RIOLLOT Ingrid

Ingrid Riollot is a French classical guitarist residing in Esperance, an inspiring place of natural beauty and contrasts in Western Australia. She embraces a varied international career capturing the hearts of her audience with sensitivity, tone colour, musicality and mesmerizing tremolo. 

Ingrid has been privileged to perform both as soloist and with orchestras for internationally acclaimed festivals in Spain, France, Australia, Canada, Malaysia, United-Kingdom, New Zealand, China, Thailand, Italy, Morocco, Hong Kong, Tasmania, Albania, Switzerland, Peru, Mauritius, Vietnam, Monaco... She is regularly invited to adjudicate major international competitions for the guitar: Académie Renier III Monaco, Changsha Guitar Festival China, Albania International Competition, Western Australian Chamber and Soloist Music Festival etc.) Her widely appreciated masterclasses, lectures and demonstrations have made her a regular guest of academies, universities and summer schools around the world: UQAM Montreal, WAAPA Perth, Honk Kong Academy for Peforming Arts. etc.)

Recipient of many prizes from the “Conservatoire de Musique de Lyon” and the “École Supérieure d’Art de Lorraine” in guitar, chamber music, analysis, harmony, composition, pedagogy, she was awarded Young Talent Prize by the Philharmonic Society of Lyon. Ingrid received the precious teachings of Jesus Castro-Balbi, Ricardo Gallen, Marco Tamayo, Joaquin Clerch, Gerard Abiton, Alberto Ponce and David Russell. 

Ingrid taught for 20 years in Music Conservatories in France, Studio Kodaly in Switzerland and Iartschool in China before devoting herself fully to her solo career. She has recorded several solo albums: Homage, My Guitar, Leyenda and Travel Notes. Ingrid is a member of the Australian Silver Sands Guitar Quartet and plays on a Smallman guitar.