Jury
N° 1
Jean-Michel VARACHE
President du Jury 2019
After his studies of flute with Gaston CRUNELLE, then Roger BOURDIN, he obtained the 2nd prize of the International Flute Competition of Geneva, then the 1st Grand Prize of the International Chamber Music Competition of Paris.
He was appointed Solo Flute of the Association of LAMOUREUX Concerts
during his young age. He is taken under the tutelage of the French Association of the Artistic Action, and with Patricia THOMAS, they have formed the duo ONDINE, and has concerts around the world: in South America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Europe and the United States.
He has played as a soloist with prestigious instrumentalists such as Roger BOURDIN, Gary KAR, Gerard JARRY, Martine GELIOT, Ami FLAMER, Christine ICARD, Anne QUEFFELEC, the LUDWIG quartet, etc. ... He has also played as a soloist with orchestras such as the orchestra of the French-speaking Switzerland, the Languedoc Roussillon National Orchestra, the Lamoureux Concert Orchestra, the Jean François Paillard Orchestra, the National Orchestra of the Ile de France, the National Orchestra of China etc. .... and has participated in many festivals in chamber music training, with piano, harp, guitar, organ, quartet, wind quintet around the world.
He has just presided over the International Flute Competition in Mexico City and held the post of Artistic Director of the Bayard Press Group's musical cruises.
He is First Solo Flute, First soloist of the National Orchestra of the Ile de France, and Professor at the National Conservatory of VERSAILLES and has just been in charge of the upper flute courses at the Schola Cantorum in Paris.
He has just released a CD, at URTEXT, acclaimed by critics, Mel BONIS 'chamber music.
He is a member of the CNSM juries of Paris and Lyon.
Some press reviews:
IL TEMPO Rome: An artist with such subtlety that one arrives at a contemplative ecstasy
ALTOLAZIO Milan: What purity in sound and how sensitive are we to rapture
EL MERCURIO Chile: Prodigious and expressive sound. A burst musician
HET VADERLANR Amsterdam: A very great plea, an exceptional moment of music
MUSICA Madrid: A technique and a rare sound. A huge talent
TRIBUNE OF GENEVA: Of Haendel to Bartok, such a talent forces to the greatest admiration
FIGARO: His delicacy, brilliance and agility conquered the audience.
THE WORLD: Jean Michel VARACHE demonstrates with simplicity that he is one of the best flutists of today. It touches us, moves us, makes us happy by the grace of an instrument to which it gives a presence a soul. A rare presence ...
Philippe BERNOLD
Honour Committee 2019
Philippe Bernold began his musical studies in his hometown (Colmar) studying flute, then harmony and conducting under the direction of René Matter, disciple of Münch.
He entered the National Conservatory of Music of Paris, he obtained a brilliant First Flute Prize and was named the following year, at the age of 23, first solo flute of the Orchester de l'Opéra National de Lyon for 12 years.
In 1987, he won the First Grand Prix at the Jean-Pierre Rampal International Competition.
This distinction allows him to start a career as a soloist in the company of the most famous artists and orchestras: M. Rostropovitch, J.-P. Rampal, M. Nordmann, with the Orchestra de Paris, the F. Liszt Orchestra of Budapest, the Hallé of Manchester, Tapiola Sinfonietta, the National Orchestra of Lyon, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra ..., under the direction of S. Bychkov, JE Gardiner, L. Maazel, K. Nagano, Sir Y. Menuhin, M Inoue, T. Koopman, in concert halls such as the Royal Festival Hall in London, Salle Pleyel, Cologne Philharmonic, Warsaw, Théâtre du Châtelet, Bunka Kaikan Tokyo, Seoul Art Center, the great Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory Hall, as well as the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Cannes, Radio-France, Evian, Strasbourg, La Roque d'Anthéron, Sao ...
He returned to conducting in 1994 when he founded, encouraged by his master John Eliot Gardiner "The Virtuosos of the Lyon Opera". The success of this high-level ensemble is immediate.
He is recruited as trainee conductor at the Orchestra de Bretagne where he directs about twenty concerts during the 1999/2000 season. Then he is invited to lead ensembles such as Sinfonia Varsovia for the "Crazy Days" of Lisbon, Bilbao, Nantes and Warsaw, the National Opera Orchestra of Lyon at the International Festival of Colmar, the Auvergne Orchestra, the Opera Orchestra of Marseille and Toulon, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra many times, the Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra, Kanazawa Ensemble in Japan, the Geneva Chamber Orchestra, the Cappella Istropolitana, which he is the first guest conductor since 2003. In Caracas (Venezuela) he directs the famous Simon Bolivar orchestra (musical director Gustavo Dudamel) ... He is the partner of the soloists M. Portal, V. People, L. Korcia, R. & G. Capuçon, F. Say, M. Nordmann, S. Nakariakov, C. Tiberghien, G. Opitz ...
