PROGRAMME

Sibelius (1865-1957) Islossningen i Uleå älv, Op. 30: Nejden andas

Einojuhani Rautavaara

– « Suite » de Lorca : La canción de Jinete n°1, La luna asoma n°3

– Wenn sich die Welt auftut (1996) – Flüstern, Nr.5

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Guillaume Dufay – Ma belle Dame Souveraine

Borlet – He, tres doulz roussignol ( Codex Chantilly)

Canciaonero de Uppsala – Ay luna que reluzes

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Thierry Machuel – The Invisible Kingdom (2005)

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1. Schumann

– Der Wassermann, Op.91, n°3

– Das verlassene Mägdelein, Op. 91, n°4

– Klosterfräulein, Op. 69, n°3

– Das Bleicherin Nachtlied, Op. 91, n°5

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Béla Bartok – Vingt-sept Chœurs à deux et trois voix Sz. 103, BB 111 ;

vol.I, n°3, Jószágigézõ

vol.VII, n°1, Bánat

vol.III, n°1, Ne menj el!

vol.III, n°4, Cipósütés

Guillaume Prieur – La Rose et le Rosier (2009)

ENSEMBLE PRESENTATION

The quartet was formed in 2020 with the aim of bringing musical moments to a wide audience in a warm and accessible way, offering a diverse repertoire spanning the medieval period, the Renaissance, traditional songs, and works from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. The four singers of Saman engage with the audience in a storytelling and intimate way. In Indonesia, Saman is a dance symbolizing daily life, performed during festivals to strengthen bonds between villagers. In Icelandic, Saman means « together. »

BIOGRAPHY

Perrine Devillers:

After studying Clarinet and Education, Perrine Devillers specialized in early music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland, earning a Master’s degree in Renaissance-Romantic Performance.

She performs regularly with the ensemble Correspondances (S. Daucé), the ensembles Pygmalion (R. Pichon), Vox Luminis (L. Meunier), and Profeti della Quinta (E. Rotem). With lutenist Ariel Abramovich, she performs as a duo, focusing on programs of madrigals from the Italian, Spanish, and French Renaissance.
With organist Arnaud de Pasquale, she explores the repertoire of Sicilian Baroque organs, and at the piano, the era of Mozart in Paris.
Her discography has been critically acclaimed. Interpreting virtuoso works of 17th century Italy in Le Manuscrit Carlo G – Glossa – Diapason D’or, but also late medieval music with Sollazzo Ensemble: Parle qui veut, chansons moralisantes du Moyen-âge – Linn Records – Diapason D’or of the year 2018 and Gramophone editors’ choice, En Seumeillant – Ambronay Musique – Diapason D’or and Firenze 1350: Un Jardin Médiéval florentin, awarded Diapason d’or of the year 2020 and Sélection du Monde. Organs of Sicily with Arnaud de Pasquale – Harmonia Mundi – was also awarded a Diapason d’Or, as were Monteverdi’s Vespers with the Pygmalion Ensemble – Harmonia Mundi – and the Lamentationes Hieremiae Prophetae with La Profeti della Quinta – Pan Classics, which received a Diapason d’Or in January 2024.

Marie Pouchelon:

After training at the Radio France Choir School, from which she graduated in 2001, Marie Pouchelon continued her studies at the conservatory and in the faculty of musicology, where she earned her degree. She then worked with various ensembles, such as Les Voix Mélées (V. Rouquès) and Les Cris de Paris (G. Jourdain), with whom she confirmed her passion for contemporary music.

She then turned to early music, studying with Julie Hassler and joining the Pygmalion ensemble (R. Pichon), with whom she still participates in numerous productions and recordings. Passionate about ensemble music, she enjoys participating in projects as varied in form as in repertoire.

She performs regularly with Correspondances (S. Daucé), Diabolus in musica (A. Gerber), the Notre-Dame Choir School (L. Sow), Perspectives (G. Heurard), Aedès (M. Romano), and Macadam (E. Ferchaux).

Corinne Bahuaud:

Corinne Bahuaud discovered singing within the Maîtrise de la Perverie and the Nantes Opera. Alongside her studies in Musicology at the University of Tours, where she earned a bachelor’s degree, she pursued vocal training at the Angers Regional Conservatory in the class of Yves Sotin, obtaining a Diploma of Musical Studies. She then entered an advanced studies program in the class of Alain Buet at the Alençon National School of Music. She also studied early music at the Paris Regional Conservatory in the classes of Sophie Boulin, Howard Crook, and Weiss.

