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Alexandre studied trombone under Jacques Mauger, Ian Bousfield and David Bruchez. He secured a Master’s degree in Music pedagogy, then an Orchestra-oriented Master’s degree.

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A composer recognised for his ability to integrate elements of the Mexican and Cuban musical styles into his works, he first came to international prominence with his series of Danzones, begun in the early 1990s, inspired by Cuba and based on the music of the Veracruz region in Mexico, most notably Danzón n°2, written en 1994. He has written many pieces for orchestra, choir and orchestra, string quartet, wind quintet and various chamber music ensembles.

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Jean-Claude MADONI (1951), a native of South-Western France, took first prizes in clarinet and chamber music at the Paris CNSM, and from 1977 to 2014, has been solo clarinettist for the Orchestre National de Lorraine.

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Founded in 1985, the Magnifica brass quintet became a laureate of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation, and confirmed its talent at international competitions in Baltimore (USA) and Narbonne (France).

Since then, the ensemble has taken part in major festivals all over the world and has made numerous recordings which reflect the unique complicity of its members.

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Composer, pianist and trombonist Marc Lys holds several degrees from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse (CNSMD) in Paris.
Having previously taught piano at the Conservatoire de Lille, he has been teaching sight-reading for brass instruments at the CNSMD in Paris since 2005.
He regularly guest conducts prestigious ensembles, and famous soloists have commissioned original works from him. Ranging from solo works to musical theatre, his work encompasses all styles from classical to jazz and pop/rock.

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Luis Orias Diz’s CDs ("Equis-x", "Acrilicos en la Sonrisa", "Interlude", "Voyage to Patagonia", "Kammermusik", "Electric Counterpoint" and "Croisements") explore a wide-ranging repertoire, from traditional to contemporary and experimental music.

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He studied trumpet, composition, orchestration and orchestral conducting at his hometown’s musical academy, as well as composition at l’Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris.
Writing mainly for brass, his style is influenced by the harmonic language of the French school (Poulenc, Honegger) as well as the rhythmic liveliness of American music (from jazz to the «repetitive» school).
He also works for Disneyland® Paris where he is senior orchestral tutor.

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He studied at the “Piccini” Conservatory in Bari, where he graduated brilliantly with Fabio Sammarco; the meeting with Marco Gerboni becomes fundamental to complete the artistic training course, also perfected with the guidance of Federico Mondelci, Massimo Mazzoni, Arno Bornkamp, Eugene Rousseau and Nikita Zimin.

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Yuliya Viktorovna Lebedeva was born on March 27th, 1966 in Karaganda. She graduated from the Tuttimbet Music College in 1982 and entered the department of musical history at the Alma-Ata Conservatory.

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Trained at the Conservatoire de Paris, he won a prize in saxophone (magna cum laude, first rank) in 2002 (Claude Delangle's class) and another in generative improvisation, and was then accepted into the postgraduate cycle.
Supported by the Sasakawa and Meyer foundations, he was the laureate of the Cziffra Foundation, then scholarship laureate of the Société Générale's Mécénat Musical association.