Célimène Daudet & Amanda Favier
Biographie Célimène Daudet & Amanda Favier
Célimène Daudet
is born from two cultures, French and Haitian. She is a soloist, described by the press for her “seductive, delicate and burning lyricism”.
As a guest of reputed venues, Célimène Daudet has made regular appearances in the United States and Canada (Carnegie Hall in New York, Washington D.C, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Calgary, Banff Center), Russia (Moscow, Nizhny-Novgorod and Rostov Philharmonics), in Southeast Asia (Hanoi Opera, Ho Chi Minh City Opera, Dewan Philharmonic in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Djakarta), in China (Beijing’s NCPA, Shanghai’s SHOAC, Suzhou, Nanning and Tianjin Philharmonics), Latin America (Teatro Ateneo in Panama, Colombia), Israel (Tel Aviv, Jerusalem), Africa (Congo, Gabon, Algeria), the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi theatre) and throughout Europe.
In France, Célimène plays regularly in many festivals (Festival le Printemps des Arts in Monte-Carlo, La Folle Journée in Nantes, les Flâneries Musicales in Reims, the Debussy Festival, the festival of Aix-en-Provence, the festival “les Nuits Pianistiques”, Nancyphonies Festival, Ars Terra Festival). She also performs at major venues: In Paris at the Théâtre du Châtelet, le Centquatre, Salle Cortot, Théâtre Silvia Monfort. In other towns, in Lyon at the National Opera and at the Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse, the Halle aux Grains in Toulouse, the Jeu de Paume theater in Aix-en-Provence, MC2 in Grenoble, the Municipal Theatre in Besançon, in Châteauroux at Equinoxe, at the Opera in Avignon and at the municipal theaters in Angoulême and Compiègne.
In 2015, she was named “Marraine” at the Festival Les Amateurs Virtuoses at the Théâtre du Châtelet. She also encouraged promoting new talents at the inauguration of the Festival de Pâques in Aix-en-Provence.
Célimène Daudet’s recordings, acclaimed by the French and international press, are the result of long studies. Several years of researching Bach’s music resulted in two albums “A tribute to Bach” (Arion 2011) and “L’Art de la Fugue” (Arion 2013). After researching a rare repertory on the First World War, she published “Dans la Malle du Poilu” (Arion 2013) in duo with violinist Amanda Flavier. This recording was selected as a best record of the year 2014 by the French newspaper “Le Monde”. In 2016 she records the first volume of an integral of Beethoven’s ten sonatas for piano and violin with the violinist Amanda Flavier, published by NoMadMusic.
As an active and open-minded musician, Célimène likes sharing the scene with other artists: The choreographer Yuval Pick, the comedian Marie-Christine Barrault, and with the “Compagnie Yoann Bourgeois”, giving more than 100 performances of l’Art de la Fugue by J.S. Bach.
A native of Aix-en-Provence, she first studied at the Conservatory in her hometown, then at the Superior Conservatory in Lyon and Paris. She is a winner of the International Jean Francaix Competition in Paris, the International Competition of the FNAPEC. She won the Pro Musicis International Prize. She was named “Artiste Génération Spedidam 2014″, and she received recognition and support from several foundations such as Villecroze, the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada, the Safran Foundation and the Suez Environment Group, BNP Paribas.
Célimène is a Steinway Astist.
Amanda Favier
A precocious artist -- Amanda Favier played her first concerto appearance at nine years old. She is the youngest laureate ever of the International J.S. Bach Competition in Leipzig, Germany, and has since collected international prizes, such as the Ifrah Neaman contest (Mainz), Louis Spohr (Weimar), Johann-Georg Pisendel (Dresden), Haverhill Sinfonia (England), Sion-Valais (Switzerland), Lyon International Competition, Ravel, Berthier, Bourg-Madame, F.M.A.J.I, Jean-Français (France). She also received the Mathilde Forthuny Prize from the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
Having achieved outstanding musical studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris, she received her Violin First Prize in the class of Gérard Poulet, as well as her upper level diploma with notable mention. After completing an improvement course, she learned another approach with the Slav violonist Igor Ozim (Bern) and Ifrah Neaman (London).
Trusted by many conductors, Ms Favier performs with the following orchestras: Pasdeloup, OSF, Bayonne Côte-Basque, the kammerorchester in Mainz and Leipzig, Haverhill Sinfonia Orchestra, the Republican Guards, Prague Symphony, Nuove Musiche and Czech Virtuosi, among others. Frequently invited to music festivals, including the famous "Roque d'Anthéron", she performs in prestigious concert halls (Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salle Gaveau and Cité de la Musique in Paris, for example) and collaborates with several radio and television broadcasts in Europe and Japan. She also presents international masterclasses, and some competitions have already invited her to be a jury member. She performs chamber music with: P. Amoyal, T. Adamopoulos, P. Muller, G. Sharon, M.Baglini, S. Chiesa, V. Mendelssohn, H. Joulain, C. Tiberghien, A. Queffelec, V. Aimard, F. Salque, E. Bertrand and P. Amoyel, among others.
The Banque-Populaire Foundation, a dedicated sponsor since 1997, enabled her to record her first CD in June 2000, with pianist Cédric Tiberghien. Winner of the 2004 "ADAMI Revelations", she is now "le violon de l'ADAMI", and plays a beautiful instrument from Anselmo Bellosio (1756).
Ms Favier made a guest appearance on France 2 TV news, and has received several broadcasts of her latest CD release. The recording features an innovative version of The Four Seasons, and has already received notable mentions: "Attention Talent" - Fnac, "Disk of the Month" - Air France, "Disk of the Month" - Women's Question, "Blow of Heart" - French music auditors (broadcast of Gaëlle Gallic). The recording also received the coveted "Golden Classic" - RTL, and is now on the Top Ten List in French sales.
