Conductors & instrumentalists
Saxophone, conductor & composer
1er Prix, Conservatoire de Paris (1990). Founder of Musik Fabrik. Arranger & performer of the complete Bach Cello Suites for solo saxophone (2 vols., 2016). Discoverer & editor of Tailleferre's Concerto Grosso (★★★★★ BBC Music Magazine).
JTBProd: Espaces Sacrés · Le Visionnaire · L'Harmonie du Monde · Bach Vol. 1 · Bach Vol. 2
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Piano
"Virtuosic, heartfelt and eloquent" (New York Times). Performs across North America and Europe; champion of Thérèse Brenet's piano music.
On: Brahms · Ravel · Le Visionnaire
Eric Zorgniotti
Violoncello & conductor
1st Prize CNSMDP (2000). Fellow of the Princess Grace Foundation of Monaco. Founder of Paris Virtuosi (2009). Plays an Italian cello made in Naples, 1750.
Nicolas Horvath
Piano
Steinway artist. Prize winner in 10+ international competitions. Champion of the music of our time — from J.S. Bach to Philip Glass. Renowned for marathon concerts.
On: Le Visionnaire
Françoise Lévéchin-Gangloff
Organ & composer
Titular organist, Grand-Orgue de Saint-Roch, Paris. Professor at the CNSMDP and Schola Cantorum. Student of Gaston Litaize and Rolande Falcinelli.
On: Espaces Sacrés
Kurt Ollmann
Baritone
West Side Story under Bernstein (DG). Pelléas at La Scala under Abbado. Don Giovanni in the Sellars production. London Symphony, NY Philharmonic, Wigmore Hall.
Mary Dibbern
Piano & music director
Music Director of Education, The Dallas Opera. Studied with Nadia Boulanger, Pierre Bernac and Gérard Souzay in Paris. Eight books on French music (Pendragon Press).
Aurélie Deschamps
Viola
1st Prize CNSMDP (unanimous). Co-principal violist, Strasbourg Opera Orchestra. Laureate of the Banque Populaire Natixis and Meyer foundations.
Isaure Equilbez
Mezzo-soprano
Debut at the Toulon Opera (1998). Carmen in France and internationally. Soloist at the Nice Opera, Limoges Opera, Metz Opera, and Lyon.
Bruce Paine
Guitar
New Zealand-born classical guitarist. Honours graduate, University of Auckland. Radio New Zealand recording artist. International reputation for lively playing and sensitive interpretation.
Richard Faith
Piano & composer
Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona. Fulbright Grant — Santa Cecilia, Rome. Soloist with the Chicago Symphony. Composer of 4 operas, 3 piano concerti, 100+ songs.
David Galoustov
Violin
Born Moscow, 1980. 1st Prize CNSMDP (2001) — class of Gérard Poulet. Winner, Alexandre Glazounov International Competition. Laureate of the Rostropovitch Foundation.
On: Le Visionnaire
Michel Godard
Serpent & tuba
Born near Belfort, 1960. One of the world's foremost tuba and serpent performers in jazz and improvised music.
On: Le Visionnaire
Murielle Kopff-Vérité
Harp
Professor of contemporary music, Versailles Conservatory since 1990. Specialist in Celtic and traditional music. Uses a CAMAC Aziliz celtic harp.
On: Le Visionnaire
Véronique Nordey
Narrator & actress
Film and theatre actress. Productions with Stanislas Nordey, Wajdi Mouawad et al. at the Théâtre national de la Colline, TNP-Villeurbanne, Avignon festival. Cinema: Les Adieux à la Reine (2012).
On: Le Visionnaire
Christel Rayneau
Flute
Professor at the CNR of Versailles since 1990. Principal flute, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux since 1988. 2nd Prize, Maria Canals, Barcelona; 1st Prize, Lycéum, Bern.
Adrian Receanu
Clarinet
Studies at the Stefan Neaga Conservatory, Chisinau and with Jean-Max Dussert at Boulogne-Billancourt. Active across Europe in East-European traditional music and jazz with "The Other Europeans".
On: Le Visionnaire
Christian Schneider
Mandoline
Student of Maria Scivittaro. Teacher at the Schola Cantorum. Performed with the Paris Opera, Ensemble Intercontemporain under Boulez, and Radio France.
On: Le Visionnaire
Ensembles & orchestras
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra · Katowice
Founded in Warsaw, 1935. Laureate: Diapason d'Or, Grand Prix du Disque, Cannes Classical Award, Midem Classical Award. 200+ CDs for Decca, EMI, Philips, Chandos, Naxos.
Paris Virtuosi
Chamber ensemble · Paris
Founded by Eric Zorgniotti. International prize-winning musicians based in Paris, graduates of the Paris Conservatory, Juilliard, Guildhall and Moscow Conservatory.
On: Le Visionnaire
Gregory Sullivan Isaacs & Dallas Singers Collective / Halle Ensemble
Composer, conductor & tenor
Pulitzer Prize-nominated composer. Peabody Award winner. ASCAP award. Senior classical music critic, TheaterJones; contributor to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Music published by Musik Fabrik.
"Well worth a listen for anyone interested in Kennedy, twentieth-century Americana, or contemporary music." — D Magazine on Undelivered
Composers
Gian Paolo Chiti
Composer & pianist · Rome
Head of Composition, Santa Cecilia Conservatory since 1984. Works premièred at Edinburgh Festival, Biennale di Venezia, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Board member, Donne in Musica Foundation.
On: Vox Flauti · Piano Magazine · Schumann/Chiti
David W. Solomons
Composer
British composer based in France. Works for guitar including the suite Coming Out of the Fog, characterized by charm, wit and harmonic inventiveness.