French oboist Claire Bagot began her musical training at the Strasbourg Conservatory with Sébastien Giot. At the age of 18, she moved to Paris to study with Jean-Claude Jaboulay before being accepted into the prestigious Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. She spent the next five years studying with Jacques Tys, David Walter and Frédéric Tardy, graduating with honors and earning a Master’s degree in 2015. Ms. Bagot also spent one year as an exchange student at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, studying with Dominik Wollenweber.
A passionate orchestral player, she first gained experience with the French National Youth Orchestra, the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and the Verbier Festival Orchestra, touring throughout Europe and collaborating with conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Jonathan Nott, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Harding and Esa-Pekka Salonen. She was soon invited to perform with orchestras in France, including the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Orchestre National de Toulouse and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg.
During the 2016–2017 season, she held the position of co-principal oboe of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Jaap van Zweden. This experience marked the beginning of an international career, leading to collaborations with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Utopia and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.
She has been principal oboe of the Orchestre National de Lille since 2019.
