Elodie Soulard
Accordion
Elodie Soulard (1986) began studying the accordion at the age of six. She entered Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (Max Bonnay’s class) where she obtained her “Premier Prix” with distinction in 2010, then was accepted in post-graduate studies under the direction of famous pianist and conductor Jean-François Heisser.Elodie was awarded three “Premier Prix” from the CRR de Paris in music theory, analysis and orchestration (Alain Louvier’s classes) and conducting with François-Xavier Roth and Jean-Sébastien Béreau.
Her repertoire is wide ranging, from transcriptions of works for piano, organ or orchestra (from Bach to Prokofiev) to original works for accordion (Kusyakov, Semionov, Berio, Lindberg). In 2014 she already played with Raphaël Pidoux at the Cello Biënnale Amsterdam.