Biography
Photo : Hajo Müller
French harpist Marion Ravot is one of today’s most sought-after musicians in her field. Equally at home as a recitalist, chamber musician and orchestral performer, she presents the harp as an exciting and versatile component of today's concert world, showcasing its full range of expression, from early keyboard music transcriptions to cutting edge compositions by modern composers that push the boundaries of her ancient instrument.
She has performed across Europe, Asia, and the United States as both a soloist and chamber musician. Highlights of recent years include a duo concert with Gautier Capuçon for the 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and a performance of Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp conducted by Ton Koopman alongside Mathieu Dufour in the Chamber Music Hall of the Philharmonie Berlin. In 2020, she premiered Vito Žuraj’s Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, written for her, with the Munich Chamber Orchestra at the Cologne Philharmonie. As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with some of the world’s leading artists, including Renaud Capuçon, Karl-Heinz Schütz, Bruno Delepelaire, and Daniel Hope among others.
In 2024, Marion released her debut solo album Voyages under the label Solaire. She also appears on Inmo Yang’s album The Genetics of Strings (Universal Music), featuring her own arrangement of Ravel’s Tzigane for Violin and Harp, as well as on Emily D’Angelo’s Enargeia and Jonathan Tetelman’s Musical Moment, both released by Deutsche Grammophon.
Since 2024, she is Solo Harpist of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. She regularly performs with renowned orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London. During the 2019–2020 season, she acted as Solo Harpist of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.
In addition to her performing career, she teaches at the Universität der Künste (University of the Arts) in Berlin.
A Paris native, Marion began harp lessons at the age of 11 with Isabelle Marie. In 2013, she earned her undergraduate degree from the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP) studying with Isabelle Moretti and Geneviève Létang. In 2015, she completed her Master's degree at the Juilliard School in New York where she studied with Nancy Allen as a George Lurcy Fellow. That same year she was one of only two musicians admitted to the prestigious Juilliard Artist Diploma program where she continued to study with Ms. Allen with the gracious support of the Safran Fondation. From 2016 to 2019, she was a member of the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic, mentored by Marie-Pierre Langlamet.