Winner of the First Prize and several times winner of the Special Prize of the Krzysztof Penderecki International Cello Competition, Astrig Siranossian performs as soloist with famous orchestras. A regular guest of Daniel Barenboim’s, her musical partners are no less than Martha Argerich, Simon Rattle, Yo-Yo Ma, Zubin Mehta, Emmanuel Pahud, Daniel Ottensamer…

She is regularly invited on international TV channels and radios and often receives the honor of the press and international medias.

In 2022, Astrig Siranossian celebrates cello and voice in her new album Duo Solo where two sound worlds and cultures meet.

For the Alpha Classics label, she recorded a Tribute to Nadia Boulanger, Dear Mademoiselle, with Nathanaël Gouin and Daniel Barenboïm at the piano, which received tributes from the international press.

Since 2016, Astrig Siranossian is leading the festival Les Musicades which takes place in her hometown in France. Les Musicades gather music, literature, and gastronomy.

In 2020 she created the charity project Spidak Sevane to bring education and material to children in Armenia.

Astrig Siranossian started music at the age of three. Five years later she was admitted to the CNR in Lyon, furthered her studies at the Lyon CNSM in Lyon, obtaining her diploma of higher studies with distinction. She completed her training in Switzerland at the Basel Conservatory in Ivan Monighetti’s class, passing her Concert Masters and Soloist Masters Degree with flying honors.

Astrig plays a 1676 Ruggieri cello, generously loaned by the Boubo Music Foundation in Binningen and the Sir Barbiroli Gagliano cello from 1756.

Language spoken : French

Photo credit : Bernard Martinez