Francisco Mañalich
Artistic direction / tenor & viola da gamba
A versatile singer, Francisco Mañalich has specialised throughout his career in a wide range of repertoires, from Baroque music to Verdi roles. This year he performed at the Opéra Royal de Versailles, singing Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (Molière – Lully) under the direction of D. Podalydès and C. Coin. In parallel, he is currently working with the Théâtre du Châtelet on a concert for the Grand Foyer entitled “Clair comme une chanson”, in which he will perform zarzuela arias. In December he was invited to the Cité Bleue alongside the Cappella Mediterranea (L. G. Alarcón) to sing in the programme “Fiesta barroca”. Recently he performed Puccini’s Messa di Gloria (Théâtre de Jouy), under the direction of Haïk Davtian, and took the role of Orfeo with Les Paladins (J. Correas). He also sang the title role of La Fiorina (Pedrotti) at the Theatre of Glarus (Switzerland) and was invited to perform Bach’s Magnificat under the direction of Alice Pierrot. In previous years he created musical productions such as Le Rêve et la Plainte, whose music he composed and performed, on a text by Nicole Genovese, premiered at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord. He also created, in collaboration with Katarina Livljanić within the ensemble Dialogos, Hécube, retracing the famous Greek myth. At the beginning of his career he took part in L’Italiana a Londra by D. Cimarosa, sang Ferrando in Così fan tutte in Lyon and at the Manège de Saint-Germain, then Idamante in Idomeneo in Nanterre. In 2017 he performed Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni at a commemorative concert for the Bataclan attacks; a year later he sang the role of Jesus in Veneziano’s Passion with the Cappella Mediterranea at Bozar (Belgium) and at the Palace of Versailles. His discography is rich and varied: he recorded Monteverdi’s Vespers with the Compagnie La Tempête for the Alpha label, as well as Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, still for the same label; he took part in two recordings by the ensemble Correspondances for Harmonia Mundi, recorded Nisi Dominus with Le Poème Harmonique and three albums with Il Festino for the Musica Ficta label; he explores various styles alongside Marco Horvat (Faenza), recording four albums for the Hortus label devoted to Baroque and Romantic music. In 2017 he founded his own ensemble, Comet Musicke, of which he is artistic director; with it he recently released Le Premier Livre de madrigaux by Pomponio Nenna for the Ricercar label.
Aude-Marie Piloz
Viola da gamba & vielle
Aude-Marie Piloz began music at the age of six, learning the cello. Her taste for early music and a decisive encounter with viol player Nima Ben David then led her naturally to the viola da gamba, which she studied at the CRR in Boulogne-Billancourt. In parallel, she took the Formation Supérieure aux Métiers du Son at the CNSMDP, then worked on discographic productions for Virgin Classics, Sony, Naïve, Paraty, Eurydice or Psalmus, as well as live broadcasts of concerts and operas (Festival d’art lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence, Verbier, Orchestre de Paris, Capitole de Toulouse, ONBA, Orchestre de Lille…) for Radio Classique, Medici TV or Arte Live Web. On the viol she performs regularly in concert with L’Achéron, Hemiolia, Le Concert des Planètes, Consort de la Belle-Feuille, La Bellezza…
Cyrille Métivier
Cornett, violin & vielle
Cyrille Métivier mainly plays the cornett and the violin. He holds diplomas from the conservatoires of Aulnay-sous-Bois, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Aubervilliers-La Courneuve and the CNSM in Paris (FSMS). He collaborates with Comet Musicke, La Rêveuse, Les Talens Lyriques, Hemiolia, Artaserse (Philippe Jaroussky), Il Groviglio, Le Concert des Planètes Consort, Zene, Pérotin le Grand, Zoroastre, Star Pop Orchestra, Bach’n Breakfast Baroque Band, Les Folies du Temps, Paris Scoring, Compagnie Manque Pas d’Airs, Jeune Orchestre de l’Abbaye aux Dames, Les Muses Baroques, La Bellezza, Forum Voix étouffées / Opéra Nomade, Les Souffleurs, Versailles Spectacles, Ensemble 17/89, Les Fata Morgana, Cheesecake… He has performed under the direction of Philippe Herreweghe, Emmanuel Krivine, Christophe Rousset, Philippe Jaroussky, Jesus-Lopez Cobos, Giuliano Carmignola, Louis Langrée, David Stern, Amaury du Closel, and even Hans Zimmer…
Marie Favier
Mezzo-soprano
Marie began her musical studies at the Maîtrise de la Loire. Holder of a bachelor’s degree and a master’s in musicology, she studied singing at the CRR in Lyon, then obtained her DEM in Baroque singing at the CMBV and a DE in vocal teaching at Pôle Sup’ 93. She has been heard at the Opéra de Limoges under the baton of Hervé Niquet (Concert Spirituel) in the role of Caliste in Les amants magnifiques by J.B. Lully, in the roles of Madame Oudinot in Baptiste or the opera of the farceurs on airs by J.B. Lully (Opéra de Versailles), Polymnie and Caliste in Les fêtes de l’Amour et de Bacchus by J.B. Lully (Villebon and Ranelagh theatres). She works with various ensembles such as Accentus, Le Concert Spirituel, Les Éléments, Pygmalion, Il Caravaggio, Les Surprises… both in the choir and one voice per part, in a repertoire ranging from Baroque to contemporary music. She also took part in the creation of the ensembles Orphéa (Romantic-to-modern music) and Swing and Blush (gospel, jazz, musicals, pop…), Comet Musicke (early music) and Les Mômes (a cappella French chanson quartet). She co-wrote and performed with Magali Lange the jazz musical Un Noël à New-York, given at the Comédie Nation in Paris as well as at the Mois Molière in Versailles.
