Odile BOURIN began her cello studies with Alain Meunier, continuing at the Paris Conservatory where she graduated in 1981 in Philippe Muller's class. Eventually, she attended the Royal Music Conservatory of The Hague (Netherlands) to study with Anner Bijlsma and moved next to New York to attend Harvey Shapiro's lessons at the Juilliard School of Music.
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Since 1989 her life is dedicated to soloist activities:
different concertos with the Strasburger Philharmonic Orchestra, Versaille Camerat, St Germain l'Auxerrois Soloists.
and chamber music:
on period instrument with piano-forte and harpsichord, or modern instrument in duo, trio and sextet mostly (with the KammerEnsemble de Paris).
Odile BOURIN plays a LANDOLFI Cello (Milano circa 1780) and a French period cello by PILEUR (Paris 1760).
As a pedagogue, she is regularly invited to take part in juries and master-classes: in 2001 she was the French guest of the 1st International Cello Festival in Kobe, Japan where she also played recitals.
 She wrote a new cello method for beginners (3 volumes printed by Editions Lemoine, Paris).
She is actually a member of:
- Trio Hummel (piano-forte, ancient violin or traverso, ancient cello)
- KammerEnsemble de Paris
- Duo Bourin-Cazauran (cello and contrabass)
- Trio du Péras (piano trio)
- Duo Kobiki-Bourin (piano and cello)
- Duo Paraskivesco-Bourin (piano and cello)
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