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Viorica Cortez, singing (29 Juillet - 7 Aout / Session 1)

Roumanian, mezzo-soprano, French by naturalisation, she studied at the Bucarest Conservatory. She was awarded the Kathleen FERRIER Prize, the gold medal in the International Georges ENESCO Competition and the first prize at the International Singing Festival of Toulouse. Important roles were soon given to her and above all she is one of the greatest interpreters of Carmen. Her repertoire allows her to sing in Russian, from GLINKA to STRAVINSKY, in German from BACH to SCHÖNBERG, in Italian from MONTEVERDI to MENOTTI, in French from RAMEAU to RAVEL. She has appeared at the most prestigious opera houses : the Paris Opera, the Metropolitan in New York, the Scala in Milan,Covent Garden in London...

Natalya Antonova, piano (29 Juillet - 7 Aout / Session 1)

She made her debut with the Leningrad philharmonic at 16. As a soloist of "State Concert" and "Soviet Union Concert", she gave concerts in Russia, Estonia, Ukraine, Germany, France, Bulgaria… She was professor at the Conservatory of Leningrad. After teaching in that school for 10 years, she accepted a position of piano Professor in the Russian Academy of Music in Moscow (Gnessin Institute). Natalya Antonova has given hundreds of master classes throughout the world and is now professor at the Eastman School in Rochester, U.S.A.

Irina Edelstein, piano (9 – 18 Aout / Session 2)

“My style, it is MILSTEIN plus me”. With this sentence the pianist I. EDELSTEIN expresses the blending of her own impetuous artistic personality with the teaching she had at the Tchaïkovski Conservatory of Moscow. On one hand the classical and exacting Neuhaus School which formed such artists as GUILELS and RICHTER and on the other hand her teacher J. MILSTEIN representing the romantic tradition of RUBINSTEIN and TCHAÏKOVSKI. Born in Moscow, she has built up her fame playing as a soloist and well-known chamber music ensembles.

Helga Storck, harp (9 – 18 Aout / Session 2)

Helga Storck is one of the most renowned harpists in Germany. Born in Silesia, she studied in Germany and then completed her musical training with Marcel Grandjany at the New York Julliard School. Her international performing career has included celebrated chamber music collaborations - most famously, with her husband, the cellist Klaus Storck, but also with many other distinguished ensembles; numerous recordings; and the position of Principal Harp for the WDR Radio Orchester, Cologne; Hamburg Opera; and the Munich Philharmonic.As a professor, she has been for over twenty years Professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich, and has recently been appointed Professor at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg.

Colette Zerah, piano (20- 29 Août / Session 3)

Born in Tunis, she studied initially at the Conservatoire in Paris under LAZARE LEVY and then in Germany under Hans LEYGRAF and Eduard STEUERMANN. For many years Colette Zerah was professor at the Darmstadt Music Academy. Her career is made up of concerts, recordings, television appearances and first performances of contemporary works in Europe and Scandinavia. She is invited as professor at the Musical Pedagogical Institute in Oslo and Hanover on a regular basis.

Vadim Tchijik, violin (20- 29 Août / Session 3)

Winner of several international prizes, N. PAGANINI. In Genova, TCHAIKOVSKI in Moscow, LIPIZER in Gorizia, he has been prize-winner JUVENTUS by European council. He has an international career as a soloist, playing with orchestras and giving recitals in Europe, Asia, USA… He has been invited in huge festivals, Radio France in Montpellier, Pablo Casals, Guebwiller, Saint-Riquier…He recorded many discs rewarded and distinguished by international press. He's professor at J-P. Rameau and E. Satie conservatoires in Paris, and CRD of Issy-les-Moulineaux. He gives master classes in Europe and Asia, and is artistic director of the International festival "Musique d'Hyères".