Sonia Wieder-Atherton
Born to an American father and a French mother, Paris-based cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton has an unusually wide-ranging repertoire and performs with international orchestras, conductors and pianists. Several contemporary composers, such as Wolfgang Rihm and Pascal Dusapin, have written works for her. Sonia Wieder-Atherton often organises unconventional, carefully conceived programmes. An additional facet of her artistic activity is her productive collaboration with the filmmaker Chantal Akerman.