Thanks to her extensive skills and her rigour, she affirms a powerful and recognizable artistic identity.
Cecile Lartigau is one of today’s rare ondes Martenot players, internationally recognized for her multifaceted career as a soloist, improviser and performer involved in performing arts. She is fascinated by the John Cage’s philosophy which opens a way toward an emancipation of the performer. Her dedication to creation drives her to collaborate with the most creative artists.
Known for her technical and interpretive skills, Cecile performs the repertoire for ondes and orchestra worldwidely, appearing at the world’s most prestigious concert halls and festivals, from Boston Symphony Hall, Berliner Philharmonie, Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Elbphilharmonie, Grosses Festspielhaus, to Salzburg Festival, Lucerne Festival, Georges Enescu Festival, Diaghilev Festival notably. She has performed with Vienna Philharmonic, Berliner Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Filarmonica della Scala, sharing the stage with leading conductors as V. Petrenko, A. Nelsons, E-P Salonen, R. Payare, T. Currentzis, S. Young (replacing Z. Mehta) notably, and pianists J-Y Thibaudet, S. Osborne, B. Chamayou and Y. Wang.
Cecile’s goal is now to introduce to the audience concertos and symphonic poems for ondes and orchestra (Jolivet, Hétu, Levidis, Koechlin...).
Cecile balances her orchestral activity with a vast repertoire of challenging and virtuose music from solo recital to collaboration with small ensembles, through chamber music, appearing in Germany, Russia, Italia in festivals such as Diaghilev Festival, AngelicA Festival, Messiaen Festival among other.
In solo recital, she regularly performs original repertoire for onde Martenot, combined with transcriptions. Her commitment in chamber music has led Lartigau to create a trio piano, ondes Martenot and percussions, as well as the duo Due Voci with Monica Benvenuti. Since 2021, she has collaborated with several ensembles such as E-Mex Ensemble, Le Balcon, Miroirs Etendus.
Cecile often premieres news pieces (by M. Suarez, L. Esposito, F. Giomi...).
Since 2018, Cecile has collaborated with H. Goebbels. In April 2023, she created, both as a musician and artistic director, her first scenic performance Il faut cultiver notre jardin, inspired by Candide ou l'Optimisme of the French philosopher Voltaire.
Improvisation, creation and questioning consitute the fertile ground of her numerous activities.
Cecile plays an Ondes Musicales Dierstein made by Jean-Loup Dierstein and a Palme Leo Maurel.