For the channel Mezzo, Philippe Bernold directs the Sinfonia Varsovia and oboist Alexei Ogrintchouk in a Mozart program in 2008. He makes a series of three recordings with the Paris Chamber Orchestra for the label "New Horizons" whose first volume will be released soon . With this same orchestra Philippe Bernold will record next July the 2 concertos for flute, as well as the concerto for flute and harp by Mozart (Emmanuel Ceysson, harp) as soloist and conductor.
His first record earned him in 1989 the Grand Prix Academy Charles Cros. Since then, Philippe Bernold has made more than twenty recordings for Harmonia Mundi, EMI, Lyrinx (in duet with the late Catherine Collard). With the pianist Alexandre Tharaud, he made several recordings crowned "Shock" (World of Music) and the "Diapason d'Or". His last record with Ariane Jacob is named to the victories of the music.
Philippe Bernold is professor of chamber music and flute at the National Conservatory of Music in Paris.
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Benoit FROMANGER
Honour Committee 2019
Recognized internationally as a conductor of the highest level, Benoit Fromanger's wish is to bring and share at each concert his personal approach to music. Extremely talented musician, Benoit Fromanger is distinguished by rich sound aesthetics and an elegant sense of phrasing. His respect for musicians and the public, his energy, his generosity and his passion make him an unmissable conductor on international musical stages.
Born in Paris, Benoît Fromanger studies music and flute in Paris Conservatory with eminent teachers like Roger Bourdin and Jean-Pierre Rampal. Soloist from the Paris National Opera’s orchestra during ten years, then from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra , going alongside to conductors such as Leonard Bernstein, Carlos Kleiber, Lorin Maazel, Bernard Haitink, Zubin Mehta, Carlo Maria Guilini ,Daniel Barenboim etc…, Benoît Fromanger turns to good account these experiences and studies conducting with his mentor Valéry Gergiev and also with the famous pedagogue Rolf Reuter in Berlin.
All these influences help him to develop his sensibility ,enthusiasm and musicality .He starts to occurs as conductor in many festivals and concerts where he notably conducts the Montréal Metropolitan Orchestra, the Slovenian Radio Symphony, the Swiss Italian Radio Symphony, the Koblenz Philharmonie, the Bello Horizonte Philharmonic , Curitiba Symphony ,the Nizza Philharmonic Orchestra, the Lille National Orchestra, the Haïfa Philharmonic Orchestra, Concerts Colonne and Concerts Lamoureux, the Sinfonia Rotterdam ,the Tokyo Symphony, The Toulon Opera Orchestra……
On the Opera side and among another performances, he conducted the Opera of Manaus, the Opera of Bucharest, the Choir and the soloists of the Ankara Opera, he conducted the world premiere of the Oratorio « Le Mystère du Salut » under the High Patronage of Her Majesty, the Queen Paola of Belgium at the « Grandes Heures de la Cambre ».
During his performances with operas and choirs , Maestro Fromanger conducted soloists such as Angelika Kirchschlager, Nathalie Manfrino, Thomas Hampson and major other great artists.
Benoît Fromanger was named in 2004 Professor at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler ,Berlin.He is since 2011 musical director and principal conductor of the Bucharest Symphony Orchestra.
« ………..French director Fromanger showed the great sound potential of the orchestra as well as an indescribable variety of nuances………….. The spectators felt touched to the tears …….. »
-Julio César Huertas, Montevideo
Juliette HUREL
Honour Committee 2019
First flute prize at the National Conservatory of Music of Paris, laureate of numerous international competitions, named in 2004 in the category "Instrumental solo revelation of the year" at the Victoires de la Musique Classique, Juliette Hurel is considered as one of the indispensable flutists of the international music scene.
Solicited around the world, she performs in chamber music at the Cité de la Musique, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, at the Grand Théâtre de Provence, at Wigmore Hall in London, at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam ... with Martha Argerich , Yuri Bashmet, Gidon Kremer, Mork Truls, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Scharoun Ensemble Berlin ...
Invited by important festivals: International Festival of Roque d'Anthéron, "La Folle Journée" in Nantes, Tokyo, Bilbao, International Festival of Colmar, Holland Festival, Cartagena Music Festival ... she performs as a soloist with the main French orchestras but also with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Colombia, the Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra, the BBC Orchestra of Wales, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. In 2016, Juliette Hurel premieres the world premiere of Bruno Mantovani's "Love Songs" flute concerto with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin and his French premiere with the Orchester National de Lyon under the direction of Leonard Slatkin.
Her discography is rich: several albums in the company of, among others, pianist Hélène Couvert: Martinu / Prokoviev at Lyrinx, French music for flute of the 20th century at Naïve-Valois, Sonatas de Haydn at Zig-Zag Territoires, Concertos for flute by CPE Bach with the Auvergne Orchestra under the direction of Arie Van Beek. Also published: '' Impressions françaises '' rewarded by a '' RTL d'Or '' at ZZT, "at Aube au Romantisme" at Naïve. Released in 2015, the Mozart Flute Quartets with the Alpha Classics Quartet Voce were distinguished and warmly welcomed by the French and foreign press. Issued in April 2018 a new record dedicated to JSBACH: "Inspiration", still at Alpha Classics.
