Elie HACKEL, violon

Héloïse HOUZE, alto

Léo ISPIR, violoncelle

Ionah MAIATSKY piano

Programme :

– Erno Dohnanyi : Sérénade op. 10 pour trio à cordes (1902)

– Claude Debussy : La Puerta del vino (4 min) et Ondine pour piano solo,     extraits de Préludes (1909-1913)

– Déodat de Séverac : Baigneuses au soleil pour piano (1908)

– Gabriel Fauré : Quatuor n°2 op.45 pour piano et cordes (1886)

1. Allegro molto moderato II. Allegro molto III. Adagio non troppo IV. Finale: Allegro molto

Elie Hackel
VIOLIN
After studying at the CRR in Paris, Elie Hackel joined Jean-Marc Phillips’ class in 2017 and now works alongside Svetlin Roussev and Pierre Colombet.
Winner of the Société Générale « C’est vous l’avenir » Foundation prize in 2022-2023, he plays a magnificent Grand Freres from 1859.
He has taken part in numerous academies, including the Académie Phillipe Jarrousky, where he was a member of the Tchaikovsky class (2021-2022).
At the same time, his immoderate love of Eastern European folklore has led him to undertake exciting musical projects such as founding, with other European students, the ensemble L’Athénée, celebrating Franco-Romanian friendship through the works of George Enesco and French composers of the Belle Époque.

Héloïse Houzé
ALTO
Born in 2001, Héloïse is currently a student of Jean Sulem in her second year of the Master’s programme at the Paris Conservatoire.
She has performed as a chamber musician with such luminaries as Guy Braunstein, Peter Bruns, Stéphanie-Marie Degand, Garth Knox and David Selig, and has given concerts in such renowned venues as the Salle Gaveau, the Sarasota Opera House, the Tel Aviv Opera House, the Lyon Auditorium and La Seine Musicale.
She has been selected to take part in renowned international academies: the Perlman Music programme in New York, the Geneva International String Academy, the Keshet-Eilon academy in Israel, the Cervo academy in Italy, etc.
She was principal viola at the Philharmonie de Paris in January 2022 in a « side by side » performance with the Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted by Matthias Pintscher, and regularly takes part in concerts with the Orchestre Appassionato conducted by Mathieu Herzog.
In April 2022, she will appear as soloist in Mozart’s Symphonie concertante with the Philarmonisches Orchester Riehen in Basel and Riehen. She has won prizes in international competitions: Héloïse was a finalist in the Nedbal Competition in Prague and received the ‘Förderpreis’ at the 2018 Anton Rubinstein Competition.

Léo Ispir
CELLO
Artist in residence at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth under the tutelage of Gary Hoffman, Léo Ispir embodies the new generation of French cellists.
Born in 2002, Léo Ispir began playing the cello at the age of 7 with Isabelle Loubaresse at the CRR in Rouen. At the age of 14, he joined Hélène Dautry’s class at the Paris CRR.
From 2020 to 2023, Léo studied with Jérôme Pernoo at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris.
At the same time, he benefited from Anne Gastinel’s guidance at the Jaroussky Academy, where he was a laureate of the « Debussy Promotion ».
In 2023, he was named Classical Revelation by ADAMI.
Léo is a laureate of the Gautier Capuçon Foundation.
He has also worked with great teachers such as Frans Helmerson, Sol Gabetta, Julian Steckel, Peter Wispelwey, Stephan Forck and the Quatuor Ébène at various academies and masterclasses in Europe.
He takes part in the « Cello Masterclass » at the Kronberg Academy.
Léo Ispir has shared the stage in France, Turkey, the USA, Ukraine and Georgia, performing chamber music with artists such as the Quatuor Modigliani, Anne Gastinel, Jean François Heisser, François Salque, Raphaël Pidoux and David Grimal, and as a soloist under the baton of Pierre Bleuse, Mathieu Herzog and Julien Guénebaut. He is lucky enough to play in renowned concert halls such as the Kiev Philharmonic, the Salle Gaveau, the Paris Philharmonic, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées…
He has performed at festivals such as Les Folles journées de Nantes, Les Flâneries musicales de Reims, Festival 1001 notes, Les Musicales de Blanchardeau, etc.
He is a member of the Cello8 octet, with whom he has recorded an album entitled « Ode à la nuit » on the Mirare label.
He has performed under the baton of Lahav Shani, Gianandrea Noseda and Jukka Pekka Saraste at the Tsinandali Festival in Georgia.
He has also won several prizes in various competitions, including 1st prize at the ‘Tremplin’ International Cello Competition, 1st prize and the ‘Grand Prize’ at the Gustav Mahler International Cello Competition, 1st prize at the Normandy International Competition for Young Talent in Chamber Music, etc.
Léo Ispir plays a Benjamin Banks cello dating from 1785, generously loaned by the « Corde en partages » foundation.
He is a member of the Cello8 octet, with whom he has recorded an album entitled « Ode à la nuit » on the Mirare label.
He has performed under the baton of Lahav Shani, Gianandrea Noseda and Jukka Pekka Saraste at the Tsinandali Festival in Georgia.

In addition, he has won several prizes in various competitions, including 1st prize at the ‘Tremplin’ International Cello Competition, 1st prize and the ‘Grand Prize’ at the Gustav Mahler International Cello Competition, 1st prize at the ‘Concours International des Jeunes Talents en Normandie’ in chamber music, etc.
Léo Ispir plays a Benjamin Banks cello dating from 1785, generously loaned by the ‘Cordes en partages’ foundation.

Ionah Maiatsky
PIANO
Born in 2001, Ionah Maiatsky, a pianist of Franco-Russian origin, has already distinguished himself in international competitions: in 2021, he was selected for the prestigious Clara Haskil Competition and won first prize at the Albert Roussel Competition in Paris. Initially trained in Lausanne in piano, organ, improvisation and chamber music, in 2014 he entered the CRR in Paris, where he studied for four years with Billy Eidi, who had a decisive influence on his career.
In 2018, at the age of 16, Ionah entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris, where he studied with Marie-Josèphe Jude and Jonas Vitaud. He has since joined a Bachelor’s and Master’s programme in chamber music, enabling him to work with masters such as Claire Désert, François Salque, Jérôme Pernoo and Itamar Golan.

He has had the opportunity to work in masterclasses with renowned musicians such as Jean-François Heisser, Michel Beroff, Hortense Cartier-Bresson, Akiko Ebi, Olivier Cazal and others, as well as with chamber musicians such as members of the Ébène and Modigliani quartets.
With a passion for both solo piano repertoire and chamber music, he performs regularly at festivals such as the Ravel Festival, the Spiriades, Musiques d’un siècle, Nice Classic Live, the 4 Seasons and others. In November 2021, he will take part in the Générations France Musique programme, presented by Clément Rochefort.
Since 2018 he has formed the duo Ermitage with cellist Paul-Marie Kuzma.