François Joron
Baritone
After making his début at the Manécanterie des Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois, François Joron chose the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles (CMBV) for his professional training, graduating with the congratulations of the jury. Keen to express himself – beyond the Baroque – in the lyric art more generally, he joined the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris and quickly obtained the concert-artist award of the CRR. François has since sung as a soloist with renowned ensembles such as Les Surprises, Marguerite Louise, Correspondances, Le Concert spirituel and the CMBV. In 2017 he was invited to join Comet Musicke. With them he recorded “Quinze”, the ensemble’s first album bringing back to life compositions by Gilles de Bins and Johannes Ockeghem; their second double album, “Caleidoscopio”, devoted to the Spanish Renaissance composer Diego Ortiz, was subsequently awarded a prize by Diapason magazine. François took part in other acclaimed releases: with the Escadron volant de la Reine, which recorded in 2019 unpublished five-voice madrigals, airs and villanellas by Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger; with Marguerite Louise, which recorded grands motets by Rameau and Mondonville. Most recently he was asked to sing on two records with Les Surprises: the first, “Nuit à Venise”, devoted to the Venetian composers Monteverdi, Legrenzi, Grandi, Lotti and Rigatti, the second devoted to the Te Deums by Charpentier and Desmarest.
Myriam Arbouz
Soprano
The French soprano Myriam Arbouz has established herself as one of the most striking interpreters of the Baroque and early Classical repertoire. Her rich and varied career encompasses opera, oratorio and chamber music, and her performances have won over audiences across Europe, Australia and beyond. A sought-after soloist, Myriam regularly collaborates with the finest period-instrument ensembles, among them Pygmalion, Les Talents Lyriques, the Nederlandse Bachvereniging and the Finnish Baroque Orchestra. Her chamber music partnerships, particularly with organist and harpsichordist Benjamin Alard, are praised for their sensitivity and musical intelligence. Her operatic career has taken her to the most beautiful international stages – from the Salle Gaveau in Paris to the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, from the Grand Auditorium of the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon to the Melbourne Recital Centre. Her recent acclaimed performances include Amour in Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice at the Festival Classique in The Hague, as well as Damon in Stradella’s La Forza delle Stelle, given in Stockholm and Helsinki. She has appeared on the stages of the Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, the Comédie de Valence, Opera Barga, the Opéra de Rennes and the Opéra de Tours, embodying with the same authority and artistic flair the masterpieces of Bach, Handel, Monteverdi and Lully. Her growing discography for the Alpha, CPO and EnPhases labels bears witness to her versatility in the Baroque repertoire, with recordings devoted to Bach, Schelle, Agricola and Bernabei. Among her landmark projects are Bach’s St John Passion recorded with the Nederlandse Bachvereniging for the All of Bach programme, and the rediscovery of Pomponio Nenna’s unpublished madrigals with Comet Musicke, released by Ricercar in 2026. Passionate about historically informed performance, Myriam has just returned from a successful tour of Australia, marked by a delightful collaboration with Erin Helyard and the exceptional musicians of Pinchgut Opera in Handel’s Messiah, presented in its original orchestration and on period instruments.
