of Nice, then, on the advice of Henryk Szeryng, entered the Conservatoire de Paris.
A pupil of Gabriel Bouillon and Joseph Calvet, she won there First prizes for violin (1965) and chamber music (1967).
She then improved her skills with Josef Gingold (Performer's Certificate, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1970), whose assistant she was in his violin class.
In 1973, she won a third prize at the Montreal International Competition, before obtaining in 1979, the Georges Enesco prize of Paris, in the "Meilleure violoniste de l'année" category.
She is the regular guest of the Asolo, Naples, Festival international de musique Tibor Varga [fr] and Marlboro ("senior" since 1983) festivals and participates in various summer academies (Flaine, Les Arcs, Rambouillet, Périgueux, Portogruaro).