The Musicians 2022

The Musicians 2022

Conrad Steinmann

Conrad Steinmann

Recorder, Flageolet
Born in 1951 in Switzerland. Studies recorder at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Hans Martin Linde. 1972 Winner of the 1st International Recorder Competition in Bruges (Belgium). 1975 - 1982 teaches at the Zurich Music Academy. 1982 Appointed professor at the Schola Cantorum in Basel. 1991 Awarded the CH- Ernst Stiftung Artistic Prize in Winterthur and, in 2021, the Swiss Music Prize. Concerts take him to all European centers, Moscow, Japan and regularly to the Middle East and Australia, notably in the past with "Ensemble 415", London Baroque and the recorder ensemble "diferencias", and more recently with the "Melpomen" ensemble. Numerous recordings, most recently with DIVOX: "Echo", "Giorno e Notte" (Vivaldi recorder concertos with Ensemble 415) and Musiques Suisses SWISS MADE with ensemble diferencias. Initiator and organizer of international recorder days (Swiss-Eastern European meeting 1993; meeting with Italy 1997 "incontro" and the Arab world in Sept. 2001 "Jadal" in Basel and Cairo). As an aulos player, he demonstrates a unique commitment to the music of ancient Greece. Intensive collaboration with instrument maker Paul J. Reichlin, whose reconstructed instruments form the basis of his reimagined music of the 5th and 6th centuries BC. With his "Melpomen" ensemble, he has so far created 5 programs ("Melpomen", "Olympionikais oder Pindars Oden" for the closing of the 2004 Athens Olympics, "Eros", CHOROS/ΧΟΡΟΣ and newly "Odysseus". The CD "Melpomen Ancient Greek Music" (Harmonia Mundi 905263) was awarded a Diapason d'Or. The second CD "Sappho and her time" with music from the 6th century BC was released by Sony and most recently CHOROS/ΧΟΡΟΣ by Solo Musica, Munich with music for Sophocles' tragedy "Oidipous". Recipient of grants from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the Swiss National Science Foundation. Author of the story collection "Drei Flöten für Peter Bichsel, vom Zauber der Blockflöte" published by Rüffer und Rub, Zurich. 2021 Publication of the scientific work "Nachklänge, Instrumente der griechischen Klassik und ihre Musik" published by Schwabe, Basel. www.conradsteinmann.ch / www.melpomen.ch

Into the Winds" ensemble

Into the Winds is first and foremost a sound. A powerful, gripping, hypnotic and rare sound, carried by wind instruments with unique and colorful timbres from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The invigorating breath and vibratory energy they transmit are a source of journeys, bridges and passages, inviting us to an immersive and sensory experience in time and space. In this way, between East and West, past and present, connoisseurs and the simply curious are swept up in moments that are as intimate, sensual and refined as they are surprising, spectacular and grandiose. In a process of research, creation and reinvention, combining secular and sacred music, dance and song, Into the Winds touches the imagination of its audience by telling stories that are as singular as they are universal. From the gothic blast of trumpets filling the first cathedrals to the songs of troubadours extolling courtly love and chivalric virtues, from the dazzling sound of great oboes enlivening balls and festivals to the nonchalant virtuosity of tambourines and recorders improvising in princely palaces, spirits and bodies are ceaselessly called to adventure, contemplation and discovery. Always in search of new sensations and risk-taking, Into the Winds communicates the spirit of an era with elegance, sobriety, authenticity and conviction, juggling instruments and grooving like a Big Band, with energy, joy and the pleasure of sharing.
Anabelle Guibeaud Adrien Reboisson Laurent Sauron Marion Le Moal Rémi Lécorché

Anabelle Guibeaud

Recorder, Chalemie, Douçaine, Direction
Fascinated by early repertoires and sensitive to colorful timbres, Anabelle plays recorders and Renaissance and Baroque oboes. After studying recorder with Claire Michon at the CRR de Poitiers, Antje Hensel at the Hochschule de Leipzig and Denis Raisin Dadre at the CRR de Tours, she learned to play Renaissance double-reed instruments with Jérémie Papasergio and Ian Harrison, and Baroque oboe with Elsa Frank and Jean-Marc Philippe (CRR de Caen, CRD d'Orsay). Anabelle is currently involved in a number of concert and recording projects, and teaches recorder and early oboe at the CRR de Limoges.

