Cosima Soulez Larivière

Franco-Dutch violinist Cosima Soulez Larivière is already building a name for herself, having been awarded numerous prizes – 3rd prize at the Joseph Joachim Competition in 2018, 1st prize at the inaugural Bartók World Competition & Festival in 2017, 1st prize at the Brahms Competition in 2015 and 3rd prize and the Bach prize at the Postacchini Competition, also in 2015.

Concerts have brought her all over Europe (Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, Franz Liszt Academy) as well as to Japan, Singapore and the United States. Soulez Lariviere has a great interest in modern and contemporary composers and as such, has performed works by Pēteris Vasks, Sofia Gubaidulina, Steve Reich and Gabriel Prokofiev. Additionally, she enjoys playing chamber music and often performs alongside her brother, violist Sào Soulez Larivière.

Soulez Larivière has been invited to participate in several festivals, namely - Accademia Chigiana (where she received the ‘Giovanni Maniezzo’ Award), Seiji Ozawa Academy, Ravinia Steans Institute, Verbier Festival Academy (where she received the APCAV Award), Tanglewood Music Centre and ‘Chamber Music Connects the World’ at the Kronberg Academy.

She has participated in masterclasses with, i.a., Ilya Gringolts, Ana Chumachenco and Miriam Fried, and from 2019-2023, was part of the Accademia Stauffer (studying with Salvatore Accardo).

She holds a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes since 2017 and was previously supported by Live Music Now Hannover e.V. (2015-2019) and the Young Artists Foundation gGmbH (2018-2021).

In 2021, she received a scholarship from the Villa Musica Rheinland-Pflaz Foundation.

As a result of the pandemic, she took part in several streamed broadcasts and concerts, notably, Daniel Hope’s Hope@Home (Arte tv), Renaud Capuçon’s Beethoven project‘ Ludwig à Paris’ (Medici tv) and Heidelberger Frühling's Digital Festival ‘Lasst uns spielen!’.

Soulez Larivière was born in Paris and from a young age was taught by Igor Volochine. When she was 8 years old, she was awarded a scholarship to the Yehudi Menuhin School, where she became a pupil of Natasha Boyarsky. She obtained both her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at the University of Music, Drama and Media in Hanover with Prof. Krzysztof Wegrzyn. 

As a scholarship holder of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, she has generously been loaned a violin by Giovanni Grancino (Milan, 1675).

Since 2023, she has been studying at Kronberg Academy with Mihaela Martin. Her studies are funded by the Renate and Peter von Metzler patronage.