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Marie-Andrée Joerger

An accomplished accordionist who graduated with honors from the music schools of Freiburg, Germany (studying with Teodoro Anzellotti) and Basel, Switzerland (Master’s degree specialized in contemporary music), Marie-Andrée Joerger performs regularly as a soloist, as well as with orchestras and other ensembles. She appears in festivals such as “Musique en scène” (Lyon, France), “ÖGZM” (Vienna, Austria), “Upol” (Nova Gorica, Slovenia), “Festival International de Musique” (Colmar, France), “Zelt-Musik-Festival” (Freiburg, Germany), “Festival Musica” (Strasbourg, France), “Festival Manifeste” (Paris, France), “Artsmondo” (Strasbourg, France), to collaborations with ensembles such as the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, the Philharmonic Orchestra and Kirchenchor of Freiburg, the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of Nancy, Strasburg and in prestigious spaces such as the Berlin Konzerthaus and Philharmonic Hall, the Zürich Tonhalle, the Lyon Opera, the Frankfurt Alte Oper, and the Romana Theater of Bucharest. She has performed alongside several renowned soloists such as Armand Angster, Marc Coppey, François Kubler, Daishin Kashimoto, and Pierre Strauch. She has also won several international competitions in Geneva (Swizterland), Atri (Italy), and Montrond les Bains (France).

An active member of the contemporary music scene, Marie-Andrée Joerger has collaborated with composers such as B. Cavanna, D. D’Adamo, T. Escaich, B. Furer, M. Matalon, M. Mochizuki, A. Posadas, A. Schlünz, premiering new pieces as a soloist or within an ensemble.

Her passion for chamber music has lead to collaborations with Vincent Dubois (organ, titulaire of the Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral), Jean Philippe Audin (cellist), Philippe Koerper (saxophonist), and Antoine Pecqueur (bassoonist in the orchestra les Siècles). She is a member of the La Philharmonie de Poche, the Ensemble Linea, and is regularly invited to perform with the Strasbourgeois ensemble Accroche Note.

Marie-Andrée Joerger has been teaching at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg and the Académie Supérieure de Musique de Strasbourg since 2014, and is often invited to give master classes in various European conservatories (Slovenia, Poland, Italy, Lithuanian…).

www.marieandree.fr

(photo : Klara Beck)

Vincent Lhermet

Accordionist Vincent Lhermet enjoys a distinguished career as a soloist and chamber musician.

A fellow of numerous music foundations, prize-winner of the most prestigious international competitions (Arrasate-Hiria, Montrond-les-Bains, Gaudeamus interpreters), graduate of the Sibelius Academy of Helsinki in the class of Matti Rantanen, the Paris Conservatoire and the Paris-Sorbonne University, he is the first accordionist to hold a PhD in music performance in France under the supervision of Laurent Cugny and composer Bruno Mantovani.

Lhermet performs all over the world with orchestras and ensembles (Orchestre National d’Auvergne, Les Siècles, Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, Secession orchestra, Ensemble Court-Circuit, Le Poème harmonique …) under the direction of Guillaume Bourgogne, Jean Deroyer, Roberto Fores-Veses, Clément Mao-Takacs, François-Xavier Roth, Pierre-André Valade, in prestigious halls such as Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam, Palacio de Bellas Artes in México, Helsinki Music Center, Auditorium Rainier III in Monte Carlo or Cité de la Musique (Philharmonie) in Paris, showing the richness of his instrument in a repertoire that ranges from the Renaissance to our time.

His projects are presented in many festivals alongside Brian Archinal, Gérard Caussé, Alice Piérot, Michel Portal, Françoise Rivalland and Marianne Muller. He regularly collaborates with composers in enriching the accordion repertoire with some eighty new works. The press unanimously welcomed the world premiere of Gérard Pesson’s accordion concerto (2021).
He recorded some 10 Cds for Harmonia Mundi, Tempus Clasico, Alpha music labels.

Vincent Lhermet is a professor at the Boulogne-Billancourt conservatoire.

In 2022, he is appointed professor at the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP), is regularly invited to give lectures and masterclasses around the world as well as to to sit on the juries of international competitions.

www.vincentlhermet.fr

(photo : Jean-Baptiste Millot)

Sylvain Tissot

A graduate of the Bern University of the Arts (soloist diploma, 2012) in the class of Teodoro Anzellotti, Sylvain Tissot participates in the development of the accordion on a large scale.

As a concert artist, he is involved in creataion projects and performs in contemporary music ensembles such as the NEC, the Ensemble Contrechamps, the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, the Berner Symphonieorchester. He had the opportunity to present his instrument at various festivals including the International Festival of Contemporary Music in Darmstadt, the Freiburger Musikfestival, Les Amplitudes, the Classics of St-Prex, to name a feew.

Sylvain Tissot also devotes himself to teaching, instrumental direction and composition. He is a professor at the Conservatory of Music in Friborg, at the Conservatory of Music in La Broye and is a lecturer in instrumental teaching at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne. He is a fellow of the Friedl Wald Stiftung Foundation and laureate of the Pierre and Renée Glasson Prize.

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