Swiss and Franco-American, Céleste-Marie Roy began playing the bassoon at the age of 13 in Maine. Shortly afterwards, she studied at NEC Prep in Boston and attended Tanglewood as a student of Mathew Ruggiero. At the age of 17, she was admitted to the Juilliard School in New York as a student of Stephen Maxym, where she obtained Bachelor's and Master's degrees in music. 

At the age of 20, she made her solo debut at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, with the New York String Orchestra. Soon afterwards, she appeared as soloist with several New York orchestras, performing in concert halls such as Alice Tully Hall and Lincoln Center. In New York, she was a member of Continuum, dedicated to contemporary music, recording for Naxos.

For several summers she took part in the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, performing under the direction of the legendary Leonard Bernstein. At the Salzburg Mozarteum, she attended the SommerAkademie as a student of Rudolf Klepac. 

Céleste-Marie Roy continued her studies with Klaus Thunemann in Hanover in the SolistenKlasse, obtaining a diploma in KonzertExam. 

With the Hofer Symphoniker, she is principal bassoon and has performed as soloist in Bavaria and the Czech Republic. 

She also collaborated with Phil Collins on his latest album, Going Back.

In 2024, she released her first solo album with ‘Dabringhaus & Grimm’, Fantaisies pour basson solo. 

She joined the OSR as principal bassoon in 1997. 

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