Yaël Senamaud
Viola, Baroque Viola, Baroque Violin and Viola d’Amore
Yaël Senamaud is recognized for her versatility in a wide variety of musical styles. She has recently been appointed Principal Viola of the South Carolina Philharmonic and the Jackson Symphony Orchestra. She is a core-member of Apollo’s Fire, Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra and CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Music Series with the Pantheon Ensemble. She also regularly plays with ProMusica Chamber Orchestra (Columbus, OH) and Les Siécles, a period orchestra in Europe.
Yaël has served as Principal Viola with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra and BlueWater Chamber Orchestra. She has performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Les Délices, Catacoustic Consort, HarmoNati (Cincinnati), Bourbon Baroque (Louisville) and BWV baroque series (Albuquerque) among others.
While living in her native France, Yaël was a tenured member of the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris and the Palau De Les Artes Reina Sofia Opera in Valencia, Spain. A sought-after and accredited pedagogue, she was tenured Professor in the Paris Conservatory system. Yaël collaborated with the Orchestre de Paris, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Opera National de Paris. She is an avid chamber musician and was a founding member of Quartet Alizés and Trio Interlude (flute, viola, and harp).
Her abiding interest in diverse styles has led Yaël to perform contemporary music with the Ensemble Intercontemporain directed by Pierre Boulez. To expand her Historically Informed Performance Practice, she worked with Patrick Bismuth on baroque violin and Thomas Georgi on the viola d’amore.
Yaël is a graduate of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and Peabody Institute, where her teachers included Bruno Pasquier and Paul Coletti.