Delphine Galou (born 1977) is a French contralto. Specializing in Baroque music, she began her career as a mezzo-soprano before moving down to the contralto range.
Galou was born in Paris in 1977.
She studied philosophy at the Sorbonne while also studying piano and voice.
She was the "Discovery of the Year" of the French Association for the Promotion of Young Artists in 2004.
Galou started her career in 2000 as a member of the ensemble of the "Jeunes Voix du Rhin". She has collaborated with orchestras such as the Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble (Thomas Hengelbrock), I Barocchisti (Diego Fasolis), Accademia Bizantina (Ottavio Dantone), Collegium 1704 (Václav Luks), Venice Baroque Orchestra (Andrea Marcon), Il Complesso Barocco (Alan Curtis), Les Siècles (François-Xavier Roth), Les Arts Florissants (Jonathan Cohen), Le Concert des Nations (Jordi Savall), Ensemble Matheus (Jean-Christophe Spinosi) and Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble (Marc Minkowski).
As a concert soloist, Galou is, among others, a regular guest of the Beaune Baroque Festival, where she was acclaimed in Rinaldo and Alessandro by Händel, Semiramide by Nicola Porpora, and Juditha triumphans and Orlando furioso by Vivaldi.
Galou married conductor Ottavio Dantone after collaborating on a number of projects with the orchestra Accademia Bizantina.
Galou has also taken part in the CD recording of Porpora's Vespro per la Festivitàdell'Assunta under the baton of Martin Gester (live recording - Ambronay Editions. Released in 2011), Vivaldi's Teuzzone under the baton of Jordi Savall (2012 - Naïve Records) and Vivaldi's Orlando furioso under the baton of Federico Maria Sardelli (2012 - Naïve Records).
This is a partial list of roles based on information from the artist's website.