Isabelle Perrin

Biography

Isabelle Perrin is an internationally renowned French harpist and educator who served as co-principal harpist of the Orchestre National de France for more than twenty years. As a soloist, she has performed on prestigious stages worldwide and collaborated with distinguished orchestras across Europe, Asia, North and South America, and Australia.

Her extensive discography encompasses a broad repertoire, from Baroque to contemporary music, including solo, chamber and concerto works. She has recorded music by J. S. and C. P. E. Bach, F. A. Boieldieu, Arnold Bax, Bernard Andrès and many other composers. Numerous contemporary composers have dedicated works to her.

Teaching has always been an essential part of Isabelle Perrin’s artistic life. From 2001 to 2015, she taught at the École Normale de Musique in Paris and held visiting professorships at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Academy of Music in Kraków. She is currently Professor of Harp at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, regularly gives masterclasses worldwide and serves on juries of international competitions.

Isabelle Perrin is Artistic Director of the World Harp Congress and an Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 2007, she was appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in recognition of her contribution to the international music world.