Violin
Born in Chambéry in 1976, Renaud Capuçon studied at the CNSMDP with Gérard Poulet and Veda Reynolds. In 1998, Claudio Abbado chose him as concertmaster of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and he completed his musical education with Pierre Boulez, Seiji Ozawa, Daniel Barenboim and Franz Welsze-Möst. As a soloist, Renaud Capuçon plays with the greatest conductors and the most prestigious orchestras in the most famous festival : Festival international de La Roque d’Anthéron, Hollywood Bowl, Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Lucerne, Verbier, Salzburg, Rheingau or the Bucharest Enescu Festival.

One of the most renowned soloists, the violinist Renaud Capuçon collaborates with internationally renowned orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Boston Symphony, the Wiener Philharmoniker and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.

He practices chamber music with passionate partners : Martha Argerich, Nicholas Angelich, Kit Armstrong, Khatia Buniatishvili, Frank Braley, Yefim Bronfan, Khatia and Marielle Labèque, Maria Joao Pires, jean-Yves Thibaudet, Yuri Bashmet, Myung-Whun Chung, Yo Yo Ma, Mischa Maisky, Michael Pletnev. Renaud Capuçon has been conducting the best chamber ensembles on the violin for around fifteen years.

He is artistic director of : Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Festival de Pâques d’Aix en Provence, Rencontres musicales d’Evian. Since 2021, he has directed the Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne. In 2022, he will put his reputation at the service of a new generation of musicians by launching Beau Soir Productions.

In terms of discography, Renaud Capuçon has already recorded nearly thirty records, notably Bartok’s violin Concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra and François-Xavier Roth, an album entitled « Cinema » released in October 2018. From September 2022, he begins a new collaboration with Deutsche Grammophon and Universal Music, starting with a complete set around Mozart. In February 2023, he published his second album of film music entitled "Cinema II - Les Choses de la Vie ».

His violin is the Guarneri del Gesù « Panette » (1737) which belonged to Isaac Stern. He was promoted to « Chevalier dans l’Ordre National du Mérite » in June 2011, « Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur » in March 2016 and « Officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres » in December 2021. He is also « Artiste pour la Paix » at UNESCO since September 2020 and promoted to « Officier dans l’Ordre National du Mérite » in December 2023.

Viola
Named Révélation classique de l’ADAMI in 2021, Paul Zientara is already the winner of several international competitions, including 3rd Prize in the prestigious Lionel Tertis Competition on the Isle of Man, Grand Prize of the Fondation Safran pour la Musique and 1st Prize in the Concours d’Epernay.

Paul Zientara began a highly noted concert career as a soloist as well as in chamber music. He shares the stage with Renaud Capuçon, Gérard Caussé, Valeriy Sokolov, Jérémy Menuhin, Pierre Fouchenneret, Adam Laloum, Adrien La Marca, Jérôme Ducros, Victor Julien-Laferrière, Nicolas Baldeyrou, Vincent Warnier ...

He is invited to lot of festivals such as the Festival international de piano de la Roque d’Anthéron, the Festival de Pâques d’Aix en Provence, the Festival Pianissimes and the Pablo Casals Festival.

Committed to contemporary music, he has the opportunity to perform a lot of creations. Invited by Renaud Capuçon to Nouveaux Horizons Festival, he recently had the honor of creating « My Other Self » by Diana Soh in a duet with Gérard Caussé. Vincent Warnier dedicated « Legend » to him, a work for viola and organ of which they perform the world first in October 2020.

Paul Zientara began playing the viola at the age of 7 and was admitted to the CNSMDP in the class of Sabine Toutain and Christophe Gaugué. He perfected his skills with masters such as Tabea Zimmermann, Gérard Caussé, Tatjana Masurenko, Bruno Pasquier, Nils Mönkemeyer, the Quatuor Ebène and Laurent Korcia.

He participates in international masterclasses including the Kronberg Academy Festival for which he is invited by Tabea Zimmermann.

Paul Zientara plays on a viola by Patrick Robin, financed by the Fondation Safran pour la musique, on the initiative of the Talent’s & Vio-lon’celles association.

Double bass
Lorraine Campet has studied double bass and violin since she was very young at the CNSMDP. She obtained her Master’s degree in double bass in 2016 in the class of Thierry Barbé and Jean-Edmond Bacquet, then continued a year of improvement with Petru Luga at the University of Mannheim in Germany. At the same time, she continued her violin studies in the class of Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian and obtained her violin license in 2019.