As a soloist or in choirs, she performs with Pygmalion, Les Eléments, Ensemble Correspondances, the Radio France Choir, Ensemble Clement Janequin, the Namur Choir, the Aedes Vocal Ensemble, and Les Arts Florissants.
She has worked under the direction of Michel Piquemal, Joel Suhubiette, Raphael Pichon, F.X. Roth, Matthieu Romano, Daniel Gatti, Myung-Whun Chung, and Valérie Fayet, and performs regularly at festivals such as La Chaise-Dieu, Ambronnay, Les Folles Journées de Nantes, Les Flâneries Musicales de Reims, and the Saint-Denis Festival.
Equally at home in Renaissance and Baroque repertoires as in contemporary music, she participates in numerous premieres, notably with the Méliades Vocal Quartet, Les Eléments, and the Mikrokosmos Choir (Loïc Pierre). She has also premiered works by Thierry Pécou, Thierry Machuel, Nicolas Bacri, Patrick Burgan, Gavin Bryars, Pascal Zavaro…

Anne-Emmanuelle Davy:

Anne-Emmanuelle Davy studied flute (with Philippe Bernold) and opera singing (with Isabelle Germain) at the CNSMD in Lyon.

Passionate about 20th-century and contemporary repertoire (Pierrot Lunaire/Schoenberg, Three Voices/Feldman, Kafka Fragments/Kurtag, etc.), she collaborates with Le Balcon (La Femme de peine, La Métamorphose, Levinas, directed by Nieto) and the Paris Chamber Orchestra (Schoenberg, Weill). She created the role of The Maid in Ondrej Adamek’s Seven Stones at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, choreographed by Eric Oberdorff, as well as Man Time Stone Time with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Kent Nagano.

She also created the title role in Kourliandski’s Eurydice – An Experience of Darkness at the Reggio Emilia Festival, with Dominique Mercy as Orpheus, directed by Antoine Gindt. She sang the role of the Prosecutor in Diana Soh’s new work, The Carmen Case, as part of the Enoa 2023 contemporary opera creation program.
In early music, she has worked with Les Arts Florissants (W. Christie), Les Musiciens du Louvre (M. Minkowski), and Ensemble Pygmalion (R. Pichon).
Her projects combining theatre and opera have led her to work with Peter Brook in The Magic Flute, in the roles of Papagena and Pamina (Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord and international tour). with Samuel Achache and Jeanne Candel, taking over the role of Dido created by Judith Chemla in Le Crocodile Trompeur/Didon et Enée, and the role of the Messenger, in Orfeo/Je suis mort en Arcadie.

Program

Du style classique au romantisme

Sonate en si bémol majeur K.333 Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART 

Allegro – Andante cantabile – Allegretto

Sonate en fa majeur Hob.XVI:23  Joseph HAYDN 

Allegro – Adagio – Presto

Fantaisie en do mineur op.35  Louis SPOHR 

Entracte

4 études de concert
Étude Op.25 n° 1 Frédéric CHOPIN 
Étude op.193 Félix GODEFROID 
Étude n°6 Wilhelm POSSE 

Étude n°1 Wilhelm POSSE 

Légende d’après « Les elfes »
Henriette RENIÉ 

Fantaisie sur Eugène Onéguine de Tchaïkovski Ekatarina WALTER-KÜHNE 

Impromptu
Reinhold GLIÈRE

Matthieu MARTIN

Born in 1980, Matthieu Martin trained at the Bordeaux Regional Conservatory in his hometown. In 1998, he was admitted first in his class to the Paris Conservatory (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris) in Isabelle Moretti’s class. He won Second Prize at the Lausanne International Harp Competition in 2000 and earned his Advanced Studies Diplomas (D.F.S.) in harp (2002) and chamber music, performing in a duo with harpist David Lootvoet (2003).

Matthieu Martin participated in the French Youth Orchestra in 1999 and 2001 under the direction of Jesus Lopez-Cobos and then Emmanuel Krivine, where he received guidance from Marie-Pierre Langlamet. He was then unanimously accepted into the advanced studies program in 2002, studying with Isabelle Moretti and later Alain Planès. He was admitted in 2008 to the advanced studies program at the Lyon Conservatory (CNSM) under Fabrice Pierre.

In addition to his solo career, he has performed with leading French and international orchestras.

