Catherine Ribes completed her violin studies at the “Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse” in Lyon with highest honors and completed her training at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. From 2008-2014 she was a member of the 2nd Violins and in 2011/12 she was co-principal of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Since 2014, there have been various engagements as principal second violin and as principal viola in, among others, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and also as a chamber musician. Since 2016, Catherine Ribes has been principal of the 2nd violins of the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra and was also principal viola in the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra from 2020 to 2023, where she also played as a soloist.
