To create. Transmit. Innovate. Redefining the harp differently.
A performer, teacher and musical explorer, Ghislaine Petit-Volta is shaping a new way of looking at the harp. Through her concerts, her collaborations and her educational commitment, she connects generations and pushes the boundaries of her instrument.
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One Committed harpist in transmission and innovation
A passionate musician, Ghislaine Petit-Volta combines technical excellence and innovative vision. Her career oscillates between the international scene and pedagogy, where she guides the new generation towards a broad understanding of the harp, between historical repertoire and contemporary creations.
Music is a bridge between generations, an invitation to travel and discovery.”
COLLEGIUM21: A competition to shape the Music of tomorrow
Learn moreInternational Competition
Collegium21, an international competition that encourages the emergence of new works and the dialogue between young musicians and composers.
Pedagogy
A unique educational approach that connects tradition and modernity.
When creation is accessible
One mission: to open up contemporary music to a wider audience and to prepare the performers of tomorrow.
A commitment artistic Beyond the scenes
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International concerts & festivals → Ghislaine is invited to the biggest stages in the world.
Interdisciplinary creations → From harp, voice and dance to projects combining new technologies.
Music recordings & research → A discography that pushes the boundaries of interpretation.
Exceptional collaborations
Composers: Pierre Boulez, John Cage, Klaus Huber, Magnus Lindberg, Magnus Lindberg, Tôn Thất Tiết, Yoshihisa Taira — major figures in contemporary musical creation, coming from varied traditions and aesthetics, who have profoundly marked the repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Musicians: Gérard Caussé, Bruno Pasquier, Philippe Bernold, Alexandre Brussilovsky — partners in chamber music and creation, among the most respected performers of their generation.
Conductors: Sir Georg Solti, Pierre Boulez, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Simon Rattle, Seiji Ozawa, Lorin Maazel, Valery Gergiev — outstanding collaborations with iconic conductors of the international music scene.
Explore in pictures And in sounds
Videos & Testimonies
Extracts from masterclasses, educational concerts, interviews with students and colleagues.
Discography & Streaming
Educational recordings, collaborations with young composers, educational projects.
They in Speak...
“Ghislaine Petit is already a prodigious harpist. She proved it as well in the fascinating Sequences after Saint John by Heinz Holliger as in Albert Roussel's enchanting Impromptu or the mysterious and, oh how much! Difficult Sequenza No. 2 by Luciano Berio”
Mihai de Brancovan, Two Worlds Review
“Sacred and Profane dances by Debussy with the soloist Ghislaine Petit brought us back, through her charm and talent, to an elegance of style, a great finesse coupled with a sensitivity in a sound palette iridescent with a thousand shimmering colors, drawing us into a languorous and very sensual waltz.”
Colette Meunier-Sicard, Press Center
“Saturday evening, under the baton of Ernst Schelle, the Poitou-Charentes Regional Orchestra wanted to take its audience even further with the work “Chu Ky VII” by Ton That Tîet... Ghislaine Petit, who was herself, to the point of torturing her instrument, was herself, in fact, in fact, once again her ally, in fact her ally, once again, her ally, the beautiful harpist, has an exceptional presence and virtuosity.”
J.Elesse, The New Republic
“Above all, let us welcome an admirable interpretation of Ravel's introduction and allegro with Ghislaine Petit-Volta, a refined poet, at the harp”
Alain Cochard, The Musician's Letter
"Bravo Bernard Calmel, whose energy and passion are obviously contagious to all his musicians and soloists, including harpist Ghislaine Petit, whose fingers are as admirable as the high-flying thinking inherited from her master Pierre Jamrt."
André Gauthier, France Catholique
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