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in the class of

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. Subsequently, she studied at the Wiener Musikakademie (Vienna), and further, under

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. A laureate of the ''International Competition

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'' in 1965, she went on to play at European and American festivals, solo, and accompanying

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, Sigiswald Kuijken, and

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. She obtained a master's degree in

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at Washington University in St. Louis, where she also taught harpsichord for two years. In reviewing the 2000 recording ''The Baroque Harpsichord'' to which Gallet contributed, ''

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'' magazine praised "the delicacy of her touch". As of 2000, she is a teacher at the Conservatoire de Genève and the Centre de Musique Ancienne Geneve.

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Swiss harpsichordists Swiss performers of early music Women performers of early music Washington University in St. Louis alumni University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni Musicians from Geneva {{Switzerland-musician-stub