Adrien Reboisson

Chalemie, Bombarde, Douçaine, Recorder, Direction
A musician with an atypical background, it was during his engineering studies that Adrien discovered early music and dance, for which he became passionate and decided to get involved. He studied recorder with Denis-Raisin Dadre at the Conservatoire de Tours, Renaissance oboe with Jérémie Papasergio, Michèle Vandenbroucque and Ian Harrison, Baroque oboe with Elsa Frank at the Conservatoire de Caen, and music/dance with Robin Joly. He leads numerous balls as a dance master and performs with various early music ensembles (Ensemble Doulce Mémoire, Ensemble Le Banquet du Roy, Compagnie Outre-Mesure, Ensemble Correspondances,

Laurent Sauron

Percussion
Percussionist Laurent Sauron received his classical training at the Pôle Supérieur d'Aubervilliers, where he obtained the DNSPM, Diplôme d'Etat d'Enseignement, and a degree in musicology. At the same time, he studied harpsichord (DEM in harpsichord and basso continuo) and early percussion in orchestral workshops (Académie du Périgord Noir, Orchestre Français des Jeunes Baroque...). He currently works with ensembles such as Cappella Mediterranea, Talents Lyriques, Concert Spirituel, B'Rock orchestra, Il Festino, Ensemble Clematis, Les Arts Florissants...

Marion Le Moal

Bombarde, Douçaine, Flûte à Bec
Marion discovered early music by playing the recorder, and quickly developed a passion for wind instruments and Renaissance music. After studying the recorder at the Conservatoire de Tours in Denis Raisin-Dadre's class, she continued her studies in the Netherlands at the HKU Utrechts Conservatorium and at the Pôle Supérieur de Poitiers, where she perfected her skills with Claire Michon. She strengthened her interest in early reeds with Jérémie Papasergio and Ian Harrison, and studied baroque oboe with Elsa Frank and Antoine Torunczyk. She teaches recorder at the Boulogne-Billancourt Conservatoire and is invited to play with various early music ensembles (Consonance, Eolus, Le Banquet du Roy...).

Rémi Lécorché

Sackbut, Slide Trumpet, Buspipe, Recorder
A multi-instrumentalist, Rémi plays sackbut, recorders, euphonium, trombones, snakes and medieval trumpets. He began his studies at the Montargis conservatory, then went on to perfect his skills at the CRR in Tours and St Maur des Fossés, and the CNSM in Lyon. He currently performs in France and abroad with ensembles such as Doulce Mémoire, Into the Winds, Pygmalion, Tasto Solo, Marguerite Louise, Mensa Sonora, Daedalus, les Trucking Sisters, les Coccigrues, Consonance, les Cris de Paris, l'Acheron, Sollazo, Concerto Soave, la Compagnie la Tempête...

Les Alizés" ensemble

Ensemble Les Alizés was founded in 2006 by Clémence Comte with the aim of mounting programs that are particularly close to her heart. These carefully crafted programs are the fruit of extensive research into both musical sources and organology. Depending on the project, they bring together brilliant young musicians at the end of their studies at Europe's top conservatories, or musicians with established careers who are internationally recognized in the world of early music.
Clémence Comte Parsival Castro Vincent Kibildis Benoît Humbert

Clémence Comte

Recorder, Calls
After brilliantly completing her recorder studies in France, Clémence Comte went on to perfect her skills with Baldrick Deerenberg, Heiko ter Schegget and Marion Verbruggen at the Higher School of the Arts in Utrecht (Netherlands), where she obtained a teaching diploma with honors in 1992 and a concert diploma in 1994. At the same time, she studied musicology in France, graduating with a DEA in 1991. She performs frequently throughout Europe at prestigious festivals and concert series as a soloist and in various ensembles, with whom she has won a dozen national and international competitions. Equally passionate about teaching, Clémence Comte taught her instrument and chamber music in the Netherlands from 1993 to 2003. Since September 2003, she has been recorder teacher and head of the early music department at the CRR du Grand Besançon Métropole. Since September 2019, she has also held the same position at the ESM de Bourgogne Franche-Comté. Her discography includes recordings released by Zig-Zag Territoire, Ligia Digital and Et'cetera.