Lorraine Campet performs alongside artists such as Barbara Hannigan, Leonidas Kavakos, the Trio Wanderer, Renaud Capuçon, the Quatuor Modigliani, François Salque, Lise Berthaud, Christophe Morin, Roland Pidoux and Sarah Nemtanu, in various festivals such as the Festival de Pâques d’Aix-en-Provence, the Festival de Pâques de Deauville, the Rencontres musicales d’Evian, La Folle Journée de Nantes, the Seiji Osawa Academy.

She is regularly invited to play with the Music Aeterna orchestra conducted by Teodor Currentzis, as well as with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Sinfonia Grange au Lac in Evian.

Lorraine Campet won various double bass competitions including 1st Prize in the Leopold Bellan International Competition and 1st Prize in the « Bass 2014 » international competition in Amsterdam. In 2017, Lorraine Campet won 1st Prize in the FMAJI International Competition then 2nd prize in the Giovanni Bottesini International Competition.

From 2015 to 2022, she held the position of co-soloist with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.

Lorraine Campet plays a double bass by Richard Gonon and a bow by Emilio Slaviero.

As a violonist, Lorraine Campet is a member of the Confluence Quartet, in a residence at the Singer Polignac Foundation, winner of 1st Prize at the Trondheim International String Quartet Competition.

Piano
Born Born in Havana, Cuba in 1994, Jorge Gonzalez Buajasan began studying piano in his native country, guided by demanding pedagogues, heirs of the Russian school. In 2014 he entered the CNSMDP.

Jorge quickly had the opportunity to perform on numerous European stages, notably as a Trio at the Salle Pleyel as a prelude to the Orchestre de Paris and as a guest of Boris Berezovsky to play during his recital at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. He was then selected to participate in the Klavier Olymp in Bad Kissingen where he received the First Prize as well as the Audience Prize.

He regularly performs in recital, notably at the Beethovenfest in Bonn, at the Herkulessaal in Munich and as part of the “Stars and Rising Stars” Festival. He has the opportunity to play chamber music with the soloists of the Orchestre National de France and to perform Beethoven's 3rd Concerto under the direction of Felix Mildenberger at the Auditorium de Radio France.

In 2019, Jorge Gonzalez Buajasan was a finalist in the Clara Haskil Competition where he received the Young Critic's Favorite Prize. In 2021, he won 1st Prize and 4 Special Prizes at the Concours international de musique de chambre de Lyon with violinist Manon Galy.

Jorge has been a member of the Trio Zeliha since 2018 alongside violinist Manon Galy and cellist Maxime Quennesson. In November 2020, they released their first CD with the Mirare Label, and received praise from Alfred Brendel, Menahem Pressler as well as 5 Diapasons, 5 Stars from Classica and great reviews in the music magazines The Strad and Gramophone. The Trio Zeliha also won 1st Prize “Luigi Boccherini” during the International Virtuoso & Belcanto Competition in Lucca, Italy and are winners of the FNAPEC Competition.

Clarinet
Winner of the Festival Musical d’Automne des Jeunes Interprètes in 2017, the Foundation Safran pour la Musique in 2018 and the 2019 CLUJ International Music Competition in Romania, Joë Christophe won 1st Prize as well as 6 special prizes at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich in 2019, definitively launching his performing career. He completed his studies at the CNSMDP the following year, with the highest distinctions, in the class of Philippe Berrod and Arnaud Leroy.

His career has led him to perform in prestigious concert halls across Europe: the Philharmonie de Paris, the Opéra Garnier, the Konzerthaus and the Philharmonie in Berlin, the Konzerthaus and the Musikverein in Vienna, the Prinzregententheater and the Herkulessaal in Munich, the Stiftung Mozarteum in Salzburg to the International Forum in Tokyo.

He is invited to perform as a soloist with renowned orchestras such as the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the Münchner Kammerorchester and the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, the Philharmonie Südwestfalen, the Collegium Musicum Basel, and the Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine. He also joins many festivals as a chamber musician, such as the Davos Festival, the Nouveaux Horizons Festival, the Radio France Montpellier Occitanie Festival and the Sonates d’Automne Festival.

Featured in the show Stars von Morgen presented by Rolando Villazón in 2020, Joë Christophe will participate in 2021 in the prestigious Debüt im Deutschlandfunk Kultur program in Berlin.

His first CD “Idylle”, which he recorded with pianist Vincent Mussat and the German label Genuin Classics, explores the beautiful colors, deep feelings and humor specific to French and English repertoires for clarinet and piano.

Since 2022, Joë Christophe has benefited from the support of the Foundation Banque Populaire.