Since 1998, Juliette Hurel has been Principal Flute of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Lahav Shani is the new chef since the 2018/2019 season.
Juliette Hurel teaches at the Rotterdam Conservatory (Codarts) since 2010.
Press:
"Juliette Hurel devours music with communicative energy and good humor. Whether she plays Berio or Bach, never, with her, one feels the slightest difficulty in sometimes dreadful works and repertoires often far away »Le Mon
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WANG Yong Xin
Honour Committee 2019
Professor of the Central Conservatory of Beijing, CHINA
A great flute teacher at the Central Conservatory of Music in China, he went to the Czech Academy of Musical Arts (AMU) in Prague for flute learning with the grant from the Chinese government in 1954. After completing his studies in 1958 , he returned to China and became the flute teacher at the Central Music Conservatory of China until now. During these 61 years of professional flute teaching, he has trained many talented flutes who occupy the solo flutes of national musical groups or key flute teachers in higher education institutions, such as HAN Guo Liang, Solo Flute. China National Orchestra and Beijing Conservatory Prof. CHENG XiaoHua, Principal Flute of China Philharmonic Orchestra and China Conservatory Teacher; WANG Wei, former flautist of the National Orchestra of China; Miao ShanShan, Singapore Orchestra flutist; YU Yuan ...
Thus, many of his students have received major awards in national or foreign competitions. In fact, he is often invited to assume the role of jury member in various flute competitions.
His composition "Fantasy ZHUANGJIN" is published by a Danish publishing house. He also published a thesis "Circular breathing, a main technique of flutes" in The Journal of the Central Conservatory of Music, which is translated into English and published in the quarterly review of the Flute Association of the United States, and then reproduced by several foreign magazines.
Michel LAVIGNOLLE
Jury of the 2019 competition
Michel Lavignolle studied at the National Conservatory of Paris in the class of Alain Marion. He obtained a first prize after having obtained his certificate of aptitude and the following year the diploma of honor of the contest Jean Pierre Rampal. He is currently full professor of flute at the Conservatoire de Lyon. He has always been strongly attracted by the repertoire of chamber music and it is in this city that he creates with Jean Louis Bergerard the creation of the ensemble Les Temps Modernes in 1993. This set together is for him the means to express his taste for twentieth century music and creation. Les Temps Modernes has appeared in many French festivals: Musica (Strasbourg), Why Note (Dijon), Polychrome Territories (Paris), Besançon Festival, Messian in the country of La Meije (La Grave) ... and abroad. They have been invited to the festivals: La Bâtie (Geneva), the Season of France in Quebec (Montreal), the NYYD festival (Tallinn), the Gaida festival (Vilnius), Hochshule für Musik (Hannover), " Suona francese "in Italy, in Shanghai in China and Yokohama in Japan. In the universe of the composers they choose to play, the musicians of the ensemble try to highlight by their interpretation what is directly addressed to the meaning of the poetic sound: the sensitivity, the dream, the interrogation and sensuality.
They show that the essential components of the musical art are still present and that contemporary music is not necessarily at odds with the works of the past, but can continue, with its new contributions, the history of the art of art. 'a civilization. In charge of a collection at the musical publisher Robert Martin he tries to enrich the repertoire for flute and to promote the music of composers with whom he collaborates actively. In this context he publishes two works by Mario Stanchev. This is the beginning of a fruitful collaboration that led them to create the duo Stanchev / Lavignolle. It constitutes together an original repertoire resulting from multiple influences: classical, jazz and world music where improvisation holds a very important place.
WANG Wei
Jury of the 2019 competition
Began his musical studies in his city ZhengZhou with LU Lizhi, then go back to the Beijing Central Conservatory, with WANG YongXin. 1st prize in 7 years of study in all disciplines of brass-wind instruments.
Principal flute of National Youth Orchestra of China.
2000, he won second prize in the national competition of China (1st prize vacant), then returned to the National Orchestra of China.
2002, he continues his studies in France, with Pierre-Yves ARTAUD, Benoît FROMANGER, Jean-Michel VARACHE.
1st prize of the international flute competition of Benidorm of Spain
Prize of Honour of the international competition of Léopold BELLAN of Paris
WANG Wei is Invited to Festivals, such as UNESCO International Diversity Festival, Cannes Festival, International Harp Meetings in the Isle of France, Barbizon Festival, Gargilesse Festival ....
WANG Wei plays with Benoit FROMANGER, Jean-Michel VARACHE, Philippe BERNOLD, Maxence LARRIEU ....
WANG Wei is the director of the Vivi Music Centre in Paris.
