Program :

François Borne (1840-1920)  Fantaisie brillante sur Carmen

Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) Le Barbier de Séville pour deux flûtes

Paul Taffanel (1844-1908) Fantaisie sur Le Freischütz

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) / Jean-Christophe Maltot (1978-)

Fantaisie sur Madame Butterfly pour deux flûtes et piano

Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovsky (1840-1893) (arr. Mihi Kim)

« Aria de Lenski » (extrait d’Eugène Onéguine)

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) / Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

La mort d’Isolde pour piano

Léo Delibes (1836-1891) / Jean-Christophe Maltot (1978-)

Fantaisie sur Lakmé pour deux flûtes et piano

Mihi Kim, flute

Born in Korea, Mihi Kim began studying the flute at a young age. She was noticed at ten years old by Alain Marion and she traveled to Europe to continue her studies with him, as well as Jean-Pierre Rampal, Andras Adorjan, Aurèle Nicolet, Paul Meisen and Pierre-Yves Artaud at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne. , at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich (Master), and at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (Doctorate) where she also obtained the Certificate of Aptitude (CA) as a national teacher for his instrument, followed by the recent distinction of Professor of Artistic Education (PEA) Hors Classe (tenure).

His distinctions in international competitions include prizes at the Bayreuth International Music Competition and the Jean-Pierre Rampal International Flute Competition in Paris. Ms. Kim continues her career as an international soloist in Europe, America (North and South) and Asia, and regularly gives masterclasses in France and abroad. She is currently a professor at the École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot for the flute and holds a professorship at the Conservatoire National (CRD) of Issy-Vanves in the Paris region.
An explorer of musical genres, she moved from a fervent interest in contemporary music to a passion for jazz. Cultivating her roots, her connection to Korea continues to shape her artistic journey, fostering a strong affiliation with the Hallyu (Korean Wave) movement. In this context, she remains actively engaged in the development of innovative concepts in performance and teaching.

Mihi Kim has been an international Miyazawa artist since 2003, playing a solid 900/000 platinum flute, and proud owner of a brand new Miyazawa CRESTA Platinum flute released in 2022 (unique piece).

Jennifer Fichet, piano

An enthusiastic pioneer of numerous repertoires, Jennifer Fichet seeks to serve music with depth and integrity.
Alongside the piano, she obtained her first prizes at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional (CRR) in Lille in accompaniment, chamber music, analysis, writing, musical culture, harpsichord and early music. She continued at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in piano, chamber music, accompaniment and analysis.

Winner of national competitions as well as the international Chopin competitions in Brest and Mérignac, she was selected in 2005 by Kun Woo-Paik to close the Dinard Young Talent Festival.

She performs regularly in France or abroad (Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Nigeria, Türkiye, etc.).

A chamber musician of choice, she has performed with the most prestigious French and foreign partners. With choir or orchestra, she has notably played under the direction of Lionel Sow, Mark Foster, Philippe Caillard and Ricardo Muti and collaborated with numerous composers, willingly creating their works.
After a brilliant career as an accompanist, she currently devotes herself to teaching piano at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Départemental (CRD) in Issy-les-Moulineaux.

Furthermore, she has worked with the cinematographic world as a coach and pianist for various films including At the End of Fingers by Ludovic Bernard.
A disc of music with clarinet by Johannes Brahms recorded with Jean-Marc Fessard and Diana Ligeti will soon be released under the Soond label, and his first solo album dedicated to the composer Amy Beach has just been published under the Hortus label.

Laëtitia Brault, flute

A graduate of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique (CNSM) in Paris in the flute class of Philippe Bernold and holder of the Certificate of Aptitude, the French Laëtitia Brault leads a triple career.

After ten years spent in Belgium, as co-solo flautist of the Royal Opera of Wallonia-Liège, during which she shared the stage with world-renowned singers such as Jodie Devos, Marc Laho, Lionel Lhote and even the American diva Nadine Sierra, Laëtitia Brault now teaches flute at the Argenteuil Conservatory and gives masterclasses.

While continuing her various collaborations within orchestras such as the Royal Opera-Ballet Vlaanderen and the Orchester Philharmonique du Luxembourg, she founded and directs a new publishing house, the Rencontre Littéraire du Flûtiste whose editorial activity focuses on the works of her husband, the flautist and arranger Jean-Christophe Maltot. Together, they arrange, compose, write the prefaces, produce and perform in concert numerous fantasies on operas, which have also won various international prizes, allowing them to acquire international recognition. In 2022, the Fantasy on Tosca was awarded a Golden Prize in the composition category as well as a Grand Prize at the World Classical Music Awards in London, while the Paraphrase on Eugene Onegin, the Fantasy on Lakmé and the Fantasy on La Bohème were distinguished during the 2023 and 2024 editions of the Newly Published Competition (National Flute Association, USA). La Fantaisie sur La Bohème was also chosen as the 2024 competition piece at the CNSM in Lyon.

The specialized press (La Traversière Magazine, Nederlands Fluit Genootschap, Flute Space) regularly devotes articles and interviews to these two artists whose fantasies have already won the hearts of famous flautists: Julien Beaudiment, Hélène Boulègue, Joséphine Olech, Mihi Kim or Nicole Esposito again…