Les grands harpistes classiques - EN

1 – What is your background, Madame Catherine Michel, as a musician?

Very young, I started to read the pieces for harp or piano that my mother collected. At the time we had neither television nor computer and our evenings were devoted to reading. I then became interested in works written in the 18th century and in the secret music played during the Napoleon Bonaparte reign.

Gilles MARTIN

He secured several first prizes from the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris as well as international prizes, and has been a certified teacher at the Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental in Nevers since 1996. He is often asked to give master-classes as a teacher and composer, and has received various commissions for different ensembles.

Jean-Christophe ROSAZ

BIOGRAPHY

Jean-Christophe ROSAZ is a graduate of the CNSM in Lyon, where he studied under Gilbert Amy, Raffi Ourgandjian and Robert Pascal. He has won awards from the Grand Prize International Society of Bassists/David Walter Composition 2012 (New York) and the Lutoslawski Society’s International Composition Competition.

Samuel ROUESNEL alias Samuelito

BIOGRAPHY

Samuel Rouesnel "Samuelito" is one of the most acclaimed flamenco guitarists in France. Born in 1993, he started playing classical guitar at the age of seven at the Conservatoire de Caen. He quickly became fascinated by world music and flamenco in particular, which he discovered through singing and playing the guitar.

Georges SADELER

BIOGRAPHY

Already in young years, his interest in composing and arranging was aroused by his father and later by his two teachers Marco Pütz and Claude Lenners, both teachers at the Conservatory of Music of Luxembourg. After his studies of harmony, counterpoint, fugue and orchestration he finally continues with composition.

Stéphane TENENTE

BIOGRAPHIE

Stéphane Tenente began studying the harp at age 6 under Elizabeth Fontan Binoche. In 2009 he secured his diploma in musical studies at the Conservatoire de Nice, followed in 2019 with a second diploma in orchestral conducting with conductor Philippe Dulat. In 2007 he was spotted by Marie-Claire Jamet, who invited him to the prestigious Académie musicale de Villecroze.