Henri Demarquette
“An enthusiastic musician with a multi-faceted personality, Henri Demarquette plays the cello as if setting a deep forest ablaze; not a single stroke of his bow leaves the listener indifferent because he awakens music’s subconscious” O. Bellamy (Le Monde de la Musique) As a young, brilliant musician Henri Demarquette attended the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique in Paris at the age of thirteen and studied with Philippe Muller and Maurice Gendron. His talent was quickly noticed and he was unanimously awarded the Conservatoire’s first prize which lead him to work with Pierre Fournier and Paul Tortelier in Paris, and Janos Starker in Bloomington, USA. Already familiar with the stage, Demarquette made his concert debut at seventeen in a recital at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. He caught the attention of Lord Yehudi Menuhin, who invited him to play Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with him in Prague and Paris. His career then took an international turn and he was invited to perform across the world with some of the greatest French and international orchestras: most recently Orchestre National de France, London Philharmonic, Weiner KammerOrchester, Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Sinfonia Varsovia, and Neue Philharmonie Westfalen. He also appeared with his favourite piano-partners Boris Berezovsky, Michel Dalberto, Jean-Bernard Pommier, Fabrizio Chiovetta and Jean-Frédéric Neuburger. In 2015 he co-founded a string quartet with Augustin Dumay, Svetlin Roussev, and Miguel da Silva. Extremely creative and passionate, Henri Demarquette is involved in many parallel projects. In 2014 he performed in an eclectic programme with music from Bach to Galliano in a duet with the French accordionist Richard Galliano, and premiered Contrastes for accordion, cello and orchestra with Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie. That same year, together with L’Ensemble Vocal Sequenza 9.3., he created “Vocello”, an original ensemble for cello and a cappella choir conducted by Catherine Simonpietri. Henri Demarquette teaches at Ecole Normale de Musique Cortot in Paris. He plays a Goffredo Cappa cello dated 1700.
Victor Demarquette
Victor entre à 6 ans dans la classe de Rena Shereshevskaya et intègre ainsi le programme « Vocation » destiné aux jeunes étudiants fondé par l’École Normale de musique de Paris. En mai 2024, il est lauréat de « l’Artist Diploma », plus haut diplôme décerné par l’école. Il reçoit également, depuis plusieurs années, les conseils réguliers d’éminents pianistes tel que Jean-Bernard Pommier, Jean-Frederic Neuburger, Robert Levin ou encore Elisabeth Leonskaja. Il a dernièrement participé à des masters classe de musique de chambre auprès de Renaud Capuçon et de Gabor Takacs-Nagy. Victor s’est produit dans plusieurs saisons et festivals, en récital et en musique de chambre, notamment à la salle Cortot, au Théâtre Saint-Bonnet de Bourges, au musée Estrine de Saint-Rémy de Provence, aux Concerts de poches, aux Pianissimes, à la Musikfest parisienne, aux rencontres artistiques de Bel-Air, au Rosey Concert hall, aux musicales d’Arradon, aux festivals des Musicales du Golfe, des grands crus musicaux, du Périgord Noir, du Corsica Cantabile, du septembre Musical de l’Orne. En octobre 2022, il rendait hommage au pianiste Nicholas Angelich avec un récital organisé par la Société Marseillaise des Amis de Chopin. En 2024, il s’est perfectionné pendant plusieurs mois dans la célèbre International Menuhin Academy dans la classe de Rena Sherechevskaya et s’est produit notamment aux Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, au Festival de Pâques d’Aix en Provence, au festival de l’Abbaye Royale de l’Epau. Victor partage la scène en musique de chambre avec le violoncelliste Marc Tchalik, avec le quatuor Tchalik, le violoniste Bohdan Luts ainsi qu’avec le ténor Paul Germanaz. Plus récemment il a participé à plusieurs concerts aux côtés de Renaud Capuçon. Il forme aussi depuis plusieurs années, un duo avec son père, le violoncelliste Henri Demarquette. Ils co-dirigent le festival La Feuillie Classic depuis juillet 2025.
