Harpsichordist & continuo player
Louise Acabo seated in front of her harpsichord
Photo of Louise Acabo in front of her harpsichord
Photo of Louise Acabo in front of her harpsichord

Winner of several international competitions, Louise divides her time between Paris and Basel, performing as a soloist on the harpsichord and various instruments in a wide repertoire of ensemble music.

Louise discovered the harpsichord at the age of 7, and studied with Aline Zylberajch for 12 years before entering the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Her first class was with Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, followed by Francesco Corti.

At the age of 19, Louise won first prize in the Concours Corneille international harpsichord competition. A little later, she won the international La Capella Musicale competition in Milan, as well as the Bach Wettbewerb competition in Leipzig, and was also a prizewinner at the Fondation Royaumont and the Jeunes Talents association.

A much-appreciated soloist, Louise is regularly invited to perform at festivals and concert series across Europe, including the Oude Muziek festival in Utrecht, Cembalo in der Stadt Basel, Bel-Air Claviers, l'Entracte, the Musée de Neuchâtel and the Musée de Colmar, Infinity festival Basel, Festival Aurore and others.

Photo of Louise Acabo in front of her harpsichord
Photo of Louise Acabo in front of her harpsichord

As a continuo player, Louise has broadened her repertoire and knowledge by performing in a variety of ensembles, both small-scale (the Banshies, Tumbleweeds) and large-scale (Pygmalion, Jupiter, Le Concert de la Loge, Masques, etc.), as well as working as a conductor and vocal coach (Teater Basel).

At the same time, Louise had a keen interest in teaching, which she was able to pursue for four years at the music school in Riedisheim, or as a replacement at the Schola C. B. It was at the same institution, at the end of a master's degree in pedagogy, that she was awarded the prize for best dissertation by the Walter & Corina Christen-Marchal Foundation for her work on 'Le corps & les techniques de clavecin dans la France des XVIIème et XVIIIème siècles' (The body and harpsichord techniques in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France).

Photography of Louise Acabo

“Very young, with plenty of room to grow, Acabo is a performer with enormous international projection”

– Luis Gago, El Pais

Next
events

  • Résidence – The Banshies

    Nov. 23, 2024
    Nov. 27, 2024
    Ambronay (FR)
    Abbaye d’Ambronay
  • Quatre Saisons dansées

    Dec. 5, 2024
    Dec. 7, 2024
    Paris (FR)
    La Seine musicale – Le Concert de la Loge
    + infos
  • Quatre Saisons dansées

    Dec. 16, 2024
    Toulouse (FR)
    + infos
  • Quatre Saisons dansées

    Feb. 3, 2025
    Paris (FR)
    Le Concert de la Loge
  • Quatre Saisons dansées

    Feb. 10, 2025
    Paris (FR)
    Le Concert de la Loge
  • La Forêt enchantée

    Feb. 20, 2025
    Feb. 21, 2025
    Schaffhausen (CH)
    Le Concert de la Loge
    + infos
  • La Forêt enchantée

    Feb. 27, 2025
    March 31, 2025
    Paris (FR)
    Enregistrement – Le Concert de la Loge
  • La résurrection

    April 26, 2025
    Gent (BE)
    Le Concert de la Loge
    + infos
  • Récital partagé

    May 11, 2025
    Paris (FR)
    Avec Carole Cerasi
  • Quatre Saisons dansées

    May 15, 2025
    May 16, 2025
    Tourcoing (FR)
    Le Concert de la Loge
    + infos
  • Marathon du concerto

    May 20, 2025
    Paris (FR)
    Concerto en soliste avec Le Concert de la Loge
  • Quatre saisons dansées

    May 31, 2025
    Schwetzingen (DE)
    Le Concert de la Loge
    + infos
  • Résidence

    June 16, 2025
    June 22, 2025
    La Chaise-Dieu (FR)
    The Banshies
  • Quatre Saisons dansées

    June 26, 2025
    Kissingen (DE)
    Le Concert de la Loge
    + infos
  • Quatre Saisons dansées

    July 3, 2025
    July 8, 2025
    Namur (BE)
    Le Concert de la Loge
    + infos
  • Nisu Dominus Vivaldi

    July 10, 2025
    July 12, 2025
    Paris (FR)
    Le Concert de la Loge
  • Résidence

    July 14, 2025
    July 21, 2025
    Toroella (ES)
    The Banshies
see past concerts
listen on youtube

Gaspard Leroux – Sarabande grave in D minor

Utrecht Early Music Festival
2022

Ascanio Mayone – Ancidetemi Pur

Utrecht Early Music Festival
2019

J.S. Bach – Harpsichord concerto BWV 1058

Le concert de la loge,
France musique

J.S. Bach – Trio n°4 in E minor; I.Adagio/Vivace (arr. for cello & harpsichord)

Cello – Martin Egigi