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Agnès Sulem-Bialobroda - first violin

Agnes Sulem-BialobrodaAgnès Sulem-Bialobroda has been first violin of the Rosamonde Quartet since its founding in 1981, with which she pursues an intense schedule of concerts and recordings.

Since 2012, Agnès Sulem-Bialobroda has been Professor of Chamber Music – string quartet class – at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon, where she coordinates the Chamber Music department.

She is regularly invited to give masterclasses in France and internationally, and is one of the mentors of the international educational programme Musethica.

Alongside her work as a chamber musician and teacher, Agnès Sulem-Bialobroda performs as a soloist with several orchestras, including the Ensemble Intercontemporain and the orchestras of Radio France, Cannes and Nice… She regularly collaborates with the Orchestre de Paris and the Ensemble Symphonique de Genève.

Very active in contemporary music, Agnès has worked closely with the composers Pierre Boulez, György Kurtág, Mauricio Kagel, Henri Dutilleux and Franck Zappa, as well as with artists such as Raphael Hillyer and Eugene Lehner, violist of the Kolisch Quartet and a friend of Schoenberg and Bartók.

Agnès Sulem-Bialobroda studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where she was awarded a Premier Prix in violin and a Premier Prix in chamber music. She also holds a doctorate in mathematics and an Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches.

Agnès Sulem-Bialobroda is a Chevalier of the Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur.