The French conductor and harpsichordist Emmanuelle Haïm is one of the most important musicians working in the field of early music. In 2000 she founded the Baroque ensemble Le Concert d’Astrée, which soon made a name for itself, performing at leading French and international venues, undertaking numerous tours and participating in opera productions with major artists and directors.
Engagements in the 2025/26 season included Semele at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam and Jean-Marie Leclair’s Scylla et Glaucus at the Zurich Opera House, both in productions directed by Claus Guth.
Previous engagements included Handel’s Semele at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at the Grand Théâtre de Genève and Giulio Cesare in Egitto at the 2025 Salzburg Festival. She has also appeared at the Berlin State Opera and the Glyndebourne Festival.
Alongside her operatic activity she gives numerous concerts with Le Concert d’Astrée and works regularly with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with which she is realizing The Handel Project as artistic collaborator. In addition, she has appeared as a guest conductor with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the New York Philharmonic.
She is also a dedicated teacher and gives regular masterclasses at venues including the Paris Conservatoire and the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles. Together with members of Le Concert d’Astrée she has developed an outreach programme to introduce diverse audiences to music.
Emmanuelle Haïm studied at the Paris Conservatoire and began her career as a continuo player and as musical assistant to William Christie and Les Arts Florissants.
She has won numerous awards for her artistic achievements and her recordings with Le Concert d’Astrée, including the Victoire de la Musique, the ECHO Klassik and a Grammy nomination. She is an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in London; in 2023 she was awarded the title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture, and in 2025 she was named Chevalier de l’Ordre national de la Légion d’Honneur.
