L’Odyssée Frank Martin at MIR: Moonlight and Other Pieces

Alain Corbellari is Professor of Medieval French Literature at the Universities of Lausanne and Neuchâtel. He specializes in the history of medieval studies and the reception of medieval culture in Modernity. He is also a composer and musicologist, and is the author of a book on music in the works of Romain Rolland and a biography of Frank Martin, published in the “Savoir suisse” collection in 2021.

After studying cello and singing at Geneva’s Haute École de Musique with François Guye and Danielle Borst, culminating in two Masters as Soloist with Distinction, Clémence Tilquin embarked on a dual career in Europe and Japan. A laureate of the prestigious Leenaards Foundation, in 2010 she decided to devote herself entirely to singing, perfecting her vocal skills in London, Oslo, Brussels and Milan. Engagements soon followed. This young soprano made her debut at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie as Papagena, then with the youth troupe of the Grand Théâtre de Genève (Amour [Gluck], the Princess [Prokofiev], Ninette [Verdi]). Subsequent roles have included Adina (Donizetti) in Austria, La Fille de Madame Angot (Lecocq) in Liège, the

Princess (Ravel) at the Festival d’Aix-en Provence, Poppea (Monteverdi) with Leonardo García Alarcón,

Elettra (Mozart) at the Opéra de Montpellier, Elvira (Rossini) at the Opéra d’Avignon, Lauretta (Puccini), Fiordiligi (Mozart), Fannì (Rossini), Alcina (Vivaldi) and Vitellia (Mozart) at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris. In concert, Clémence Tilquin has appeared at the Opéra Royal de Versailles singing the Countess (Mozart) with Jean-Claude Malgoire, as well as the Neukomm’s Requiem (on disc), Mozart’s Mass in C minor and Mendelssohn’s Elias with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Ascanio (Saint-Saëns) at the Grand Théâtre de Genève (on disc), chamber music in the season of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Gounod at the Palazzetto Bru Zane in Venice and Proserpine (Saint-Saëns) with the Bayerische Rundfunk in Munich (on disc). Very much at ease in contemporary repertoire, Clémence Tilquin has performed Pierrot lunaire

(Schoenberg) at the Théâtre de la Comédie in Geneva, Christophe Sturzenegger’s Anakrôn cycle (on disc),

György Kurtág’s Requiem for the Beloved in the presence of the composer, music by Hans Zender with the

Lemanic Modern Ensemble, music by Stravinsky with the Ensemble Intercontemporain at the Cité de la Musique in Paris, and Dallapiccola at the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam. She has performed under the baton of John Nelson, James Loughran, Wolfgang Rihm, Jean-Claude Malgoire, François-Xavier Roth, Emmanuel Krivine, Michail Jurowski and Gábor Takács-Nagy (Cendrillon (Frank Martin), CD). In 2020, Clémence Tilquin was appointed professor of singing at the Haute École de Musique de Genève. She is also director of a research project at the Institut de Recherche en Musique et Arts de la Scène.

Born in Geneva, Christophe Sturzenegger has won a number of awards given by advanced conservatories (Horn, Piano, Music Theory, Harmony).

As a horn-player, he played in orchestras (Zürich and Basel) under the direction of the greatest conductors (Abbado, Levine, Santi, Marriner, von Dohnanyi, Ashkenazy,…) and appeared as a soloist conducted by Emmanuel Krivine. He’s member of the Geneva Brass Quintet.

As a pianist, he won several competitions (Friedl Wald, Dénéréaz), in addition to the Neumann and Dumont Awards. He has taught piano as a secondary instrument and keyboard harmony at Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève (Geneva School of Advanced Music Studies) since 2003.

He is a highly sought-after musician in the world of chamber music and singer accompaniment. He also sometimes performs in recitals and has released numerous records (Claves, Sony, Klarthe, …) noted by specialist critics. (Telerama, Diapason).

As a composer, has been published by Klarthe and has a catalogue of about 40 works, including various commissioned compositions (primarily Swiss Musical Competition for Youth, festivals, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande).

As conductor, he was in charge of many productions in Switzerland and France.

Last year, he conducted 50 shows of “The Threepenny Opera” by Kurt Weill, and also the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Le Colibri).

He has already performed at a number of festivals in Europe, South America, South Africa and Japan (Salzburg, Verbier, Hong-Kong, Istanbul, London, Budapest, Tokyo, and Aix-en-Provence,…).

Célia Cano joined the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Toulouse in 2016, where she successively obtained the Diplôme d’Études Musicales in violin and musical training, as well as the Certificat d’Études in composition. At the same time, she trained in orchestral conducting, orchestration, musical analysis and chamber music, developing a comprehensive and in-depth vision of classical music.

In 2019, she was admitted to the Bachelor’s class in orchestral conducting led by Laurent Gay, before successfully continuing her studies in the Master’s program, which she obtained in June 2024.

Throughout her studies, Célia has had the opportunity to conduct several orchestras, such as the Orchestre des Pays de Savoie and the Orchestre des Pays de la Loire in France, as well as leading opera projects at the Haute École de Musique de Genève. She also enriched her professional experience by working as a conducting trainee on the production of Richard Strauss’s “Der Rosenkavalier” at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.

She has taken part in a number of masterclasses, where she was able to train under renowned conductors and pedagogues, including Péter Eötvös, Stéphan Cardon, Johannes Schlaefli, Christoph Mathias Mueller, Clément Power and Jean Deroyer.

Today, Célia Cano pursues her conducting career in search of new challenges. Involved in a variety of projects, she is constantly seeking to enrich her experience and refine her musical vision. She was recently awarded the Prix de l’Orchestre de Chambre de Genève.