Jean-Marc
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Jean-Marc Aeschimann teaches eurhythmics, musical theory and improvisation in the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva. He also teaches eurhythmics in the Geneva University of Music (HEM Haute école de musique). He regularly offers eurhythmics workshops both in Europe, Japan, Taiwan and the USA (Carnegie Mellon - University of Pittsburgh - Longy school of Music, Boston). He also conducts the Arte Musica Choir in Geneva-Thonex. |
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Patrick Blanc |
Patrick Blanc, has studied at the Department of Ancient Music in Strasbourg (1984 : High degree of recorder, baroque flute degree, first price in chamber music). He has worked with Robert Claire and Barthold Kuijken. Has created numerous pieces with different ensembles, and with Passo finto, the ensemble he has founded. He plays and makes recordings with l’Éclat des Muses, le Capriccio français, Le Parlement de Musique, Les Musiciens de Saint Julien... As a Composer, he obtained a composition degree at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst of Stuttgart in 1990, in Erhard Karkoschka’s class. Courses with Bryan Ferneyhough and Franco Donatoni. Lauréate of various international competitions in composition : Graz-1985, Le Bourget-1988. He is currently teaching at the National Conservatory in Strasbourg.
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Philippe Couvert |
As a violinist, violist, gambist, covering all kinds of music, from the end of the 16th century to contemporary music, Philippe Couvert has been the first violinist of la Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy since 1986, and the first violinist of Le Capriccio Français since 1999. He is regularly invited by the best period instrument orchestras: La Petite Bande, Il fondamento, Ricercar consort, Les talens lyriques, Het collegium vocale van Gent, Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, Hesperion XX… He is the director of l’Académie Sainte-Cécile, which he founded in 1988. He formerly took part in the European Union Youth Orchestra, with prestigious conductors: Claudio Abbado, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Osawa, Georg Solti… He actively supports contemporary creation, and young composers have dedicated works to him. Regularly invited to teach in international programs (Fondation Royaumont, Zentrum für Telemann-Pflege und -Forschung Magdeburg, Studio de musica antigà de Rio de Janeiro, Jeune Orchestre Atlantique à Saintes), Philippe Couvert has been a Professor at the Lille Regional Conservatory since 1999 and at the Perpignan Regional Conservatory since 2003. |
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| Hélène
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Hélène Dufour started studying harpsichord at the Paris Superior National Music Conservatory, then at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp with Jos Van Immerseel, and studied organ with Jean Boyer. She took part in tours of the European Union Baroque Orchestra, where she was to meet Ton Koopman, Roy Goodman and Jaap ter Linden. She then played for the most important concert institutions (Paris Sacred Art Festival, Lisbon Gulbekian Foundation, Utrecht Festival, Moscow Conservatory…) She now plays chamber music (duet with James Bowman, trio with La Tempesta…), basso continuo for orchestras (Le Capriccio Français, La Réjouissance…), and solos (Bach concertos, Manuel de Falla…). She has recorded French baroque motets (Diapason d’Or award), concerti grossi with ECBO. Her recording of 18th century sonatas with Patrick Bismuth received the Venice Fondazione Cini award, and her recording of Biber’s Rosenkranzsonaten received a “Choc” award from “Le Monde de la Musique”. She is a Lyric coach at the Versailles Baroque Music Center, a harpsichord Professor at the Reims Regional Conservatory, and a basso continuo Professor at the Orsay Regional Conservatory.
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Dominique Dujardin
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Dominique Dujardin graduated from the Paris European Music Conservatory, and then studied baroque cello with David Simpson. He currently performs with la Grande Ecurie & La Chambre du Roy (J.C. Malgoire), Le Capriccio Français (Ph. Le Fèvre), the Académie Sainte-Cécile string quartet (Ph. Couvert), and is often invited by ancient music ensembles : Les Arts Florissants (W. Christie), La Simphonie du Marais (H. Reyne), Les Paladins (J. Corréas), l’Ensemble William Byrd (G. O’Reilly), Les Festes Galantes (B. Massin). He plays with large ensembles as well as chamber groups, in France and abroad, and takes part in recordings. Regularly invited as a soloist for “Les Eléments“ (J. Suhubiette) et for the Radio-France Choir, Dominique Dujardin has taken part in several contemporary creations. He is a member of Continuum (D. Vasseur). As a concert performer, he could be heard in numerous festivals such as the Festival « Musique & Mémoire », the Ambronay Festival, the Festival d’Ile de France, the Villa Medici in Rome, etc... His discography includes « Les Sonates à Quattro » -Rossini (Pierre Verany label), « Les Sept Dernières Paroles du Christ » - Haydn, string quartet version (Syrius label), « Suite pour violoncelle seul » - O. Bensa (Triton label), “Lamentations" for solo cello and soprano - Fiocco (Syrius label), etc.... He is a Professor at the Lille Regional Conservatory and Calais Departmental Conservatory.
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Isabelle Germain
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Isabelle Germain started singing at the Poitiers Regional Conservatory and Versailles Baroque Music Center, with Vera Rosza, Martin Isepp, Maargret Honig, John Elwes, and then continued with Michèle Lebris, Margreet Hönig and Noëlle Barker. Her large repertoire goes from baroque music (she sings with J.C. Malgoire, H. Niquet, O. Schneebeli …) to contemporary music. She sings in numerous oratorios (from Bach cantatas to Berlioz “L’Enfance du Christ”), and particularly enjoys lieder and melody, to which she dedicated several recitals, with pianists Claudine Henriot-Flores et Ludovic Frochot (Schumann, Berg, Debussy…). Her passion is vocal pedagogy. She has been a Professor at the Lyon Superior National Music Conservatory for several years. She is responsible for one of the singing classes and Head of the Vocal Studies Department. She also offers counsel in vocal technique for varied ongoing training programs and prepares students for the choral directing and choral D.E. and C.A. She also teaches vocal didactics at the Paris Superior National Music Conservatory.
