Marion Fermé was born in 1977 in Paris. She studied the recorder with Pierre Hamon and later at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague in Peter van Heygen’s class. She got her soloist diploma in early music in 2003. Because of her keen interest in medieval music she carried on her training with Pedro Memelsdorff.
With her ensembles Haagse Courante and La luth enchantée, she has been invited in festivals all over Europe to perform baroque music.
As a member of the T’Andernaken Consort renaissance recorder trio she won the special prize of the Jury at Bruges international competition of early music in 2003.
As a soloist, Marion was awarded the 3d Prize at the International Solo Recorder Competition in Montreal in 2005. She regularly gives solo recitals combining all repertoires on the recorder and plays with different ensembles in Germany and France. In 2007, she was awarded a scholarship from the foundation “la culture pour vivre” to buy instrument and carry on a project on English music. She has recorded two CDs; “Suites & Correspondances” and “Abbonda di virtu”. Apart from her concert activities, Marion has the highest French pedagogical diploma for teaching early music (C.A.), and teaches the recorder in Hamburg at the Johannes Brahms Conservatoire.
Detailed biography
Detailed biography
Marion Fermé was born in 1977 in Paris. There, she receives her first musical training on the recorder and piano at the Schola Cantorum and the Conservatoire. After graduating in languages (English and Russian) at the Sorbonne University and political sciences (Sciences-Po) in Paris, she studies the recorder at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague in Peter van Heygen’s class. She gets her soloist diploma in early music in 2003. Because of her keen interest in medieval music she chooses to carry on her training with Pedro Memelsdorff and Pierre Hamon.
Marion is a founding member of the Haagse Courante ensemble which is dedicated to 17th and 18th century baroque music and a guest of international festivals. (Festival of Ambronay, Oude Muziek Utrecht Festival
Fringe, Printemps baroque du Sablon in Brussels, European festivals Festival Midis-Minimes in Belgium, Festival d’orgue in Jura, Musica Antigua Festival in Barcelona in 2004…)
Beside this, Marion cooperated with Luteduo to create La Luth Enchantée, an ensemble which plays Johann Sebastian Bach’s music as well as English baroque music and perform in international festivals in all Europa.
Finally she is a member of the T’Andernaken Consort renaissance recorder trio who won the special prize of the Jury at Brugges’ international ensemble competition in 2003.
As a soloist, Marion was awarded the 3d Prize at the International Solo Recorder Competition in Montreal in 2005. She also was a price winner of the German and Austrian Gedok competition for contemporary music in 2005. In 2007, she was awarded a scholarship by the Foundation “La culture pour vivre” to carry on her different musical projects. She regularly gives solo recitals combining all repertoires on the recorder in France and Germany. Apart from her concert activities, Marion teaches the recorder at the Johannes Brahms Konservatorium in Hamburg. She has the French pedagogical diploma for teaching early music (C.A).
