Sophie Dervaux enjoys an exceptionally outstanding career as a solo bassoonist, orchestral and chamber musician, conductor and recording artist. Since 2015 she has held the principal bassoon chairs at the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestras. Previously, she was contrabassoonist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. She is a prize-winner of the prestigious ARD International Music Competition Munich (2013) and the Beethoven Ring Bonn (2014). Born in France, Sophie Dervaux began her musical education on the guitar and clarinet and has been playing the bassoon since 2003. After training at the Music Conservatory of Versailles, she studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique (Conservatoire de Paris) in Lyon and at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin. She then joined the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Academy (Karajan Academy). Her performing career has brought her to many of the world's most iconic concert halls, including the Philharmonie de Paris, Berlin Philharmonie, Suntory Hall Tokyo, New York’s Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall in London. She has appeared as soloist with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2021 she recorded her debut solo album for the Berlin Classics label with pianist Sélim Mazari and received the German Record Critics’ Award. This was followed by a project to record Vivaldi’s entire catalogue of 39 bassoon concertos with La Folia Barockorchester. She has also recorded the Beethoven Trio with Daniel Barenboim and Emmanuel Pahud on the Warner Classics label. Sophie Dervaux made her conducting debut in 2019 with the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia and has since conducted the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Ensemble Kanazawa, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the KBS Symphony Orchestra in Seoul, the Orchestra National Capitole Toulouse and the Wermland Opera. She currently teaches bassoon at the Music and Arts University of The City of Vienna and plays on a Püchner bassoon.