The German-French pianist Camille Lemonnier is a passionate interpreter of art song, opera, and chamber music. She has performed at the Barbican Hall in London, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, and the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, as well as at festivals such as the Oxford Lieder Festival, the Leeds Lieder Festival, and the International Lied Festival Zeist in the Netherlands. Among numerous awards, Camille Lemonnier is a Samling Young Artist and a prizewinner of the Académie Orsay-Royaumont in France.

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Camille Lemonnier completed her Bachelor of Music at the University of Music in Nuremberg. She continued her studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg with Professor Burkhard Kehring. In 2017, she moved to London to further her training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

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She has participated in masterclasses with renowned artists including Graham Johnson, Helmut Deutsch, Wolfram Rieger, and Malcolm Martineau, and has received further inspiration from her mentors Alisdair Hogarth, Susan Manoff and Waltraud Österreicher.

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From 2020 to 2023, Camille Lemonnier was engaged at the Hamburg State Opera as a répétiteur and French language coach. In 2024, she returned to Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London as a professor, where she curated an art song project on German ballads and French Impressionism. Based in Hamburg, she regularly collaborates with the NDR Vocal Ensemble and is also active in editorial work for the radio program “Klassik auf Wunsch” on NDR Kultur.

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Her international engagements include serving as head répétiteur for a production of Bizet’s Carmen in Shenzhen and Xi’an, performing at the Bavarian State Opera under Vladimir Jurowski, appearing alongside baritone Benjamin Appl on the German television program ZDF aspekte and on DAS! Rote Sofa with star tenor Jonas Kaufmann. She has also performed at the Internationale Meisterakademie in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz. Her discography includes the album Adoration, recorded together with the violinist Fanny Fheodoroff, featuring works for violin and piano exclusively by female composers.

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Camille Lemonnier is currently pursuing a part-time degree in Liberal Arts & Sciences alongside her professional career. This interdisciplinary program emphasizes critical thinking and fosters connections between science, art, and music, reflecting her deep interest in exploring dialogue across disciplines.