Camille Pépin

Born in 1990, Camille Pépin studied at the Amiens Conservatoire and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. Composition teachers and mentors have included Guillaume Connesson, Marc-André Dalbavie and Thierry Escaich. Pépin has received major awards including the Grand Prix Sacem for Symphonic Music, as well as several prizes from the Académie des Beaux-Arts. She was named Composer of the Year at the Victoires de la musique Classique in 2020 and was appointed Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2022.

Pépin’s works have been performed by leading ensembles including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Symphonie Orchestre, Frankfurt Radio Symphony and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, under the direction of conductors such as Alain Altinoglu, Elim Chan, Mikko Franck, Ben Glassberg, Jun Märkl, Kent Nagano, Sakari Oramo, Leonard Slatkin and Simone Young. She has composed works for leading instrumental interpreters including violinist Renaud Capuçon, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Guillaume Bellom.

April 2026

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