In 2019, he passed the competitive examination for the agrégation in music and now teaches music education and choral singing at the Les Bouvets middle school in Puteaux.

Yonathan AVISHAI

Mayu SHPIRO

Duos hold a special place in the world of music.

The meeting of two musicians always offers a uniquely intimate and focused musical experience.

Cellist Mayu Shviro and pianist Yonathan Avishai create a poetic universe together, where contemporary composition engages in dialogue with ancient musical traditions, striking a subtle balance between written scores and improvisation.

In this unique duo, jazz allows the two musicians to express their multifaceted identities, drawing on Azerbaijani and Yemeni traditions as well as their Israeli culture.

With great sincerity, they share both the joys and the sorrows of their region and their history.

Born in Jerusalem to parents of Japanese and Iraqi descent, Mayu began studying Western classical cello at the age of six. At eighteen, she discovered modal music and was immediately captivated by the power and beauty of these traditions. She decided to dedicate herself to this musical realm, embarking on a journey with her cello through Arab, Turkish, and Azerbaijani musical traditions.

One of the most sought-after pianists on the international jazz scene and a regular collaborator with trumpeter Avishai Cohen, Yonathan Avishai has established himself as one of contemporary jazz’s most distinctive voices.

His playing, marked by great finesse and deep sensitivity, creates the impression that he is composing silence just as much as he is sculpting sound. A true storyteller, he transforms every concert into a deeply human musical experience, imbued with genuine soul.

Program :

Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Sonata in C Major, D. 812 „Grand Duo“

1 Allegro moderato   – 2 Andante

3 Scherzo (allegro vivace) – Trio     – 4 Allegro vivace

Igor Strawinsky (1882-1971): Petrushka for Piano Four Hands (Burlesque in Four Scenes)

The Gugg Piano Duo is the winner of the International Competition Franz Schubert and Modern Music (FSMM) 2025 and regularly performs in important concert halls – most recently in the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Brahms Hall of the Vienna Musikverein, the Stefaniensaal of the Musikverein Graz and the Athenaeum in Bucharest, where they stood in for a duo evening with Martha Argerich and Cristina Marton-Argerich. They have been named BBC New Generation Artists for 2026–2028.

Tereza Gugg-Kalabova and Johannes Gugg met at the age of 14 in the course for highly gifted students at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. At the suggestion of their professor at the time, they began making music together and won national and international prizes after just a few months. Over the years, they developed an intuitive musical interplay and a deep personal connection; today, they are married and, in the words of Kleine Zeitung, “inseparable both in life and at the piano”.

The Gugg Piano Duo has been awarded first prize numerous times. In addition to the FSMM Competition, the duo has won first prize at the Suzana Szörenyi Duo Competition in Bucharest (including the audience prize), the ArtePiano Competition in Castelnuovo di Farfa, the Franz Schubert Competition in Jeseník, the Music and Earth Competition in Sofia, the Vlastimil Lejsek Piano Duo Competition in Brno, the Martha Debelli Scholarship Competition of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, the Austrian Music Competition Prima la musica and the International Summer Academy of the mdw. Their other awards include 2nd prizes at the piano competition in Rome and the Duettissimo competition in Krakow, where they were also awarded the Mozart Prize, as well as a special prize at the ARD Competition in Munich.

Both completed their studies in piano solo performance with Ayami Ikeba and in instrumental pedagogy at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz with distinction. They also graduated with distinction from the master’s program in piano duo performance in the class of the Silver-Garburg Duo.

They have performed with orchestras such as the Krakow Philharmonic, the Orchestra of the Conservatory in Brno, the Webern Chamber Philharmonic and the Munich Chamber Orchestra. Their performance of Carl Czerny’s piano concerto for four hands with the Webern Chamber Philharmonic was broadcast on ORF as part of a charity concert for Licht ins Dunkel. The duo has also appeared on television and radio programs in Austria (Ö1), Germany (ARD), Poland (Radio Krakow), the Czech Republic (Radio Vltava) and the Netherlands (NPO).

Concert invitations have taken the duo to Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia, Romania, Austria, Italy, Spain, Slovakia, the Netherlands and Brazil. In the coming season, they will also be performing in France, England and the USA for the first time, as well as at the Musikverein Graz, the Styriarte and the Ljubljana Festival, among others.

As Featured Artists of Jeunesse Austria for the 2026/27 season they will appear in several engagements including their debut in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein as soloists with orchestra.