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 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.

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

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. Her recordings include Jean-Marie Leclair's "les récréations", H Purcell's "sonates en trio", (Verany), CPE Bach's "Sanguineus-melancolicus" with "les nièces de Rameau" JS Bach's complete sonatas for violin and harpsichord with Blandine Rannou, (zig-zag territoires), FI Biber's complete rosary sonatas 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 offer her advice and, above all, to 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.