Parsival Castro

Theorbo, Lute
A lutenist, theorbist and vihuelist of Ecuadorian origin, Parsival Castro arrived in France to study musical culture and composition with Mark André, and lute and theorbo with Yasunori Imamura at the CRR in Strasbourg, where he obtained a DEM in these disciplines. He then entered Hopkinson Smith's class at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Basel, Switzerland), where he obtained a master's degree. He has taken part in master classes with Eugène Ferré, Marianne Muller, Gabriel Garrido, Eduardo Egüez and Le Concert Lorrain. A member of the Los Biganos ensemble, he also performs with the Nota Bene, Musa Armonica, Parlement de Musique and Capilla Panamericana ensembles in Europe and Latin America at numerous festivals. He teaches guitar, theorbo and lute at the CRR du Grand Besançon and the ESM de Bourgogne Franche-Comté.

Vincent Kibildis

Ancient Harp, Calls
Vincent Kibildis studied historical harps at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland, then furthered his knowledge with Mara Galassi at the ESMUC in Barcelona. A permanent member of the "Exquisite Noyse" ensemble, he can be heard on the 2015 CD release "La voce del violino", where he performs 16th-century instrumental music and plays his own improvisations. Until 2019, he was a permanent member of the "Sollazzo Ensemble", with whom he took part in the eeemerging program, won the 2015 York Early Music Young Artist Competition and was selected as an associate ensemble of the CCR d'Ambronay. He plays on the two CDs "En Seumeillant" and "Parle qui veut", awarded a "Diapason d'or" and a "Diapason d'or de l'Année 2018", among others. Since 2019, he has been concentrating more on his own projects, notably the duo "Rootstock", whose first CD "Harvested from tradition" was released in 2018. Vincent also plays as a soloist and in various formations as a continuo player.

Benoît Humbert

Storyteller
Trained at the Jacques Lecoq international theater school, Benoît Humbert has worked for some fifteen years in rural areas, with the company La Carotte, of which he is the founder. An adept of all-round theater, he explores storytelling, gesture and theater of the real. A multi-talented artist, he has experimented with all facets of the stage, as director, playwright, actor and technician.

Le Trio des Polyfolies" ensemble

Marine Sablonnière Victor Aragon Bertrand Cuiller

Marine Sablonnière

Recorder
Marine Sablonnière discovered the recorder and its repertoire with Pierre Ginzburg, then benefited from Pierre Hamon's classes at the CNSMD in Lyon and Pedro de Memelsdorff's at the ESMUC in Barcelona. She plays chamber music with Julien Martin and their ensemble Résonances, focusing on 17th- and 18th-century trio and Renaissance consort music, and also plays regularly with harpsichordist Bertrand Cuiller and the ensemble Le Caravansérail. She also turns to traditional and contemporary music with the ensemble Les trois lignes, alongside Isabelle Courroy on kaval and Henri Tournier on bansuri and transverse flutes, in a search for a new sound and repertoire. She explores this same repertoire and search for sound with a solo program, Mosaïques, in which she plays a number of different flutes and aesthetics. She has taken part in numerous concerts conducted by Skip Sempé (Capriccio Stravagante), Raphaël Pichon (Pygmalion), Jordi Savall (Hesperion XXI), Marc Minkowski (Les Musiciens du Louvre), Damien Guillon (le banquet céleste), Gérard Lesne (Il Seminario Musicale), Hervé Niquet (Le Concert Spirituel), Christina Pluhar (l'Arpeggiata), Olivier Spilmont ( Aliamens), Florence Bolton and Benjamin Perrot (La rêveuse), Emmanuel Bardon ( canticum novum). She has made numerous recordings with these ensembles. Holder of Certificats d'Aptitude in early music and recorder, she teaches at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Marseille.

