"Un son de violoncelle merveilleux, émouvant et sensible; une virtuosité à l'égal de l'émotion…" (Salzburger Nachrichten)

"Une personnalité de tout premier plan, généreuse, subtile, profonde" (le Monde)


Marie Hallynck (born 1973 in Tournai, Belgium), may be considered as one of the most outstanding cellists of her generation and has been present in prestigious halls such as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Vienna Musikverein, the Wigmore Hall in London, the Théâtre de la Ville and the Cité de la Musique in Paris, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Symphony Hall Birmingham, Philharmonie in Cologne… In 2000, she played her debut at the New York Carnegie Hall as well as the Philharmonie in Berlin, where she was re-invited for the following season.

Marie Hallynck played as a soloist with about 50 orchestras all over Europe, in Turkey, in the US & in Korea, among which St Petersbourg and Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestras and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra. As a chamber musician, she plays with musicians such as Vadim Repin, Martha Argerich, José Van Dam, Cédric Tiberghien, Ronald van Spaendonck, Ivry Gitlis, Gérard Caussé, the Danel Quartet, the Talich Quartet, the Prazak Quartet, the Ysaye Quartet, Alexander Melnikov, Bruno Pasquier, Janine Jansen, Misha Maisky, Renaud Capuçon and Julian Rachlin. She founded chamber music ensembles such as Arpae and more recently Kheops.

Marie Hallynck studied in Paris with Reine Flachot. In 1987, she enters the class of E. Baert at the Royal Conservatory Brussels, then continues with Janos Starker in the U.S. and with Prof. N. Gutman at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart. She received numerous national and international awards (Brussels, Ghent, Paris, Eindhoven, and others), and is laureate of the famous Eurovision-Competition. In 1992 she received the highest awards at the Maria Canals Competition in Barcelona, the Mozarteum Salzburg, and the Accademia Chigiana in Sienna. In 1996 he became a Laureate of Juventus (an association which each year selects the most promising talents – from 18 to 26 years old – all over Europe). In 2001, the Association of European Concert halls, selected Marie Hallynck as "Rising Star" and the following year, the Belgian Music press, awarded her the "Soliste de l’Année" (an award she now shares with other renowned musicians such as Gidon Kremer, Antonio Pappano and Philippe Herreweghe).

Amongst her recordings, let us quote a few: the Cello concertos by H.Vieuxtemps (with the Belgian National Orchestra conducted by Theodor Guschlbauer - Cyprès), the cello concerto by J. Jongen with the same orchestra conducted by R. Kofman (Cyprès), her recital cd released by Harmonia Mundi with the complete works for cello & piano by R. Schumann and E. Grieg (together with Cédric Tiberghien), and last but not least a recording dedicated to D. Shostakovich released by Alpha, which got 5* in Diapason, Joker in Crescendo, ‘Choc’ du Monde de la Musique and ‘Incontournable de l’année 2004’ by Arte. Four new CD will be recorded soon.

Marie Hallynck was recently the guest of the Concertgebouw Amsterdam for a live broadcasting of Shostakovich’s 1st concerto with the RFO under Eri Klas and for Dvorak with the Flanders Symphony (Robeco Series + 5 concerts elsewhere), and played Haydn’s concerto in C together with the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra. Other recent/future performances include concertos by Schumann, Lutoslawski, Vieuxtemps, Elgar In Europe, Turkey and Korea and recitals or chamber music concerts at Beethoven Fest Bonn, Liège (Salle Philharmonique) and several important festivals in Europe. Marie Hallynck is a very successful professor at the Brussels Conservatory since the age of 18 and plays on an instrument by Matteo Goffriller from 1717.