Augustin Dumay
Augustin Dumay is one of the most striking representatives of the great European classical tradition. International critics compare him to the great violinists of the XXth century and his distinctive position as “a great classical stylist” is corroborated by outstanding recordings for the Deutsche Grammophon label: Beethoven’s complete sonatas recorded with Maria João Pires “must surely be ranked alongside the likes of Grumiaux-Haskil, Menuhin-Kempff or Perlman-Ashkenazy” (Record Review), Brahms’ trios in which “Milstein’s legacy is admirably clear in Dumay’s playing” and also Mozart’s concertos with the Camerata Academica Salzburg “without exaggeration one of the most beautiful recordings of Mozart’s concertos for violin ever made” (Classic CD) in which he “confirms that he is an exceptional interpreter of Mozart as were Stern or Grumiaux before him” (Classica). Augustin Dumay was first discovered by the public thanks to his meeting with Herbert von Karajan, his concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and his recordings for EMI (Concertos by Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns and Lalo). Subsequently he performed regularly with the best orchestras in the world under the direction of the greatest conductors of our times. Over the last ten years, in parallel to his work as a violinist, he has applied himself intensively as a conductor. In addition to his position as Musical Director of the Royal Chamber Orche stra of Wallonia, which he has held since 2003, he was appointed Musical Director of the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra (Osaka) in 2011. He is regularly invited to conduct orchestras such as the English Chamber Orchestra, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra or the Sinfonia Varsovia. Since 2004 he has been one of the masters in residence at the Queen Elizabeth Music Chapel (Brussels) where he coaches a select group of highly talented young violinists most of whom have seen success in the main international competitions. The film-maker Gérard Corbiau (Le Maître de Musique, Farinelli) made a documentary film about him – Augustin Dumay, laisser une trace dans le coeur. His discography – some forty recordings of which most have received prestigious awards (Grammophon Awards, Auiophile Audition, Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Grand Prix du Disque, The Record Academy Award) – is available under the EMI, Deutsche Grammophon and Onyx Classic labels. Conducting the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra he has recently recorded a Saint-Saëns CD for Onyx and, together with Louis Lortie, the pianist, the album Franck & Strauss Violin Sonatas by “one of today’s great violinists” (The Strad). His next recordings will be devoted to the Bartók, Brahms, Beethoven and Mendelssohn concertos with the Montreal Symphonic Orchestra, the Bayerischer Rundfunk, the Sinfonia Varsovia and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.”
Cyprien Lengagne
Born in 2000, Cyprien Lengagne began his cello studies at the age of 4 at the Conservatoire de Lausanne in the class of Prof. Susan Rybicki-Varga, before entering the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne in the class of Profs. Xavier Phillips and Matthieu Lejeune at the age of 15, where he followed a Bachelor and a Master Soloist curriculum. He is currently pursuing his studies at the International Menuhin Music Academy (IMMA) in the class of Profs. Clemens Hagen and Lionel Cottet. He joined in 2024 the Académie Jaroussky. He won the 4th prize and the "Elżbieta & Krzysztof Penderecki Special Prize for the best solo performance" at the 4th International Krzysztof Penderecki Cello Competition in 2023. He also obtained numerous prizes during his studies at HEMU, among which the “Domaine Musique et Arts de la Scène de la HES-SO” and “Jaques-Henri Plomb”. He benefited from the Friedl Wald scholarship in 2020 and from the support of the Fondation Safran in 2025. He played in chamber music or as soloist in prestigious halls such as the “Grange aux lacs” in Évian, the Lausanne Opera, or the Victoria Hall in Geneva. He also performed in renowned festivals like Crans-Montana Classics, the "Schubertiades d'Espace 2", the Pablo Casals Festival of Prades, or the "Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad" where he had the opportunity to perform a recital. He appears on stage alongside personalities such as Andrei Baranov, Corina Belcea, Gérard Caussé, Christian Chamorel, and Gilles Apap. Passionate about contemporary music, he played with the ensembles such as the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Ensemble Modern, or the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, and collaborated with conductors and composers such as Matthias Pintscher, Pierre Bleuse, Lisa Streich, Beat Furrer and George Benjamin. He also develops his activities as a composer, and we can especially mention the creation of his quartet "De l'infini des noms" at the Salle Cortot in Paris by the Akilone quartet, or more recently his piece for string orchestra "Le souffle de l'aurore" by the Menuhin Academy Soloists. He won in September 2024 the prize Fonds Jacques Cerf, allowing his first orchestra piece “Éclipses” to be played by the Lausanne Sinfonietta and the orchestra of the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne under the baton of Ruth Reinhardt.
