Valentine Michaud is a saxophonist who was born in France in 1993 and has lived in Switzerland since 2010.
Her repertoire encompasses a wide range of styles, including contemporary works, baroque and classical transcriptions, and improvisation, all of which she performs with passion. Aiming to bring her instrument to a wider audience, promoting its largely unknown repertoire, and helping to create new works in innovative formats are some of her key values as an artist, along with enthusiasm and curiosity for exploring different horizons.
Valentine has been awarded numerous prizes at international competitions. In 2016, she won first prize at the Jurjans Andrejs VI Woodwind International Competition in Riga (Latvia) and the Prix Credit Suisse at Lucerne Festival, while her duo Akmi with pianist Akvilé Sileikaité received first prize at the renowned Orpheus Swiss Chamber Music Competition. Since 2015, she has been supported by prestigious Swiss grants such as the Leenaards foundation cultural grant and Migros’ Pour-Cent Culturel, which saw her added to their concert management programme in 2016.
SAXOPHONE STUDIO LARS MLEKUSCH 