Irène Martin

10 February 1995

France

Ms Martin, born in 1995, took her first violin lessons with Rodica Bogdanas. At the age of twelve, she was admitted to the Conservatory of Boulogne-Billancourt, where she came under the tutelage of Agnès Reverdy and Catherine Montie. She has been attending the Conservarorire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris since 2013 in Alexis Galpèrin’s class. Ms Martin has developed an interest in historical performance, and is taking baroque violin classes with Stéphanie-Marie Degand. It is the second year that she has been a member of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and in connection with that, she has collaborated with conductors like Philippe Jordan, Herbert Blomstedt or Daniel Harding.

Repertoire:

Preliminary

Bartók: Rhapsody No. 1, BB 94

J. S. Bach: Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 – 3. Sarabande

Semi-final

Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124

Final

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216

Grand Final

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35