Description
As part of the Arbanese music festival.
Sébastien MAZOYER began piano studies at the CRD de Nîmes in Catherine Silie's class. A disciple of Denis Pascal, he continued his piano studies at the CRR de Rueil-Malmaison, then at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in Michel Béroff's class. He also perfected his skills with Jacques Rouvier, Muza Rubackyté, Florent Boffard and Marie-Paule Milone.
At the same time, he began studying the accordion with Ruy Rodrigues, and performed with his accordion orchestra in a classical repertoire, as well as more traditional ones, in numerous concerts and balls throughout France.
He went on to win a unanimous 1°' prize at the CRD d'Aix-en-Provence in Jean-Marc Marroni's classical accordion class, as well as various distinctions in national and international competitions (1e prix Adolphe Deprince, 3rd prize in the Coupe d'Europe, two-time European Champion
with the Nîmes accordion orchestra and World Cup winner).
Laurence MONTI began playing the violin at the Conservatoire National de Région de Nice at the age of seven. As soon as she graduated, she was appointed concertmaster of the Franco-German orchestra. Her meeting with Aaron Rosand (Curtis Institute, Philadelphia) was to prove decisive. She entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon, graduating with a Diplôme d'Études Supérieures and a unanimous First Prize in violin. In 1994, she joined the Paris Opera. Second violin soloist at the Marseille Opera, she was appointed violin super soloist at the Toulon Opera in 2007. Laurence Monti plays a Nicolas Lupot violin from 1798.
Born in Toulouse, Damien-LOUP VERGNE began studying double bass at the Conservatoire National de Région de Toulouse in Philippe Juncker's class.
unanimously in 2002. That same year, he met Vincent Pasquier, principal double bass of the Orchestre de Paris, with whom he obtained his first prize in double bass in 2004.
first prize in double bass, unanimously awarded by the
Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris CNR. After becoming principal double bass of the Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen in 2003, he joined the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in 2004, becoming principal double bass in 2008. Damien-Loup Vergne also teaches double bass at the
double bass at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Toulouse and at the Institut Supérieur des Arts et du Design de Toulouse.
Program: the violin/accordion/counter bass trio explores the rhythms of Europe and beyond. From Brahms to Bartók, popular dances become lively, vibrant material. Falla's Spain invites us in, with its colorful echoes of footsteps and breaths. Genre pieces and free flights of fancy weave a luminous, dancing journey.
