Anne Gastinel began her studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Lyon at the age of eleven and perfected her craft with Yo-Yo Ma, János Starker and Paul Tortelier. She won numerous prizes at international competitions and came to public attention at the 1990 Eurovision Young Musicians Competition. In 1997, she was chosen to play Pablo Casals’ legendary ‘Goffriller’ cello for a year. In 2006, Anne Gastinel received the Victoire de la Musique award for ‘Soloist of the Year’. She has performed in venues such as the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Vienna Musikverein, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Wigmore Hall in London, and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, alongside masters such as Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Kurt Sanderling. As a chamber musician, she performs with Claire Désert, the Quatuor Hermès, Andreas Ottensamer, David Grimal and Philippe Cassard, Xavier Philipps and the French cellos. Her recordings have received several distinctions, including Classica’s ‘Choc’ and a ‘Diapason d’Or’. She has been a professor at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Lyon since 2003 and at the Académie Jaroussky since 2022.