Victor Aragon

Gambe violin
Born in Chile, Victor Aragon began playing music at an early age, first with the guitar and Latin-American percussion following the tradition of oral transmission in South America. He then went on to study jazz guitar in Venezuela with Johann Espinoza, Abigail Romero and trumpeter Terence Blanchard, and Afro-Cuban percussion with Mario Calderon, Rodolfo Aranguibel and Nicky Marrero. At the same time, he studied cello at the Conservatory of Music in Mérida, Venezuela, and was invited to join the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra, where he became first cello. Between 1990 and 1999, he worked on numerous films as a set designer, musician and soundtrack designer. When he discovered the viola da gamba, he decided to make his own instrument, bow and strings, and began self-taught studies. Three years later, he was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon in Marianne Muller's class, where he graduated unanimously with first-class honors in 2004. He also trained with Jordi Savall, Wieland Kuijken, Roberto Gini and Philippe Pierlot. As a violist, he has collaborated with Roberto Gini, Pierre Cao, Jordi Savall, Christophe Coin, Philippe Picket, Dominique Vellard, Skip Sempé, Bertrand Cuiller, Timothy Roberts, Jean-Pierre Canihac, Emmanuel Resche, Ensemble Correspondances, Ensemble Les Passions, Arsys de Bourgogne, Ensemble Le Caravansérail and others. For the past fifteen years, he has worked closely with Gabriel Garrido el l'ensemble Elyma, with whom he has made several recordings. He is a founding member of L'ensemble Résonances, with whom he recorded "Un Salon de Musique" for the NoMadMusic label. He currently teaches viola da gamba at the Conservatoire CMA9 in Paris and at the Conservatoire de Musique de Meaux.

Bertrand Cuiller

Harpsichord
Bertrand Cuiller is harpsichordist and musical director of Caravansérail. Born into a family of musicians, Bertrand Cuiller began playing the harpsichord at the age of eight with his mother Jocelyne Cuiller. At thirteen, he met Pierre Hantaï, who mentored him for several years. He studied harpsichord at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris (CNSMDP) with Christophe Rousset. Fascinated by the sound of the horn, he learned to play both baroque and modern horns. In 1998, at the age of nineteen, he won third prize at the Bruges International Harpsichord Competition. As a harpsichordist, Bertrand Cuiller is particularly fond of the English composers William Byrd and John Bull, whom he has recorded for Mirare and Alpha ("Mr Tomkins his Lessons of Worthe" and "Pescodd Time"). He has also recorded Johann Sebastian Bach concertos for these labels with the Stradivaria ensemble, as well as a Scarlatti-Soler album. All his recordings have been warmly received by press and public alike. His complete works for harpsichord by Jean-Philippe Rameau were Choc de l'Année Classica 2015. His collaboration with harmonia mundi has enabled him to carry out a major multi-year project based on the complete works for harpsichord by François Couperin: "Couperin l'Alchimiste". He performs as a chamber musician with Bruno Cocset and les Basses Réunies, violinist Sophie Gent and flutist Marine Sablonnière. In 2012-13, Bertrand Cuiller conducted John Blow's opera Venus et Adonis. Following this conducting experience, Bertrand Cuiller created Le Caravansérail with the aim of working on composers close to his heart, which he wishes to explore with a large ensemble. For further information and news, visit www.ensemblecaravanserail.com

La Camerata Chiara" ensemble

"Music is the food of love." William Shakespeare
A love of music drives the heart of the La Camerata Chiara ensemble, friendship sublimates its playing, the diversity of its members and instruments enriches its musical color, and its manifest desire to create a bridge between peoples gives depth to its horizon, always in search of the most historically accurate interpretation, Her openness to the constant discovery of new works characterizes her, her commitment to exploring little-practised avenues stimulates her, her taste for experimentation leads her to take risks that take her into unknown territory, and her joy in travelling the world of music with the public fulfils her, a journey into the Light.
"Music gives a soul to our hearts and wings to our thoughts." Plato
Florence Malgoire (1/2) Florence Malgoire (2/2) Elijah Daguin Grégoire Franco (1/2) Grégoire Franco (2/2) Peter Chorkov (1/2) Peter Chorkov (2/2) Lucas Bracher

Florence Malgoire

Baroque violin
Born into a family of musicians, Florence Malgoire began her career under the guidance of her father Jean-Claude Malgoire with "la Grande écurie et la Chambre du Roy" and her teacher Sigiswald Kuijken with his orchestra "la petite bande", then a student at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Holland. She has held the position of concertmaster for over three decades in prestigious ensembles such as Philippe Herreweghe's "La Chapelle Royale", Christophe Rousset's "Les Talents Lyriques", Jean-Claude Malgoire's "La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy" and William Christie's "Les Arts Florissants". She has performed on the finest international stages, and continues to enrich an already abundant discography.