Philippe Mouratoglou
Trained by Wim Hoogewerf, Roland Dyens, and Pablo Marquez (whose assistant professor he was at the Strasbourg Conservatory), Philippe Mouratoglou stands out for his instrumental openness—he plays a wide variety of acoustic guitars: classical, 6- and 12-string folk, and baritone—and his stylistic diversity. A performer and improviser, he collaborates with musicians and ensembles from all walks of life, both in the classical and improvised music spheres. Since 2009, he and soprano Ariane Wohlhuter have formed a duo that has released two CDs on the Troba Vox label: We Only Came to Dream, dedicated to John Dowland, Benjamin Britten, and Dusan Bogdanovic (2013), and Melodies and Lieder, composed of his arrangements for voice and guitar of works by Franz Schubert and Gabriel Fauré (2017). At the same time, Philippe Mouratoglou founded the Vision Fugitive label in 2012 with clarinetist Jean-Marc Foltz and graphic designer Philippe Ghielmetti, on which he has produced a number of original projects: a reinterpretation of the repertoire of founding bluesman Robert Johnson in a trio with Jean-Marc Foltz and double bassist Bruno Chevillon (Steady rollin’ man - Echoes of Robert Johnson, 2012); two solo recitals featuring under the same roof Francesco da Milano, Egberto Gismonti, Toru Takemitsu, Arthur Kampela, Leo Brouwer, Benjamin Britten, and his own compositions and improvisations (Exercices d’évasion, 2013; D’autres vallées, 2016); a duo with flamenco guitarist Pedro Soler, which explores the influence of Spanish popular music on the work of Isaac Albéniz (Rumores de la Caleta - Albéniz & Flamenco, 2014) - a CD dedicated to Fernando Sor (2019) a guitar/double bass/drums trio with Bruno Chevillon and Ramón López who have released two albums (Univers-solitude, 2018 - "Choc de l'année" Jazz magazine - and Ricercare) In concert, he has recently appeared at the following venues: Berlin Philharmonie, La Chaise-Dieu Festival, Carnegie Hall (New York), Temps musicaux de Ramatuelle, Flâneries musicales de Reims, Printemps musical du Pacifique Festival (Polynesia), Isaac Albéniz de Camprodon Festival (Spain), Nits de canço i de musica d'Eus, Printemps de Colmar Festival, Jazzèbre Festival, Monts de la Madeleine Festival, Circulo de Bellas Artes (Madrid), D'Jazz Nevers Festival, Jazzdor Paris & Berlin, Théâtre de l'Athénée (Paris), Abbaye de Fontfroide, Fontevraud Abbey, as well as in Russia, Greece, Brazil, Thailand, and more. He is also the founder, along with the Languedoc-Roussillon Heritage Foundation, of the traveling Music and Heritage festival, which has been running since 2010.
Daniel Neuburger
Daniel Neuburger is a young violinist with a passion for music, born in Paris in 2006. He began practicing music at the age of three, and it has since held a central place in his life. His musical journey has allowed him to develop and perfect his mastery of the violin while continuing his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP). From his earliest years, he was guided by renowned masters such as Rollo Kovac, Florin Szigeti, and Sylvie Sentenac. Later, he had the opportunity to perform in prestigious venues, such as the Sorbonne Amphitheater as a soloist, and with an orchestra, he has performed at the Grande Salle Pierre Boulez, the Salle Gaveau, and the Radio France Auditorium. His love of classical music has also led him to participate in international competitions, where he has received several distinctions, including a silver medal at the Clé d'Or Competition in 2013 and Second Prize at the Cambrai International Violin Competition in 2024. At the same time, he is developing a career as a chamber musician, having participated in several Trio concerts (Piano, Violin, Cello) alongside Martin Jaspard and Thomas Prechal. His training and performances have allowed him to collaborate with top-level musicians and conductors, while exploring a wide range of repertoire. Daniel is constantly seeking new opportunities to share his passion and broaden his musical horizons.
