"Duo Arborescence"
"Happy Flâneries"

Iris Scialom is a laureate of the Monte Carlo Violin Masters Prize – Prince Rainier III, the Banque Populaire Foundation, and the ADAMI Talent 2024 award; she is also a laureate of the Gautier Capuçon Foundation, the Villecroze Academy, the Ravel Academy (2019 and 2021), “Violons de l’Espoir,” and the Tibor Junior International Competition—where she performed with Gidon Kremer—and the Mirecourt International Competition—where she performed Brahms’s concerto at the Salle Poirel. After earning her Diploma in Performance at the Paris Conservatory in the class of Stéphanie-Marie Degand—which gave her the opportunity to perform Sibelius’s Concerto at the Cité de la Musique in Paris— she was invited to the Opéra de Tours to perform the same concerto as well as Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 5, to the Salle Gaveau to perform Brahms’s Concerto, and to the Opéra de Rouen to perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 4. Iris has also performed as a soloist at La Seine Musicale with the Ensemble Appassionato and the Palais Royal Orchestra, as well as with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra in Kronberg. A highly regarded chamber musician, she has performed with Mihaela Martin, Nobuko Imai, Claire Désert, François Salque, Frans Helmerson, Philippe Jaroussky, Laurent Naouri, and others.

She also forms a duo (Arborescence) with the young and brilliant pianist Antonin Bonnet, which “infuses the music with a wonderful poetic thrill” (Alain Cochard, Concertclassic) and with whom she has won prizes at prestigious chamber music competitions, notably in Rome and Vilnius. They earned their Master’s degrees in chamber music from the CNSMDP, receiving unanimous “Very Good” grades with honors from the jury in the classes of Claire Désert and François Salque; they have already performed at La Roque d’Anthéron, the Folles Journées in Nantes, and the 2024 Tokyo edition of the festival, and have just recorded their first album dedicated to Fauré, Ravel, and Enescu with the Scala Music label. They are the first duo to serve as artists-in-residence at the Singer-Polignac Foundation. Iris plays a 1773 Guadagnini generously loaned by Diane du Saillant.

"A performer whose radiant personality and musical expression—as well-founded as it is direct—are sure to captivate audiences."

Alain Cochard, Concertclassic
Born in 2001 on Fête de la Musique, Antonin Bonnet has performed on many major French stages, including the La Roque d’Anthéron Festival, the La Chaise-Dieu Festival, La Folle Journée in Nantes, the Auditorium at La Seine Musicale, the National Archives, and the Salle Cortot. Abroad, he has performed in Vienna, Rome, Munich, Tokyo, Budapest, Vilnius, Barcelona, Gstaad, Belgrade, Ljubljana, and La Chaux-de-Fonds. His performances have been broadcast on Génération France Musique, BR-Klassik, and RTS Espace 2.

A winner of several international piano and chamber music competitions—including Carles & Sofia, Piano Campus, Premio Annarosa Taddei, and Stasys Vainiūnas—he has distinguished himself through the diversity and sensitivity of his playing, as well as his stage presence.

His recent solo performances have included Schumann’s Piano Concerto with the Orchestre de Picardie and Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Orchestre des Lauréats du Conservatoire. He has also performed with the Orchestre Appassionato and other ensembles.

Admitted unanimously to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (CNSMDP) at the age of 16, he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees there in Denis Pascal’s class and is currently pursuing a Diploma in Performance at the same institution. He previously studied with Frédérique Lagarde, then with Romain Descharmes at the CRR in Paris, where he received his diploma with honors.

Seeking to deepen his understanding of musical style, he studied the pianoforte with Daria Fadeeva at the CNSMDP and participated in the series *Les sons et couleurs de Chopin*, led by Yves Henry.

He has been invited to several renowned academies, including the Académie Musicale de Villecroze (2019, 2022, 2024) and the Encuentro de Música y Academia de Santander (2023), where he has worked alongside musicians such as Philippe Cassard, Blandine Dumay, Philippe Giusiano, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Avedis Kouyoumdjian, and the Trio Wanderer. In 2022–2023, he joined the Debussy class at the Académie Philippe Jaroussky, where he received guidance from Cédric Tiberghien.

A sought-after chamber musician, he has performed alongside artists such as Lise Berthaud, Olivier Charlier, Pierre Fouchenneret, Calogero Palermo, Nemanja Radulovic, and François Salque. He regularly performs in a duo with violinist Iris Scialom and cellist Krzysztof Michalski. His duo with Iris Scialom has been praised for its ability to offer “a wonderful poetic thrill” (Concertclassic). Together, they earned their master’s degrees in chamber music at the CNSMDP in the class of Claire Désert and François Salque, graduating with the highest honors. They are artists-in-residence at the Singer-Polignac Foundation, and their debut album, *Arborescence*, dedicated to Fauré, Ravel, and Enescu, will be released in September 2025 on the Scala Music label, with the generous support of the Académie Musicale de Villecroze.

Source: academiejaroussky.org