Florence Malgoire

Baroque violin
Among his recordings: "les récréations" by Jean-Marie Leclair, "sonates en trio de H Purcell", (Verany), "Sanguineus-melancolicus" by CPE Bach with "les nièces de Rameau" complete sonatas by JS bach for violin and harpsichord with Blandine Rannou, (zig-zag territoires), the complete rosary sonatas by FI Biber for violin and continuo with "les dominos" (Psalmus), the complete sonatas for violin and continuo by Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, "les sextuor de JP rameau revus par ST Saëns", "les sonates de F Couperin", with "les dominos", Noëls by MA Charpentier, "les dominos" and the Namur ensemble, (ricercar-outhere) "symphonies au siècle des lumières" (claves) conducted by Florence Malgoire with the Baroque orchestra of the Geneva HEM. In 2003, she founded "les dominos", a variable-geometry ensemble specializing in the rapidly successful repertoire of 17th- and 18th-century music (Naples, Beaune, Geneva, etc.). Parallel to this career, Florence is interested in musical direction and performance forms combining dance and theater. From the great motets of JP Rameau to the requiem of WA Mozart, Handel, Bach and Rebel, she also created shows with choreographer Béatrice Massin (a DVD for Mezzo entitled "la belle dame"), with Marie-Chrsitine Barrault on F Schubert, Marie Noël and D . Diderot. With Roser Montlló and Brigitte Seth of the "Toujours après minuit" company, a creation based on the opera "Céphale et Procris" by Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre and MO Dupin is currently in progress. A European specialist in "ancient" violin, Florence travels the world to give advice and, above all, pass on her expertise: from Sablé sur Sarthe to Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, via the Juilliard School in New York, or MCGill in Montreal. Since 2000, she has taught Baroque violin and chamber music at Geneva's Conservatoire Supérieur, now HEM. Appointed Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 2020. 

Elijah Daguin

Harpsichord, Organ
Having spent her childhood and adolescence totally immersed in the picturesque countryside of the Basque hinterland, Elijah Daguin discovered the harpsichord while listening to a Scarlatti sonata in 2012, and fell in love with the instrument. At the age of 14, and with no musical education whatsoever, she was lucky enough to be able to join the Bayonne CRR, which that year was experimenting with a "great beginners" class.Moving to Paris in 2013, Elijah joined Elisabeth Joyé's harpsichord class. After graduating with honors from the Baccalauréat Scientifique in 2016, Elijah decided to devote himself to music. While learning the organ with Jean-Paul Imbert at the Schola Cantorum in Paris, Elijah continued her harpsichord training with Elisabeth Joyé and also took lessons with Béatrice Martin. As of 2017, she travels to Brussels every week to train with Frederick Haas, fascinated by his style and teaching. With her specialized cycle in hand, Elijah enrolled at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles in 2018 to study with Bernard Foccroule on organ and Frederick Haas on harpsichord. Highly committed to her studies, Elijah graduated with honors in harpsichord in 2021.Currently enrolled in the harpsichord Master's program, Elijah performs in private concerts in France and has regularly taken part in the Jeunes Talents concerts at the Hôtel Soubise in Paris.

Grégoire Franco

Direction, Recorder, Baroque Bassoon, Dulcian, Harpsichord
At the age of six, he began playing the recorder at a small music school in Morbihan. Three years later, he continued his recorder studies at the Manoir de Trussac in Vannes. He then entered the Conservatoire de Vannes, where he studied piano with Marie-Christine Ferlan. Keen to improve his recorder skills, he moved to Nantes, where he obtained a Baccalauréat Scientifique from Saint-Stanislas. For six years, he studied recorder with Marie-Noëlle Visse at the Conservatoire de Nantes, where he enriched his knowledge of early music and obtained his Prix de flûte à bec. To hone his recorder skills, he completed a Quatrième Cycle de perfectionnement in Evolène Kiener's class and Florence Malgoire's ensemble class at the CRR de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. After two years in basso continuo with Arnaud Pumir, he studied baroque bassoon with Philippe Piat, which he perfected with Evolène Kiener at the Conservatoire de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, where he also progressed in Aurélien Delage's harpsichord class. From 2018 to 2021, he studies with Han Tol in Recorder, Donna Agrell in Baroque Bassoon, Carles Cristobal in Dulcian and Nicola Cumer in Continuous Bass at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland. In 2021, he obtained his Renaissance-Romantic Bachelor's degree. Today, he is studying at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, Belgium, in the class of Frédéric de Roos and Nathalie Houtman for a Master's degree in Recorder Performance. Passionate about the history of music, he obtained his Certificat d'Histoire de la Musique at the CRR de Nantes, before meeting Gérard Sutton at the Conservatoire de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. 