Jean-Frédéric Neuburger
Born in 1986 in Paris, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger quickly established himself as one of the most brilliant musicians of his generation. As a child, he studied organ, piano, and composition concurrently before entering the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris at the age of thirteen, graduating with five first prizes. A notable finalist at the Long-Thibaud International Competition in 2004, he then embarked on a distinguished career as a pianist, characterized by the extreme variety of his repertoire, from Bach to 21st-century composers. He then had the opportunity to perform with the most prestigious orchestras: the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, and others. He collaborated with distinguished conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Michael Tilson Thomas, Jonathan Nott, Osmo Vänskä, and Pierre Boulez, with whom he collaborated on his Second Piano Sonata. His piano and chamber music works have been premiered and programmed at numerous festivals: Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Festival des Serres d'Auteuil, Festival Messiaen de la Meije, as well as at the Vienna Musikverein and the Auditorium du Louvre, sometimes by the composer himself and by talented performers such as cellists Tatjana Vassiljeva and François Salque, pianist Bertrand Chamayou, and percussionists Daniel Ciampolini and Emmanuel Curt. In 2010, the La Roque d'Anthéron Festival commissioned a new work for two pianos and percussion, and in 2012, his secular cantata on two poems by Aimé Césaire, commissioned by Radio-France, was performed by the Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio-France under the direction of Pascal Rophé. Most of his recordings have been released by Mirare, and his early scores were published by Editions Durand (Universal Music Publishing).
Paul Zientara
Nommé aux Victoires de la Musique Classique 2025 dans la catégorie Révélation soliste instrumental, Paul Zientara est lauréat de plusieurs concours internationaux : 3ème prix du prestigieux Concours Lionel Tertis sur l’île de Man, Lauréat de la Fondation Banque Populaire 2023, Grand Prix de la Fondation Safran, Révélation de l’Adami, 1er prix du Concours de Cordes d’Epernay… Il débute l’alto à l’âge de 7 ans et est admis à l’âge de 16 ans au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris dans la classe de Sabine Toutain et Christophe Gaugué. Il se perfectionne également en master soliste auprès de Lawrence Power à la ZHdK de Zurich. Il a reçu des conseils auprès de maîtres tels Tabea Zimmermann, Gérard Caussé, Tatjana Masurenko, le Quatuor Ebène, Laurent Korcia… En 2022, il se produit en soliste dans la Symphonie Concertante de Mozart pour violon et alto avec Renaud Capuçon et l’Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. Ses débuts en soliste sont marqués par le Concerto de Bartók avec l’orchestre Pasdeloup à l’âge de 16 ans, suivis de multiples expériences en soliste avec orchestres tels que l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, le Cercle de l’Harmonie, l’Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine, L’Orchestre de Chambre de Nouvelle Aquitaine… Par ailleurs, Paul Zientara a eu de nombreux partenaires de musique de chambre tels que Renaud Capuçon, Emmanuel Pahud, Gérard Caussé, Nelson Goerner, Alexandre Kantorow, Valeriy Sokolov, Svetlin Roussev, Pierre Fouchenneret, Marc Coppey, Jérémy Menuhin… Il s’est produit notamment à l’Auditorium de la Maison de la Radio, au Festival de La Roque-d’Anthéron, à la Pierre Boulez Saal de Berlin, au programme Classeek Ambassador, au Festival de Pâques d’Aix-en-Provence, de Deauville, et de Colmar, aux Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad… Sensible au répertoire contemporain, il est dédicataire de plusieurs œuvres de compositeurs : « Légende » pour alto et orgue de Vincent Warnier, « My other self » pour 2 altos de Diana Soh (création avec Gérard Caussé), « Couleurs de vie » pour alto et orgue de Graciane Finizi (création à l’Auditorium de Radio France avec Vincent Warnier)… Il intègre Beau Soir Productions dès sa création, ce qui lui permet de travailler avec Renaud Capuçon et ses équipes. Il enregistre en 2023 les Quatuors avec piano de Mozart avec Renaud Capuçon, Stéphanie Huang et Guillaume Bellom sous le label Deutsche Grammophon / Beau Soir Productions. Il joue un alto de Patrick Robin de 2023