Sarah Lefeuvre
Soprano & recorders
Sarah Lefeuvre holds the Diplôme National Supérieur de Musicien Professionnel in recorder and the Diplôme d’État. She benefited from the invaluable teaching of Christine Gord, Françoise Defours, Pierre Hamon and Robert Expert in singing. She began her performing career collaborating with various artists and groups, such as the ensemble La Camera Delle Lacrime, with which she made several recordings. She takes part in many festivals and residencies in France and abroad (La Chaise-Dieu, Royaumont, Hall in Tirol in Austria, Flesberg in Norway, etc.). Open to creation in the broadest sense, she collaborates with composers and has premiered several works by Gonzalo Bustos and Ariadna Alsina. Her interest in teaching led her to run a recorder class for six years, and she still leads early music workshops with the ensemble Faenza. Today she sings as a soloist with various ensembles, such as Comet Musicke and Faenza, and the Hassler Consort (Germany)…
Jan Jeroen Bredewold
Bass
Jan Jeroen Bredewold obtained his choral conducting diploma from the present-day ArtEZ conservatoire in Zwolle, the Netherlands, where he studied with Jos Leussink and Jos Vermunt. During the same period and afterwards, he took singing lessons with Jelle Draijer in the Netherlands, then with Florence Guignolet and Guy Flechter in Paris. With Ellen van Lelyveld in Amsterdam he took intensive piano lessons. In the Netherlands, Jan Jeroen conducted several chamber choirs and vocal ensembles and founded a singing school. In 2004 Jan Jeroen settled in France. As a freelance ensemble singer, he has worked and still works regularly with various French ensembles such as Accentus for operatic productions at the Opéra de Rouen, Ensemble Correspondances, Le Poème Harmonique and Les Métaboles, as well as chamber music groups such as Comet Musicke or La Main Harmonique, with an emphasis on early and contemporary music. Since 2024 he also sings with Cappella Amsterdam and the Nederlands Kamerkoor. He works as an independent singing teacher and vocal coach in Paris.
Cyrille Lerouge
Tenor & viola
Cyrille began singing at the age of seven, in the manécanterie of his hometown, Nogent-sur-Marne. Once he had finished secondary school, he decided to embark on a professional course and joined the Département Supérieur pour Jeunes Chanteurs at the CRR in Paris. Shortly afterwards he specialised in historically informed repertoire in the Early Music Department of the same conservatoire. A professional for about ten years, he has performed in ensemble or as a soloist under prestigious conductors (among them Vincent Dumestre, George Nelson, Jean Tubery, Stéphane Fuget and Léo Warynski) in the finest halls of France and abroad. Recently he recorded with the ensemble Comet Musicke a disc of unpublished works by Pomponio Nenna, hailed by critics throughout Europe. Next season he will have the opportunity to perform with Doulce Mémoire and the Belgian ensemble Utopia, always seeking to go further in the practice of Renaissance and medieval music.
Camille Rancière
Viola & vielle
Holder of a DEM in modern viola (Claire Merlet) and Baroque viola (Hélène Houzel), Camille Rancière studied viola and chamber music in various Parisian conservatoires, before furthering his skills in violin and viola with Patrick Bismuth at the CRR in Paris (concert-artist cycle). After taking part in chamber music groups, free jazz or stage creations (in particular with Catherine Gautier and Valentin Boraud) of music theatre, he studied Baroque viola for five years at the Baroque music workshop in Aix-en-Provence, notably with Alice Piérot and Dominique Serve. He also plays the viola da spalla and the quinte de violon within the Orchestre des Musiques Anciennes et à Venir and the orchestra Les Folies Françaises, an instrument reconstructed by Antoine Laulhère for the 24 violons du Roy. He is a member of the ensemble Ma non troppo, with which he took part in the creation of numerous Baroque concerts and shows. He also takes part in various ensembles such as Sébastien de Brossard (Fabien Armengaud), L’orchestre du jour (Alice Piérot) or Gli Incogniti (Amandine Beyer).
Daniela Maltrain
Viola da gamba & vielle
Daniela Maltrain studied music and musicology in Chile, her home country. Since 2017 she has continued her journey in Paris, obtaining a Master’s in Music and Musicology at the Sorbonne while developing her artistic vein, notably within the Master in Early Music Interpretation with a specialisation in Medieval Music, also at Sorbonne University, and taking part in projects of ensembles specialised in early music such as Comet Musicke. She is currently finalising her thesis under the direction of Achille Davy-Rigaux, with Alejandro Vera (Chile) as co-supervisor, holding a doctoral contract at the Sorbonne.