Grégoire Franco

Direction, Recorder, Baroque Bassoon, Dulcian, Harpsichord
He continued his research into the history of music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Switzerland) and then at the Conservatoire Royale de Bruxelles (Belgium). He takes part in various workshops and master classes in France and Switzerland (Les Flanders, Jean-Pierre Nicolas, The Witches, Claire Michon, Clémence Comte, Evolène Kiener, Julien Martin, Maurice Steger, Sabrina Frey, Erik Bosgraaf, Giovanni Antonini, Giulia Genini, Michael Form, Diego Ares, Jan Van Hoeke). In 2016 and 2018, he participated in the Yehudi Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland, and in the Baroque Academy of the same festival, directed by Maurice Steger. Alongside his studies, he is involved in various artistic projects. In 2012, he organized and conducted a concert in aid of a scientific project by Saint-Stanislas de Nantes in conjunction with CERN, in the Chapelle Saint Stanislas. He was a soloist at La Folle Journée de Nantes, Salle 800, conducted by Daniel Cuiller in J.S. BACH's 4th Brandenburg Concerto. In August 2019, he takes part in a concert duo with harpsichordist Jean-Luc Ho in Bonnieux(84), then in October in four concerts at the Salon International de Musique Ancienne "Les Polyfolies de la Flûte à bec et son Univers" in Nantes, including one with the great violinist Florence Malgoire. In August 2020, he gives a solo concert in Bonnieux, and in October, participates in two concerts of the second edition of the Salon International de Musique Ancienne "Les Polyfolies de la Flûte à bec et son Univers" with the superb recorder player, Sabrina Frey, and a concert with harpsichordist Philippe Grisvard. In 2021, he takes part with La CAMERATA CHIARA in a concert in Bonnieux and in a concert of the Salon International de Musique Ancienne "Les Polyfolies de la Flûte à bec et son Univers" with the immense recorder player, Han Tol. Since 2016, he has given concerts in support of RECORDARA to enable the association to carry out its charitable project and illustrate its action in favor of the virtuoso recorder. In December 2018, together with friends from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, he founded the ensemble La CAMERATA CHIARA, which will perform for the first time in 2019, in Nantes, at the Salon International de Musique Ancienne "Les Polyfolies de la Flûte à bec et son Univers" (www.recordara.com).

Peter Chorkov

Recorder
Der Blockflötist Peter Chorkov wurde in Berlin geboren und begeistert sich schon seit klein auf für die Musik.Nach der musikalischen Früherziehung an der Musikschule Fanny Hensel Berlin und erstem Blockflötenunterricht bei Inna Samain setzt er den Unterricht bei Markus Friemel im Studio für Alte Musik und musikalische Bildung a 415 in Berlin fort. Ab 2009 besucht er zudem das Musikgymnasium Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach Berlin, das allgemeinbildenden Schulunterricht mit einer intensiven musikalischen Ausbildung durch Dozenten der Berliner Musikhochschulen vereint. Im Hauptfach wird er dort jahrelang vom renommierten Blockflötisten Martin Ripper betreut, außerdem er erhält er Unterricht auf dem Klavier bei Gunther Leonhardt. Chorunterricht sowie musiktheoretische Fächer ergänzen die musikalische Förderung. Zusätzlich nimmt er zwei Jahre lang privaten Klarinettenunterricht bei Prof. Norbert Möller. Während der Oberstufe ist er Stipendiat der Meyendorf-Stiftung des Freundeskreises des Gymnasiums, sowie der Gerda-und-Luigi-Pradé-Stiftung.Trotz des Abitur 1,0 entscheidet er sich nach der Schule die künstlerische Laufbahn fortzusetzen. Er beginnt 2018 das Studium im Fach Blockflöte an der Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe bei Prof. Karel van Steenhoven und Ulrike Mauerhofer. Mit Leidenschaft verfolgt er auch die Nebenfächer Cembalo und Generalbass (bei Kristian Nyquist) sowie Pädagogik, welche er mit Erfolg absolviert. Sein viertes Bachelorjahr verbringt er momentan im Rahmen von ERASMUS+ am Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles in der Klasse von Prof. Frédéric de Roos und Nathalie Houtman. Im Juli 2022 schließt er voraussichtlich seinen Bachelor an der HfM Karlsruhe ab. Ein Masterstudium an der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien soll sich anschließen.Der junge Musiker nimmt von 2009 bis 2018 äußerst erfolgreich am deutschlandweiten Wettbewerb Jugend musiziert teil.

