SALOMÉ RATEAU

BIO

"I believe that an essential part of our life is to learn to communicate and that music offers a wide range of tools to do it with passion and beauty."

Salomé graduated in Université de Paris-Sorbonnes and Université de Poitiers for Musicology, Modern Violin Interpretation, and Pedagogy in 2013 and earned a Masters degree with distinction in 2015 at the Royal Academy of Music in Modern and Historical Performance.

Constantly seeking for new approaches and musical horizons, she has played a wild variety of repertoires - from early baroque operas to contemporary Indian music, or classical repertoire to pop-rock and has been enriched by each and every single new adventures. 

She discovered orchestra repertoire at the age of 15 in the festival of Saintes where she played in the Jeune Orchestre Atlantique with Philippe Herreweghe for 10 years and the Jeune Orchestre Hector Berlioz with François-Xavier Roth. Since she moved to the UK in 2013, she has been playing with Rachel Podger (Brecon Baroque), Bojan Cicik  (Instruments of Time and Truth) and Nicolette Moonen (Bach Players) for early repertoires and has been on the deputy list of the London Symphonic Orchestra for modern repertoires since 2017.

She enjoys Opera above all and has been invited to lead and play in different ensembles across Europe: Helios Collective (Uk), London Early Opera, Westminster Opera Company (Uk, France), Apotheosis and the International Opera Academy (Belgium), Instante Collective (Uk), Il Gardellino  (Netherland) and the London Baroque Orchestra (Uk). 

She is involved in smaller Strings’ groups such as the Camerata Alma Viva (Switzerland), exploring mindfulness in music;  or the Longbows collective (Uk) led by Peter Shepperd-Skaeverd exploring contemporary repertoires.

Recent recordings include Opera repertoire: London Early Opera (Handel’s Queens, Fabbricio - Signum); new commissions: the Longbow Collective (Divine Arts recordings); Chamber Music: The 1750 Project (Venise - Ramée), Instante Collective (Little Things in Odd Shapes - NovAntiqua Records) and has been touring for the promotion of the acclaimed B-Side album recorded by the Camerata Alma Viva (NoMadMusic) and premiered Pygmalions with the Apotheosis Orchestra (Ramée) in MABrugge.

Salomé has always felt the need to give back what she has discovered for herself and has always dedicated a portion of her time for the generations to come. She is a very dedicated teacher and is currently teaching in three very different set up : the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Junior department in London, she's involved with the Early Music As Education Project in London and is a visiting Professor at the Antwerp Royal Conservatoire in Belgium.

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As part as her ongoing curiosity for the human brain, she is currently undertaking 3 professional development courses: The Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher Certification Program led by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield; the Neuroscience Of Change, a Certified Coaching course led by Amanda Blake and the Coaching Certification diplomas led by the Guildhall of Music and Drama Associates. 

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The music projects to come for the 2020-2021 season include partnerships with the Armonico Consort and the London Baroque Orchestra Chamber Music series as well as a solo recording with the pianist Aleksandra Myslek. 

She also graduated with the Global Leaders Programme 2020 Cohort and will keep her engagements for coaching, performances and lectures across the American continent as an advocate for music and social change.

Salomé plays a Jean and Nicolas Colin violin made in 1843 and a copy of a 1659 Amati made by Marc Soubeyran.