Well known for her beautiful and bright flute sound, Mathilde Calderini is one of the most sought-after flutist on the international stage. A very versatile artist, she likes to share her music activities between chamber music, orchestra and solo playing.

Since 2020, she is Principal Flute of Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. Two years before winning Radio France position, she was appointed Principal Flute of Orchestre National de Lille and occupied this chair for two seasons.

Led by musical excellence, she won several prizes such as the First Prize of the prestigious Kobe International Flute Competition, First Prizes of Lyon International Chamber Music Competition and Cari Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition with her quintet Ouranos Ensemble, First Prize of Buffet Crampon Competition, Best Young Flutist Prize of Maxence Larrieu International Flute Competition, and was awarded "Classic Adami Revelation" Distinction in 2012. She is also nominated in the category of Best Soloist of the Year 2024 at Victoires de la Musique Classique.

She is invited to perform worldwide as a soloist with prestigious orchestras including, WDR Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orchestre National de France, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Musica Vitae Sweden, Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, Bursa State Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Ensemble, Hyogo Performing Arts orchestra of Osaka, Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra... She has given concerts in major places all around the world.

In addition to her work as a soloist, Mathilde dedicates a substantial part of her time to chamber music. With clarinetist Amaury Viduvier, she founded the Ouranos Ensemble which is described as an astonishing and tremendously talented woodwind quintet. Alter six years of residency, they are now associated artists of prestigious Singer-Polignac Foundation in Paris where they regularly give concerts and masterclasses. They recorded two albums with Nomad Music Label which were greatly appreciated by critics and audiences.

Mathilde explores extended flute and piano repertoire with Guillaume Bellom and Aurèle Marthan. She also regularly plays with chamber music loyers such as Sylvain Blassel, Hermès Quartet, Ana Gaudemard, Gabriel Bianco, Yan Levionnois, Caroline Sypniewski and she has many times shared stage with great artists like Bertrand Chamayou, Xavier Demaistre, Renaud Capuçon, Nicolas Angelich, David Grimai, Edgar Moreau...

Her freshly released recital album « Avec Elles » by Alpha label with Aurèle Marthan, exploring French repertoire for flute and piano including great female composers, receives a very warm welcome by audience and critics. Alongside two recordings with Ouranos, Mathilde has recently participated to several recordings project : mezzo-soprano Ambroisine Bré solo album « Psyché », « Lovescapes » with the composer Johan Farjot new pieces. She also participated to the first recording of Charlotte Sohy pieces released by "la Boîte à Pépite", label and organisation which brings to light female composers unfairly forgotten.

A French native, Mathilde Calderini started the flute in Thonon-les-Bains and Chambéry. She studied with Claude Lefebvre at CRR de Paris and completed her Bachelor and Master degree with Sophie Cherrier and Vincent Lucas at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. She also trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London with William Bennett and Samuel Coles. She studied chamber music with Itamar Golan, Eric Lesage and Paul Meyer at Paris Conservatoire.