Peter Chorkov

Recorder
Dabei gewinnt er mehrere erste Preise, wobei er 2015 auf Bundesebene antritt. Im gleichen Jahr erhält er beim Dussmann-Wettbewerb den Sonderpreis für die Interpretation eines zeitgenössischen Werkes. Er ist Preisträger der Nordhorn Recorder Festival Solo Competition 2020. Wertvolle Impulse erhält er bei Meisterkursen und Workshops u.a. mit Maurice Steger, Jeremias Schwarzer, Laura Schmid, Susanne Fröhlich, Ilya Korol, Chris Orton, Nik Tarasov, Peter Thalheimer, Tom Beets, Sarah Jeffery und Heida Vissing. Er besucht regelmäßig internationale Festivals wie die Open Recorder Days Amsterdam sowie weitere renommierte Blockflöten-Events wie den ERTA-Kongress oder die Festtage Bad Kissingen (vormals Stockstadt). Als Mitglied der European Recorder Teachers Association (ERTA Deutschland e.V.) engagiert er sich auch auf dem Gebiet der Pädagogik.Von früh an verfolgt er neben der Ausbildung verschiedenste künstlerische Projekte. Von den zahlreichen Auftritten im Laufe seiner Schul- und Studienzeit sind einige hervorzuheben. Im Sommer 2012 gestaltet er mit der Lautten Compagney das Projekt Chirping of the Nightingale in Liebenberg (Brandenburg) mit. Außerdem spielt er zusammen mit seiner musikalischen Schulklasse ein Benefizkonzert in der Berliner Philharmonie. Er ist im September 2017 an der Uraufführung von Larisa Vrhuncs Vertical mit dem Kairos Quartett in der Matthäuskirche nahe der Berliner Philharmonie beteiligt. Eine weitere Uraufführung übernimmt er 2021 mit Fischerlied der Nacht für das Master-Rezital der Komponistin Minzuo Lù an der Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. Im Rahmen des Creative Music Lab der Hochschule gestaltet er 2020 eine Improvisation mit Live-Elektronik im Rahmen eines Videokonferenztools. Mit dem Barockorchester des Conservatoire Royale de Bruxelles führt er 2021 und 2022 die Programme L'Orféo und La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas auf.Neben seiner Tätigkeit als Blockflötist ist er ehrenamtliches Mitglied von Chorgemeinden, komponiert und arrangiert mit großer Leidenschaft.

Lucas Bracher

Cello
He began his cello studies at the age of 10 with João Guilherme Figueiredo. He has taken part in modern cello master classes with Nerisa Aldrighi, Atelisa de Salles, Hugo Pilger, Antonio Guerra Vicente, Zygmunt Kubala and Gretchen Miller. He studied with Dimos Goudaroulis from 2001 to 2004 at Unicamp. In 2003, he began studying Baroque cello in master classes with professors Mime Yamahiro, João Guilherme Figueiredo and Gaetano Nasillo. In 2011, he travels to Italy to study Baroque cello with Professor Gaetano Nasillo at the Conservatorio Guido Cantelli in Novara, where he also participates in jazz and improvisation workshops with Marco Detto, Giovanni Hoffer and Alberto Mandarini. He is currently preparing his master's degree in baroque cello at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, Belgium, under the direction of Hervé Douchy. In addition, he is a member of chamber music groups throughout Brazil and is constantly active in the Orquestra Barroca da Unirio - OBU, where he has taken part in major projects, including the project with the Centro de Música Barroca de Versailles - CMBV, whose function is to disseminate the French Baroque repertoire worldwide. He is also a founding member of Cibele Camerata, dedicated to the Baroque chamber music repertoire.