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| Yasunori Imamura lute and bass continuo
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Yasunori Imamura was born in Osaka, Japan. He studied lute with Eugen Dombois and Hopkinson Smith at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, where he received his soloist’s diploma. Subsequently, he worked on interpretation and thoroughbass with Ton Koopman and Johann Sonnleitner and composition with Wolfgang Neininger. Today, Imamura is recognised as one of the prominent figures of the lute, both as leading soloists and continuo-players on the lute. He is Professor for Lute at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional, Strasbourg and at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt am Main. He also regularly gives a number of master classes in Europe and the Far East. His solo recordings include lute music of Johann Sebastian Bach (Etcetera), Silvius Leopold Weiss (Capriccio and Claves), Robert de Visée (Capriccio) and Simone Molinario (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi). These recordings have also received excellent reviews in various audio magazines. Especially Lute Sonatas Vol.1 by Weiss (Claves) was awarded the “Diapason d’Or” prize by French Diapason Magazine in July-August 2006 and Lute Sonatas Vol.2 by Weiss (Claves) was awarded the “Le Joker de Crescendo” prize by Belgian Crescendo Magazine in September-October 2008. He has got the “Cultural achievement award” by the Canton of Solothurn (Switzerland) in 2010. Besides his activities as a soloist, Yasunori Imamura has collaborated as continuo player with such artists as Cecilia Bartoli, Teresa Berganza, Gérard Lesne, William Christie, Marc Minkowski, Michael Schneider, Martin Gester, Jos van Immerseel, Maurice Steger, Masaaki Suzuki, Christophe Rousset, Paul Goodwin and Alan Curtis and made more than 120 recordings. Imamura is a member of La Stagione Frankfurt, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Camerata Köln, Le Parlement de Musique and Il Complesso Barocco. In 1997 Yasunori Imamura founded the ensemble “Fons Musicae”, performing throughout Europe and Far East. To date they have made five recordings (Lambert, Bononcini, Steffani, Caldara and Gasparini) that have earned various international awards such as the “Classica ” or the “Sterne des Monats”.
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| Philippe Le Fèvre Musical director choral director
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As a musical director and as a choral director, Philippe Le Fèvre is eager to make classical music accessible to as large an audience as possible. When he performs with Le Capriccio Français or creates a symphonic orchestra for conservatory students, he has a constant goal: to help people hear and perform music. Alongside his work as a musical director, Philippe Le Fèvre favors pedagogy and transmission: he has therefore founded a Summer Music Academy for future young artists, he is a Professor at Saint-Maur Regional Conservatory and the Choral conductor of three amateur choirs, and he regularly delivers lectures. The same passion has led him to join the French Choral Art Institute in 2010, as an Artistic and Pedagogical Director. He aims at creating new repertoires, developing choral directing programs, and establishing international connections. Philippe Le Fèvre enjoys following unusual paths : he has recently taken part the movie “Intouchables”, together with Le Capriccio Français, he likes to combine different musical genres : a classical orchestra performing with a gipsy jazz band or with piano and bandoneon, and he regularly performs French and Russian repertoires with Russian professional choirs. Philippe Le Fèvre cherishes the Baroque definition of the word “emotion”: that which makes you move and makes you different. His inner aspiration is to make his audience feel happy for sharing these ravishing musical moments.
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Fabrice Maurin |
Fabrice Maurin started singing at the Nantes Regional Conservatory. Awarded a first prize at the Léopold Bellan competition in Paris in 1999, he enrolls in the Alençon Music School, and is awarded a gold medal in 2002, in baritone Alain Buet’s class. As an oratorio soloist, he has performed Mozart’s, Duruflé’s and Fauré’s Requiems, Bach’s Magnificat and Saint John’s Passion. A member of several vocal ensembles, he took part in productions with La Symphonie du Marais (Hugo Reyne), and performed Rebel and Francoeur’s Pirame and Thisbe at the Nantes Opera, as well as Purcell’s Didon (as Aenaes), Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust (as Brander). His passion is vocal pedagogy; he teaches singing in St Jean de Monts and is the Musical director of the vocal ensemble « Les voix galantes ». He takes part in Conques choral singing workshop with musical director Dominique Sourisse, has been coaching the Choir of the Figeac Rencontres musicales for three years, and conducts the Choeur de L’Académie Vocale en Vendée Romane. He also coaches the amateur and pre-professional choirs of the Ensemble A Sei Voci. He is a Professor at the La Rochelle Departmental Conservatory.
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Anna Rochelle
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From recital to street performance, as a singer, an actress, a narrator, a choral conductor, Anna Rochelle favors creative and passionate pedagogy. After graduating in Vocal technique, she started teaching singing: private lessons at the Montbard Conservatory, private lessons and choir-applied vocal technique classes at the Dijon Regional Conservatory, Bourgogne Mission Voix, Cepravoi, and the Chamber Choir Mikrokosmos. She is entrusted with specific projects by varied institutions: artistic practice workshops in prisons, prenatal singing in hospitals… She is the Choral conductor of the Dijon CHU (hospital), « CHUchotis », which she founded in 2009. She is currently the Choral conductor of the Children’s choirs at the Dijon Regional Conservatory. | |
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