Pianist Clémence Hirt was born in Fribourg, Switzerland. She specializes in vocal accompaniment and works as a repetiteur and collaborative pianist across Switzerland. In the season 2026/2027, she works at the Theater Biel-Solothurn for four productions and on one project at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
Clémence Hirt takes great pleasure in performing Lied and art song. She was finalist and prize-winner at international Lied competitions. Since 2018, she performs as Duo Dalùna with the tenor Remy Burnens. They received the third prize at the international Lied competition « Bolko von Hochberg » in Görlitz, Germany. Their second album « Geheimes Sehnen » will be published by the label Solo Musica in Spring 2027.
The pianist works as a repetiteur with the Opernkollektiv Zurich, the Opéra des Champs in Bulle and Operntheater für Kinder in Solothurn. She co-founded the operetta company Fri’Bouffes, which encourages young singers to rediscover the mostly unknown repertoire from the interwar period.
She plays with various choirs accross Switzerland, among them the Swiss Youth Choir, conducted by Nicolas Fink and the Konzertchor Solothurn. In 2024, she worked with Simon Rattle at the Verbier Festival and with Daniel Reuss and the Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne. She also worked as a vocal coach at the Haute École de Musique in Geneva and in Lausanne.
She studied at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève with Marc Pantillon. She continued her studies at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, where she obtained both a Master’s degree in Music Pedagogy and a Master’s degree in Specialized Music Performance as part of the chamber music class of Prof. Eckart Heiligers and the Lied class of Prof. Christoph Berner. She was also an active participant in various masterclasses, with notable teachers such as Christian Favre, Finghin Collins, Pascal Sigrist, Heinz Medjimorec, Philippe Tamborini and Klaus Hellwig and in Art Song with Helmut Deutsch, Anne Le Bozec, Ulrich Eisenlohr, Markus Hadulla and Mitsuko Shirai. She currently works with Erna Ronca.
Besides her activity as a pianist, Clémence Hirt regularly performs as an organist and harpsichordist, often as a member of the Young Orchestra of Fribourg. Additionally, she has also been working as a piano teacher at the music school Biel since 2022.
Clémence Hirt ist the co-president of Lied:Klang Festival, which first edition will take place in May 2027 in Solothurn. She is a recipient of the Swiss Richard Wagner Society Stipendium 2019 and a member of Lied the Way, a non-profit organization whose goal is to empower and network female artists within the art song community.
The musician conducts the vocal ensemble Hathor in Fribourg and is mentored by Gonzague Monney. In 2026, she received a degree in orchestral conducting at the HKB with Florian Ziemen.
