Violinist Aki Saulière has been a member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe for over 25 years, an experience that has profoundly shaped her musical identity. During this time, she has collaborated closely with some of the most influential conductors of our era, including Claudio Abbado, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Bernard Haitink, and has performed with leading ensembles such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
She has a strong passion for historically informed performance and has worked with artists such as Philippe Herreweghe, Jordi Savall, John Eliot Gardiner, Clive Brown, Emmanuelle Haïm, Maude Gratton and Maria Bader-Kubizek.
From 2000 to 2010 she was a member of the Capuçon Quartet with Renaud and Gautier Capuçon and Béatrice Muthelet. With the ensemble she performed in major concert halls including the Musikverein, Concertgebouw, Salle Pleyel, Reina Sofía and the Schubertiades in Schwarzenberg, and recorded for EMI. The quartet collaborated regularly with musicians such as Clemens Hagen, Nicholas Angelich, Frank Braley and Gérard Caussé.
Each year, Aki Saulière is invited to Kyoto, Japan, where she performs and works with young musicians. She teaches, coaches chamber music and leads chamber orchestra projects. In 2024 she was appointed Artistic Director of the Nagaokakyo Ensemble.
For the past twenty years, she has served as Artistic Director of La Loingtaine, an independent artistic centre in Montigny-sur-Loing, France. There she curates a concert series, organises masterclasses and a Summer Academy, and founded the ensemble La Bande de La Loingtaine, which will soon release a recording of Dvořák’s chamber music with Paladino Music.
Aki Saulière completed her musical studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with David Takeno, at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg with Helmut Zehetmair, and at the Karajan Akademie in Berlin. She also studied with her aunt Yuko Mori, György Kurtág and Ferenc Rados.
After four years as assistant to Jean-Pierre Wallez at the Schola Cantorum in Paris, she was appointed violin professor at the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels in 2015. In 2026, she will conclude her teaching there and begin her own violin class at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp.