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Aude Hauser-Mottier specialises in global postural re-education (RPG) and the Mézières method (muscle chains). She has developed and implemented several personalised treatment programmes, tailored to each patient and to different artists (music, dance, visual arts).
A physiotherapist by profession and a musician by passion, Hauser-Mottier has always been sensitive to the problems of artists, for whom she has developed a personalised approach to care, including physical treatments and psychological support.
For over 30 years, Aude Hauser-Mottier has run her own physiotherapy practice, specialising in supporting artists, in particular using the ‘Artitude, l’École du Beau’ method she created.
Bo Skovhus studied at the Aarhus Music Institute, the Royal Opera Academy in Copenhagen and in New York. Significant engagements in his career were Reimann’s »Lear« at the Paris Opera, and Beckmesser in »Meistersinger« at the Bastille and at the Wagner Festival in Budapest. In addition, Titus in »Bérénice« by Michael Jarrell at the Paris Opera under the direction of Philippe Jordan, as well as in Dresden in the role of Mandryka in »Arabella«. He also sang the title role in »Wozzeck« at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein and Dr. Schön in »Lulu« at the Vienna State Opera, followed by Šiškov in “From a House of the Dead” at the Bavarian State Opera, Jean-Charles in “The Raft of the Medusa” (Werner Henze) in Amsterdam, and the title roles in “Karl V.” (Ernst Krenek) at the Bavarian State Opera, »Lear« at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and »Eugen Onegin« at the Hamburg State Opera. He recently performed as Ryuji in Henze’s “Das Verratene Meer” at Vienna State Opera, Hamburg State Opera as Eisenstein/FLEDERMAUS, Hamburg State Opera Berlin as Jaroslav Prus / VEC MAKROPULOS, in Boston and at Carnegie Hall in concert as WOZZECK, at the Cuvilliestheater in Munich as Father) / BLUTHAUS, and as Plato Kusmitsch Kovalev / DIE NASE at Semper Opera Dresden. In addition to appearances in operas, Bo Skovhus devotes himself to recital and concert singing with great personal commitment. Future engagements include Jochanaan/SALOME in Lübek, FLEDERMAUS in Genoa, Jaroslav Prus/VEC MAKORPULOS in Berlin, Father/BLUTHAUS in Lyon, Mandryka/SALOME in Dresden, Dr. Schön/LULU in Vienna and in Florence, Faninal/ROSENKAVALIER in Geneva, LEAR in Madrid, LEBEN MIT EINEM IDIOTEN (Alfred Schnittke) in Zürich; THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON in Hamburg. The artist has been awarded the title of “Österreichischer Kammersänger” as well as the title of “Bayerischer Kammersänger”.
Augustinas Rakauskas started to play accordion at the age of 7. He is considered as a laureate of more than 30 national, international competitions and championships worldwide since 2003. Among his most prominent international achievements are:
1st Prize in international competition Jeunes Talents-Montrond-les-Bains (France), Grand Prix in international Accordion Art Festival – ITALIA AWARD (Pineto, Italy), 1st Prize in international accordion competition Sion – 2014 (Switzerland). 1st Prize international classical accordion competition VAMO-2016 (Viena, Austria), 3rd Prize in Premio Soloists Category at “Premio Internazionale di Castelfidardo (Italy) 2018, 3rd Prize in Coupe Mondiale de l’accordéon 2018 in Lithuania 2nd Prize in Trophée Mondial 2018 in Canada.
He also received Swiss Awards: Prix Pale´o 2017 for his excellent Master’s recitals, 1st Prize of the Kiefer Hablitzel | Göhner Swiss foundation in 2018 1st Prize winner of the Kiefer Hablitzel | Göhner Swiss foundation in 2019.
He possesses a Master’s degree with excellence in concert performance at the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne (Switzerland) where he is currently finishing his 2nd Master in Music Pedagogy. He has established a worldwide concert career in Europe, the USA and Asia where he regularly performs as a soloist and in chamber music duo Tutto a Dio.
Grégoire Blanc is a young French musician, mostly known for his work involving the theremin – this very unique musical instrument, invented in the 1920s, which remains until today one of the most expressive electronic instrument despite its very minimalistic design.
His musical journey started very early with the cello, providing him a strong classical background. His first encounter with the theremin in high school was decisive. Following the completion of two Master’s Degrees, one from the leading engineering school of Arts et Métiers and another one in sciences applied to music offered at Sorbonne University by IRCAM, he finally decided to pursue a career in music.
Grégoire Blanc is renowned as a promising artist, and is regularly invited to perform in various contexts: classical concerts, contemporary theater and dance performances, lectures, studio recordings all around the world, from Canada to Kazakhstan. His ongoing artistic research centres around expressiveness in electronic music, leading him to explore new perspectives, blending tones and techniques to develop his own musical and sonic vocabulary.
Originaire de la ville rose, c’est après des études en sciences politiques que Matthieu Toulouse se consacre au chant lyrique et se forme à la Schola Cantorum de Paris, où il obtient son diplôme de concert à l’unanimité avec les félicitations du jury. Il suit depuis les enseignements de Didier Laclau-Barrère.
Il fait ses premiers pas sur scène avec les rôles du Sprecher et du 2ème homme d’arme dans la Flûte Enchantée au Festival de Saint-Céré, à l’Opéra de Clermont-Ferrand et à l’Opéra de Massy. Depuis, il s’est produit à l’Opéra de Reims, au théâtre du Châtelet, à l’opéra de Versailles, au théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, à l’opéra de Ho Chi Minh, à l’Opéra de Massy, de Clermont-Ferrand ainsi qu’au festival de Saint Céré, à l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo… dans les rôles de Leporello/Don Giovanni, Ariodate/Sersé de Haendel, le Gouverneur/Le Comte Ory, Pandolfe/Cendrillon de Massenet, Alidoro/La Cenerentola, le 1er artisan/Wozzeck (mise en scène Michel Fau), Ame/Hulda de César Franck avec le Palazetto Bru Zane (Philharmonies de Liège et Namur, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées), assure la doublure de Rocco/Fidelio (Opéra de Nice) ; Le Pilote/Tristan und Isolde.
Remarqué pour son tempérament, la profondeur de ses graves et sa diction, il est aussi régulièrement sollicité pour les messes de Requiem de Mozart, de Fauré, ou encore de Duruflé. Il a également interprété la basse solo dans le Messie de Haendel, la Messa di Gloria de Puccini, la Création de Haydn.
Parmi ses projets : il reprend le 1er artisan/Wozzeck au Festival d’Aix-en-Provence et Alcandro/L’Olimpiade en tournée (dont au Festival International d’Opéra Baroque de Beaune) avec L’Ensemble Matheus de Jean-Christophe Spinosi ; se produit à Bordeaux avec l’ensemble baroque Orfeo, etc.
Bruce Liu was brought to the world’s attention in 2021, when he won the First Prize at the 18th Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw.
Following his competition’s success, he immediately embarks on a world tour, appearing at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Wiener Konzerthaus, BOZAR Brussels, Tokyo Opera City, Sala São Paulo, Royal Festival Hall with the Philharmonia Orchestra, U.S tour with the Warsaw Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. Past highlights include performance with ensembles such as the Cleveland Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as North-America tour with the China NCPA Orchestra.
His upcoming highlights include debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, European tour with Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker at Musikverein, festival appearances at la Roque d’Anthéron, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Rheingau, Edinburgh, Chopin and his Europe, Duszniki, and Gstaad Menuhin.
An exclusive recording artist with Deutsche Grammophon, his first album featuring the winning performances from the Chopin Competition won a Fryderyk Award and received international acclaim including both the Critics’ choice and Editor’s choice from the Gramophone Magazine, as well as being included in its list of Best classical albums from 2021.
“What we all have in common is our difference”, the young pianist likes to say. Born in Paris to Chinese parents, Bruce Liu grew up in Montreal. His life has been steeped in cultural diversity, which has shaped his differences in attitude, personality and character. He draws on various sources of inspiration for his art: European refinement, Chinese long tradition, North American dynamism and openness. Following his artist path with optimism and a smile, his teachers include Richard Raymond and Dang Thai Son.
Nicolas Henchoz is the founding director of the EPFL+ECAL Lab. He is the Art Papers Chair of SIGGRAPH 2023, the world leading conference in Computer graphics and interaction techniques. Engineer, researcher, art director, manager, he has developed a unique vision of innovation, blending cultural creativity, scientific practices and human observation to foster sustainable adoption.
His projects have led to many academic contributions and awards. He has also curated more than 30 exhibitions in institutions including the American Institute of Architecture (NYC), the Royal College of Art (London), the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris and Harvard University. He’s the co-founder of GAMI Global Alliance for Media Innovation and has been honoured as a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by French minister for culture and communication.
Violinist Irène Duval is one of the most distinctive voices of her generation — praised for her ‘poised,
fearless energy, chamber intelligence and musical finesse’ (Charlotte Gardner, 2024) and ‘mastery of
phrasing and of the dramatic dimension’ (Diapason). She is one of Bachtrack’s Ten Rising Stars to
Watch for 2025–26.
At the heart of her artistic identity is a passion for combining works central to the repertoire with little-known gems. Her second disc, Fauré and Friends, was released by Capriccio in 2024 and pairs two
rarely performed second violin sonatas — Fauré’s and Enescu’s.
Recent highlights include her participation in Stephen Kovacevich’s 85th birthday concert at Wigmore
Hall alongside Martha Argerich, her debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra at the first symphonic
concert given by an international orchestra in Mauritius, her debut with the Chamber Orchestra of
Europe at the inauguration concert of the Casals Forum in Kronberg, her first appearance at the Verbier
Festival playing with Janine Jansen, a Debussy concert with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet at Wigmore Hall,
and her fourth collaboration with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In November 2024, she played in
a 5-concert celebration of the centenary of Gabriel Fauré at Wigmore Hall, performing sonatas and
ensemble works with Joshua Bell, Jeremy Denk, Blythe Engstroem, Steven Isserlis and Connie Shih.
As a soloist, she has collaborated with major orchestras including the Dresdner Philharmonie, Royal
Northern Sinfonia, Orchestre d’Auvergne, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Sinfonia Varsovia,
and Kremerata Baltica, working with such conductors as Maxim Emelyanychev, Michael Sanderling,
and Karel Mark Chichon.
Irène gives recitals at major venues and festivals in Europe, Japan and Australia, including the
Konzerthaus Berlin, Wigmore Hall, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Salle Gaveau, Dresdner Kulturpalast,
Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Philharmonie de Paris, the Liszt Academy in Budapest, and Les Folles
Journées in Nantes, Nigata and Tokyo. She frequently appears with pianists Sam Armstrong, Alasdair
Beatson, Ariel Lanyi, Mishka Rushdie Momen, and Angus Webster.
Chamber music holds an important space in Irène’s heart and she enjoys participating in Open Chamber
Music at IMS Prussia Cove in Cornwall each year, at the Krzyzowa Chamber Music Festival in Poland,
and in Kronberg’s Chamber music connects the world festival.
Born in France to a French father and Korean mother, Irène Duval grew up in Japan, Indonesia, and
Hong Kong before returning to France at the age of 11. She studied with Suzanne Gessner and Jean-Jacques Kantorow, before entering the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in 2008
in the class of Roland Daugareil; in 2014 she joined the Kronberg Academy in Germany, where she
studied with Mihaela Martin for three years.
She has been supported by ArteMusica Stiftung, Fondation pour la vocation Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet,
Fondation d’Entreprise Banque Populaire, Günther Caspar Stiftung, Fondation de l’Or du Rhin,
Fondation Safran pour la musique, and in 2021, she was a prize-winner at the Young Classical Artists
Trust International Auditions.
Irène plays a Giovanni Battista Guadagnini which is kindly loaned to her by a private sponsor.
American tenor Neil Shicoff, internationally recognised as one of the pre-eminent tenors of his generation, has performed at the world’s most renowned opera houses, has collaborated with the greatest conductors and directors, and is a GRAMMY® Awards, recording artist with an extensive discography of both solo and full-length opera recordings. His numerous honours include the Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the Ehrenmitglied and Kammersänger of the Vienna State Opera, and the Golden Mask, Russia’s highest singing and acting honour, for his performance of Eleazar in La Juive. Between 2015-2017 he was also Chief of the Opera of the Mikhailovsky Theatre, St Petersburg. In recent years, he has become known as a celebrated teacher and judge and is highly sought after both privately and as a guest teacher / adjudicator by young artist programmes and competitions around the world. American tenor Neil Shicoff, internationally recognized as one of the pre-eminent tenors of his generation, has performed at the world’s most renowned opera houses, has collaborated with the greatest conductors and directors, and is a GRAMMY® Awards, recording artist with an extensive discography of both solo and full-length opera recordings. His numerous honours include the Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the Ehrenmitglied and Kammersänger of the Vienna State Opera, and the Golden Mask, Russia’s highest singing and acting honour, for his performance of Eleazar in La Juive. Between 2015-2017 he was also Chief of the Opera of the Mikhailovsky Theatre, St Petersburg. In recent years, he has become known as a celebrated teacher and judge and is highly sought after both privately and as a guest teacher / adjudicator by young artist programmes and competitions around the world.