Cassie Martin
Cassie Martin began playing guitar at the age of 5. After training at the Conservatoire d'Orléans with Josiane Rabemananjara, she entered Gérard Abiton's class at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris in 2015. At 17, she entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse de Paris in Olivier Chassain's class.
She has worked with such renowned international guitarists as Sergio Assad, Tania Chagnot, Jérémy Jouve, Judicaël Perroy, Eric Franceries and Johan Fostier, all of whom have contributed to her artistic development.
In 2020, she became one of the Eurostrings artists, opening up to the European scene.
In 2022, she took part in Gautier Capuçon's "Un été en France 2022" tour.
At the age of 21, she is the winner of numerous international competitions, including 1st Prize at the Silesian Guitar Autumn 2022 (Poland); 1st Prize at the Forum Guitar Wien 2022 (Austria); 1st Prize at the Taiwan International Guitar Competition 2022; 1st Prize at the Alirio Diaz International Competition 2022 in Rust (Austria); 3rd Prize at the Concours International de Guitare de Paris 2022 (France); Prix d'Honneur at the Concours International Léopold Bellan 2019 ( France); 1st Prize at the Concours International de Guitare en Béarn 2019 ( France); 3rd Prize at the Concours International de Bruxelles 2019 (Belgium); 1st Prize at the Concours International Roland Dyens 2018 (France); 1st Prize at the Concours International de Carry-le-Rouet 2018 (France).
Cassie Martin has performed at numerous festivals around the world in South Korea, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania and Belgium, offering a repertoire ranging from early to contemporary music.
She has performed the greatest concertos with orchestra in France and Poland: Joaquín Rodrigo's famous Aranjuez Concerto for guitar and orchestra, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Concerto in D op. 99.
She regularly performs as a chamber music guitar-violin duo with violinist Camille Théveneau.
Since September 2022, she has been teaching at the Conservatoire de Saint-Cloud.
A Savarez artist, Cassie plays on a
guitar by luthier Daniel Friederich.