Articles by Clara Gallière

Clara Gallière is a PhD student in French Literature at Sorbonne University. Her thesis focuses on the novels of Victor Hugo. A certified teacher of modern literature, she taught for one year in secondary school. She is training in piano, harp and ballet, and contributes to several cultural media outlets.

- History
Women Composers
La Ménétou, a child prodigy at Versailles

Françoise-Charlotte de Saint-Nectaire (1679–1745) is the youngest French composer to have had her scores published in France. It must be said that this young prodigy was well surrounded, playing her talent as deftly as her instruments—or her connections.

by Clara Gallière 7 January 2026
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- Portrait
Salomé Gasselin: Born to Play the Viol

Winner of the 2024 Victoires de la Musique Classique, Salomé Gasselin reflects on a path shaped by musical exploration, a commitment to transmission and a singular relationship with a 17th-century viol. She also describes how Mystères took shape, an album that sheds light on her way of inhabiting music.

by Clara Gallière 19 November 2025
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- Portrait
Young Talents
La Palatine: Baroque with a Rebel Spirit

From the court of Louis XIV to the chanson tradition, the French ensemble La Palatine brings court arias and song, music and theatre, into dialogue with seriousness, humour, and inventiveness.

by Clara Gallière 3 September 2025
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- History
Women composers
Elisabetta de Gambarini, the English Mozart of the 18th Century

Elisabetta de Gambarini (1730–1765) found early success performing Handel’s music at just sixteen years old.

by Clara Gallière 12 June 2025