Emma Gibout has begun in the role at the Toulouse-based orchestra
French violinist Emma Gibout has become the concertmaster of Orchestre national du Capitole based in Toulouse, France.
The violinist said on social media: ’I am very happy and honored to join the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse as concertmaster.’
Gibout studied her bachelor’s degree at the Lyon Conservatoire with Marianne Piketty, Manuel Solans, Dominique Lonca and Jennifer Gilbert. She then completed her master’s degree with Ulf Wallin at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin.
In 2018, she won first prize at the Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition in Belgium.
She became concertmaster of the Verbier Festival Orchestra in 2018 and has, since 2021, been concertmaster of the Orchestre des Pays de Savoie. She has played under conductors such as Simon Rattle, Valery Gergiev, Manfred Honeck, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Daniel Harding and Antonio Pappano.
As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with artists such as Françoise Gneri, Emmanuelle Bertrand and Gilles Apap, as well as her colleagues in the Fractales collective.
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