Cellist Astrig Siranossian studied at the Conservatoire in Lyon and with Ivan Monighetti at the Basel Music Academy. A winner of the Krzysztof Penderecki International Cello Competition, she has collaborated as a chamber musician and soloist with artists including Daniel Barenboim, Sir Simon Rattle, Martha Argerich, Yo-Yo Ma, Kirill Gerstein, Elena Bashkirova, and Emmanuel Pahud, appearing at the Philharmonie de Paris, Carnegie Hall, the Vienna Musikverein, Walt Disney Hall, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, KKL Lucerne, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C, and the Berlin Philharmonie. Her discography includes acclaimed recordings of Krzysztof Penderecki’s and Aram Khachaturian’s cello concertos; Dear Mademoiselle, a tribute to Nadia Boulanger; and the album Invisibles featuring forgotten works by French composers Jean Cras, Pierre-Octave Ferroud, and Marcelle Soulage. She is artistic director of the festival Musicades in her hometown of Romans sur Isère, of the Adèle Clément Cello Festival im Department Drôme, and of the Nadia and Lili Boulanger Festival in Trouville-sur-Mer. Astrig Siranossian teaches and the Paris Conservatoire and was awarded the Ordre national du Mérite in 2025. A frequent guest at the Pierre Boulez Saal as a soloist and member of the Boulez Ensemble, she plays a 1676 Ruggieri cello provided by Foundation Boubo-Music and an instrument made by Geinaro Gagliano in 1756.