Jazz & Bach A dialogue between the violinist and the violist, in a program featuring Jazz & Bach.
Tickets on sale : 305-285-5880
Regular admission: $10 VIP: $15
Sunday, March 21 at 7:00 pm
CUBAOCHO ART AND RESEARCH CENTER 1465 SW 8th Street Suite 106-107 Miami Fl, 33135
Phone: 305-285-5880
This program is sponsored by The Cultural Service of The French Consulate (www.consulfrance-miami.org) And by CubaOcho Art and Researd Center (www.cubaochoartcenter.com)
GUILLAUME ROY, violist
Founder of the Ixi quartet in 1994 (with Regis Huby, Irene Lecoq, and Alain Grange), Guillaume Roy never ceases to explore the relationship of writing to the improvised. With Ixi he stepped up meetings with both soloists (Louis Sclavis, Joachim Kühn, François Raulin, Pablo Cueco, Veli Kujala (Finland), Pierrick Hardy, videographer Thierry Salvert) … with other formations (the Danish trio Sound of Choices, the duo Pifarély Couturier, the Quatuor Danel Antoine Herve Trio …). Currently, besides the quartet IXI, he works in solo, in trio with Hasse Poulsen (guitar) and Bruno Chevillon (cb), with Dédales of Dominique Pifarély, in trio with Claude Tchamitchian (cb) and Vincent Courtois (vlc), also in trio with Christophe Monniot (saxes) and Didier Ithursarry (accordion), and with the project Gesualdo David Chevallier, the new big Louzadsak of C. Tchamitchian … He has also worked with: Denis Colin (nonet et les arpenteurs), Pierrick Hardy, Joelle Leandre and Christophe Marguet, Didier Petit, Francois Raulin (China Project), Yves Rousseau, Bruno Wilhelm, Eric Brochard (quartet), Kent Carter (trio), Antoine Hervé, Edward Perraud, Jean Luc Cappozzo … With many projects he has participated, he has played everywhere in France and worldwide (Germany, Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Scotland, Estonia, Finland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Venezuela …) Anxious of teaching and transmission, he directs the jazz department of the ENMD Evry (Essonne) since 1983
CLAUDE HALTER, Violinist
Originally from Paris, France, violinist Claude Halter moved to the United States in 2001 and since has been heard playing nation wide as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral leader. At the age of 8 Claude began his musical education at the Maitrise de Paris where he was a member of the acclaimed boy’s choir. He moved to the United States when he was 19 to pursue a Bachelor’s degree at Lawrence University and a Master’s degree at the San Francisco Conservatory where he studied with Stephane Tran N’Goc and Ian Swensen respectively. While at Lawrence University, Claude had the privilege of performing a solo with the Lawrence University Orchestra as well as a nationally broadcast performance as a winner of the N.P.R. Neale Silva Young Artists Music Competition. As an avid chamber musician, Claude has performed alongside artists such as Menahem Pressler (Beaux-Arts Trio), Robert Mann (Juilliard String Quartet), faculty members of the San Francisco Conservatory, and members of the San Francisco Symphony, Ballet, and Opera. In addition, Claude is a member of the Meridian String Quartet that presents a concert series every summer in Colorado. He is equally passionate about the orchestral repertoire and has led many performances as concertmaster under great conductors such as Micheal Tilson Thomas, Osmo Vaanska, and Bruce Lamott. Claude currently resides in Miami Beach where he performs with the New World Symphony.
