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Lise Berthaud is a French violist, noted for her performances of chamber music. She played the violin before switching instruments at age 5, and pursued viola studies with
Pierre-Henry Xuereb and
Gérard Caussé at the Paris Conservatory. In 2000, she was named a prize winner in the European Young Instrumentalists Competition, and in 2005, she participated in the Geneva International Competition, where she won the coveted
Hindemith Prize. She has worked with important contemporary composers, including
Henri Dutilleux,
György Kurtág, and
Guillaume Connesson. In 2013, she was selected for the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme, with an invitation to perform with the
BBC Symphony Orchestra, the
BBC Philharmonic, and the
BBC National Orchestra of Wales. She was also invited by
Leonard Slatkin to record
Berlioz's Harold in Italy for Naxos. She recorded an album of Romantic music for viola and piano with
Adam Laloum on the Aparté label.