AURÉLIE ALLEXANDRE D’ALBRONN

Cellist Aurélie Allexandre d’Albronn belongs to a generation of musicians who no longer oppose styles or repertoires. A graduate of the CNSM in Paris, she also studied with Peter Bruns at the Hochschule für Musik in Leipzig, and in the Trio Wanderer class at the CRR in Paris. Interested in all musical aesthetics, she studied baroque cello with Bruno Cocset (CNSMDP) and has also had the opportunity to perfect her skills with Philippe Hersant, Gustav Rivinius, Gary Hoffman, members of the Ysaÿe Quartet and others… She also likes to find herself at the crossroads of different forms, from solo repertoire to chamber music, and is currently focusing her research on the relationship between literature, poetry and music, which is why for the past two years she has been the artistic director of the ensemble Les Illuminations, and why she published Le Jardin d’Afrique with Editions Al Manar, which became the libretto for Benjamin Attahir’s chamber opera for three singers and nine instrumentalists, premiered in November 2024. In 2023, she records Pierre Boulez’s Messagesquisse, which she combines with commissions for cello concertante and instrumental ensemble, including Nuits by Othman Louati in 2022 and, in June 2025, Vera vita viva! by Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber. Honored by Georges Aperghis at the Grand Prix de composition de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts in June 2024, she is preparing a new creation, Un Jour les étoiles, her second collection to be published in spring 2025, and will be artist-in-residence at the Sète poetry festival. In 2026, she will perform at Radio France’s Présences festival, in a duet with Adélaïde Ferrière.

IRIS SCIALOM

Iris Scialom has won the Prix des Violin Masters de Monte-Carlo – Prince Rainier III, Fondation Banque Populaire, Talent ADAMI 2024, Fondation Gautier Capuçon, Académie de Villecroze, Académie Ravel (2019 and 2021) and Violons de l’Espoir. After obtaining her Diplôme d’Artiste Interpète at the Paris Conservatoire in Stéphanie-Marie Degand’s class, which gave her the opportunity to perform Sibelius’s Concerto at the Cité de la Musique in Paris, she was invited to perform at the Opéra de Tours, the Salle Gaveau and the Opéra de Rouen. Iris has also appeared as a soloist at La Seine Musicale with the Ensemble Appassionato and the Orchestre du Palais Royal, and with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra at Kronberg. A much-appreciated chamber musician, she has played with Mihaela Martin, Nobuko Imaï, Claire Désert, François Salque, Frans Helmerson, Philippe Jaroussky, Laurent Naouri… She has also created a Duo (Arborescence) with the brilliant young pianist Antonin Bonnet, with whom she has won prizes in prestigious chamber music competitions, notably in Rome and Vilnius. They have already performed at La Roque d’Anthéron, Les Folles Journées de Nantes and Tokyo 2024, and have just recorded their first album devoted to Fauré, Ravel and Enesco on the Scala Music label. They are the first duo to be resident at the Fondation Singer-Polignac. Iris plays a 1773 Guadagnini generously loaned by Diane du Saillant.

LOUISE DESJARDINS

Trained with Isabelle Lequien, Gérard Caussé and Antoine Tamestit at the CRR de Boulogne Billancourt and the CNSMDP, Louise Desjardins has developed a keen interest in ensemble music, whether in various chamber music groups or in the symphonic world. Her passion for chamber music led her to found the Akilone Quartet in 2011. First Prize winner of the 8th Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition in 2016, the Quartet has performed throughout Europe and in Japan, and has received advice from leading European chamber musicians such as Hatto Beyerle, Johannes Meissl, Miguel Da Silva and the Quatuor Ebène, notably at the Académie Européenne de Musique de Chambre. To further nurture her personal style, Louise also performs in concert with musicians such as pianists Flore Merlin and Anne Le Bozec, and singer Marion Lebègue. In 2015, she won 3rd prize at the 3rd Tokyo International Viola Competition, as well as the special ex-aequo Suntory Foundation for Arts prize for her performance of Dai Fujikura’s Engraving for solo viola. Equally passionate about the orchestral world, Louise has taken part in several sessions with the OFJ and the Gustav Mahler Jugend Orchester. During her studies at the CNSMDP, she was an academician with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Orchestre de Paris. In September 2019, Louise joined the Orchestre National de France, with whom she now performs at the Auditorium de Radio France as well as in prestigious world venues such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie and Vienna’s Musikverein.

JESÚS NOGUERA GUILLÉN

A graduate in harpsichord and basso continuo from the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris and in musicology from the Sorbonne, Jesús Noguera Guillén – born in Orihuela, Spain – was laureate of the Milan International Harpsichord Competition in 2017. In 2020, he concluded his studies as a performer at the Paris Conservatoire under the tutelage of Olivier Baumont and Blandine Rannou, obtaining, in addition to bachelor’s and master’s degrees, the Diplôme d’Artiste Interprète (DAI). At the same time, he obtained a master’s degree in research at the Sorbonne on the keyboard music of the Spanish Golden Age, and perfected his skills with harpsichordist and conductor Christophe Rousset. He recently recorded his first solo album for the Initiale label, featuring music from the Spanish Renaissance, and founded the Ensemble Oriol, a vocal group dedicated to interpreting this repertoire.

JONAS VOZBUTAS

Jonas Vozbutas is a Lithuanian accordionist and winner of numerous international competitions in Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Belarus, Switzerland, Italy, Slovakia, Austria, Latvia, Estonia, Portugal, Germany, France, Croatia and Canada. In 2025, he won First Prize at the Vilnius International Accordion Competition. By the age of ten, he had already been invited to play at the Berlin Philharmonic. In 2018, the young artist was a musical ambassador for Lithuania at the “Cultural Days of Europe” in Frankfurt. In 2022 he took part in the premiere of the ensemble work Légende d’Egle by French composer Pierre Thilloy in the large National Philharmonic Hall of Lithuania. Jonas is currently studying with Vincent Lhermet at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris.