Marie-Catherine Girod, born on August 19, 1949 in Peyrehorade, France, is a pianist. She studied at the Bordeaux Conservatory and later under Jules Gentil at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris. Her career began with performances at festivals like Mai de Bordeaux and La Roque d’Anthéron. Girod has released several albums, including Felix Mendelssohn - Romances Sans Paroles (2006) and Nos âmes Espèrent (2007), and completed a cycle of recordings of Felix Mendelssohn's complete works for solo piano in 2009. She has received awards such as the Grand Prize of the French National Recording Academy and the Charles Cros International Grand Prize. Girod has also been a prominent educator, directing the Sucy-en-Brie Conservatory of Music from 1986 to 2012.
