Born in 1990, Camille Pépin is one of the most widely recognized composers of her generation. Her orchestral language, rooted in color, movement and a strong sensory dimension, has led to international exposure and numerous commissions.

 

With a primary focus on orchestral music, her works have been performed by leading ensembles including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, The Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Deutsche Symphonie Orchestre, The Frankfurt Radio Symphony and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, under the direction of conductors such as Alain Altinoglu, Elim Chan, Mikko Franck, Ben Glassberg, Jun Märkl, Kent Nagano, Sakari Oramo, Leonard Slatkin and Simone Young.

 

A close artistic collaboration links her to violinist Renaud Capuçon, for whom she composed a violin concerto (2023), several chamber music works with pianist Guillaume Bellom, as well as an orchestral work premiered by Capuçon as conductor (2025).

 

In 2025, she premiered a new work at The Last Night of the Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Elim Chan, and saw her music performed at Tanglewood by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Samy Rachid.

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In 2026, she is composing a solo cello work for Yo-Yo Ma, as well as a new piece for Renaud Capuçon and Guillaume Bellom.

 

Camille Pépin has received major awards including the Grand Prix Sacem for Symphonic Music, as well as several prizes from the Académie des Beaux-Arts. She was named Composer of the year at the Victoires de la musique Classique in 2020 and was appointed Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2022.

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Her works have been published by Billaudot, and were previously issued by Lemoine and Durand-Salabert-Eschig.