Adélaïde Ferrière is a marimbist and percussionist whose work spans orchestral solo appearances, contemporary music and transcriptions for marimba. She has performed as a soloist with the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Geneva Chamber Orchestra. Her collaborations with composers include Georges Aperghis and Philippe Hurel, and she has taken part in world premieres.
In 2024, she appeared in Deutsche Grammophon’s Rising Stars series on STAGE+ , with pianist Sarah Tysman. The programme brought together marimba arrangements of Bach, Vivaldi and Saint-Saëns with Xenakis’s Rebonds.
Her recordings for DG’s Musical Moments include her marimba arrangement of the Allegro from Bach’s Organ Concerto in A minor, BWV 593, released in December 2024, and her arrangement of Saint-Saëns’s Danse macabre with Tysman, released in February 2026.
She earned her master’s degree at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris in 2017, and also studied at the Royal College of Music in London in 2016.