Sternat studied the cello and chamber music, notably with Étienne Péclard, at the Conservatoire de Paris and won her prize in 1995. Since then, she has been playing chamber music in small ensembles and in different chamber orchestras (Camerata Salzburg, Chamber Orchestra of Europe) and as soloist of several symphony orchestras (the Orchestre philharmonique de Montpellier, the Orchestre symphonique de Tours, the Orchestre lyrique de Tours).
As a member of the Travelling Quartet [1] — Anne Gravoin and David Braccini [2] (violins), Vincent Pasquier [3] (double bass) and Mathilde Sternat — she makes arrangements of the repertoire of the art music of the 19th and early 20th centuries (Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Offenbach, Satie, among others) and arrangements of compositions of Jazz (Scott Joplin, Bill Evans, George Gershwin, Astor Piazzolla, notably) pop music (The Beatles…), film scores and French songs (Édith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Charles Aznavour, among others).
In addition to her engagements mainly for chamber music, Sternat composes and arranges music for theatre performances and regularly performs in concert and recording studio with mainly French musicians, but also internationally known musicians, such as Malia, Patrick Bruel, Laurent Voulzy, Michel Sardou, Nolwenn Leroy and Sofia Mestari.
Teitur Lassen is a Faroese musician, composer, singer-songwriter and producer. He is a winner of multiple Danish Music Awards and has toured globally since his debut release, Poetry & Aeroplanes, in 2003.
Karl Ristenpart was a German conductor.
Nolwenn Le Magueresse, known by her stage name Nolwenn Leroy, is a French singer-songwriter, musician, and actress.
David Grimal is a French violinist. He started to play the violin at the age of five. He won First Prize in violin and chamber music at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1993. Afterwards he did his postgraduate studies with Régis Pasquier. He also enriched and deepened his musicality by studying with such personalities as Philippe Hirschhorn, Shlomo Mintz, Isaac Stern. He is the son of Egyptologist Nicolas Grimal and the grand-son of Latinist Pierre Grimal. Mathematician Pierre Colmez is Grimal's first cousin.
Rachel Kolly, born 21 May 1981 in Lausanne, Switzerland, is a Swiss violinist. Considered a child prodigy at the violin, she started playing at the age of five.
Jacques Larocque is a Canadian saxophonist, arranger, music educator, and university administrator. He has authored and published numerous transcriptions and arrangements for saxophone quartet; some of which have been recorded by ensembles like the Alliage Saxophone Quartet and the American Saxophone Quartet. He has appeared numerous times on CBC Radio as a soloist and chamber musician and has been a soloist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Quebec Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières among others.
Thierry Joseph-Louis Escaich is a French organist and composer.
The history of jazz in Belgium starts with the Dinant instrument maker Adolphe Sax, whose saxophone became part of military bands in New Orleans around 1900 and would develop into the jazz instrument par excellence. From then on the early history of jazz in Belgium virtually runs parallel to developments in the country of the birth of jazz, from the minstrel shows in the late 19th century until the first Belgian jazz album in 1927 and beyond.
François Goetghebeur is a French film director, photographer and art director. He became known in the music world thanks to his work including music videos, recordings, documentaries and artists portraits.
Anne Gravoin is a French concert violinist and music entrepreneur.
Sabine Toutain is a contemporary French violist.
Michel Michalakakos is a French contemporary violist.
Jean Doyen was a French classical pianist, pedagogue and composer.
Serge Blanc was a French classical violinist. A child prodigy trained at the Conservatoire de Paris, he performed from the age of 11 in Paris with the Orchestre Colonne and the Pasdeloup Orchestra. He studied further at the Juilliard School of Music and played at the Tanglewood Festival. Back in France, he founded several chamber music ensembles and became principal of the second violins at the Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris. For several years, he conducted the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, but then returned to the opera orchestra. He taught at the Conservatoire de Paris, and edited Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin.
Sarah Louvion is a French classical flautist. The award-winning player has been the principal flute of the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester from 2002, and is active as a soloist and chamber musician. She has given international master classes.
Florent Héau is a French classical clarinetist. In addition to his concert work and recordings, he gives courses, mainly at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris.
Jean-Marc Fessard is a French classical clarinetist.
René Herbin was a French composer and pianist. He was killed in the Mount Cimet air disaster in the French Alps.
Géry Moutier is a French classical pianist, music educator, and director.
Jane Evrard was the name adopted by Jeanne Chevallier Poulet, a French musician. In 1930, she founded the Orchestre féminin de Paris, becoming one of the first professional woman conductors in France.
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