Camille Baslé was introduced to traditional percussion at a very early age through his contact with Elsa Wolliaston, a pioneer of African contemporary dance, which flourished in Europe in the 1970s.

At the age of 7, he enrolled at the Rouen Conservatoire, then continued his musical training at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris, where, in 1988, he joined Michel Cerutti’s class, followed by Frédéric Macarez’s. There, he was awarded a First Prize in 1996, as well as an Advanced Studies Prize in 1998.

He is a founding member of the Quartet Ku, a percussion quartet, which won the Musiques d’ensembles competition in 1997. An eclectic musician, alongside his classical training, he plays percussion with the traditional Corsican music group Sarrochi and the French chanson group Karpatt. Highly active in the field of historical performance, he became a member of the orchestra Les Siècles, conducted by François-Xavier Roth, in 2006.

He particularly made a name for himself in 2011 with his performance of Béla Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, which he played alongside Martha Argerich, Nelson Goerner and Jean-Claude Gengembre. Since then, he has taken part in chamber music festivals alongside renowned soloists such as Éric Le Sage, Frank Braley, Jean-François Heisser and Jean-Frédéric Neuburger… (Sonates d’automne, Musique à l’Empéri, etc.). He has also collaborated on the artistic project led by David Grimal and his ensemble Les Dissonances.

In 2013, he joined the Orchestre de Paris as principal timpanist.