Sophie Labandibar, born in Biarritz in 1982,
received her first piano lesson at the age of three from Ada
Labèque. By fourteen, she was admitted to the class of
Alain Planès and Emmanuel Strosser at the Conservatoire
National Supèrieur de Musique et de Danse In Paris.
After graduation, she pursued her studies further at the
Folkwang Hochschule in Essen (Germany) under Prof. Boris
Bloch and Prof. Michael Roll. In 2004 Sophie returned to the
Conservatoire in Paris to study chamber music with Claire
Désert and Ami Flammer. Her studies have enabled her to
work and play with such musicians as Young Chang Cho,
Andreas Reiner, Vladimir Mendelssohn and Christian Ivaldi.
Sophie currently work as the studio accompanist and
assistant for the class of Phillippe Bernold in the
Conservatoire National Supèrieur de Lyon (France), as well
as at the Folwang Hochschule in Essen for the class of the
cellist Young Chang Cho. She
performs as an accompanist regularly in various festivals
and major international competitions, including Pablo
Casals-Festival (Prades, France) Pianofestival La Roque
dAnthéron (France), Festival Radio France
(Montpellier, France), Cellofest (Belgrade, Serbia),
Concours Jean Pierre Rampal, and Concours Maxence
Larrieu. She has also assisted in orchestra auditions
such as for the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam. In
2013 Sophies performance of the Beethoven, Barber and
Prokofiev sonatas with Young Chang Cho form the festival de
Radio France in Montpellier 2007 was released as part
of the album Cho-Live for the Telos Music
Label.She
also record in 2013 for the dutch Label
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