Musicians

Trained in Reims with Julien Medous and then in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés with Cécile Hugonnard-Roche, Félicité Laîné is currently in her final year at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where she studies with Frank Braley and Haruko Ueda. In 2024, she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Piano with the highest honors from the jury.

Keen to enrich her musical practice through an openness to other disciplines, Félicité also holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Reims, for which she wrote a thesis on the question of interpretation in music. Since 2026, she has also been pursuing a Master’s degree in Vocal Accompaniment in the classes of Anne Le Bozec and Emmanuel Olivier.

She is a prizewinner of the Île-de-France International Competition and the Virtuoses du Cœur Competition, and regularly performs in concert, primarily in France but also internationally. In 2023, she performed in Poland and Moldova in concerts with orchestra, gave a solo recital in Paris in 2024, and performed in New York and Washington, D.C. in 2025 as a prizewinner of the French-American Piano Society.

In December 2025, she made her Paris solo debut, performing a Mozart concerto with the Érable Ensemble.

In 2025, Félicité co-founded, together with five friends, an association through which they created the Les Songes Musicaux festivals, one of which takes place in her hometown.

During her studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, she is supported by the Kriegelstein Fund and the Patrick & Ute Petit Foundation.

Born in 2003, Célia began playing the cello at the age of six at the Menton Conservatory before being admitted to the Yehudi Menuhin School in London at the age of nine. After her time in London, she studied in Basel with Ivan Monighetti before joining his class at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, where she completed her Bachelor's degree. In 2025, she was admitted to the Académie Jaroussky in Paris to study with French cellist Anne Gastinel.

Today, she balances chamber music, solo, and orchestral work, taking her across Europe and to the United States — notably in November 2025, when she performed at Carnegie Hall in New York alongside Renaud Capuçon.

She co-founded the Accords en Valromey association in 2025 and now serves as the festival's artistic director.

Born in 2002 in Spain, Ekhi began playing the violin at just three years old. After studying with several teachers, he continued his training at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid under Christoph Poppen. In 2022, he was admitted to the prestigious Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin, where he continues to refine his art.

Over the years, he has won several distinctions in international competitions, notably at the Maria Canals Violin Competition, with first prize at the Ciudad de Vigo Competition, and is among the laureates of the Arthur Grumiaux Competition.

As a soloist, Ekhi tackles a highly varied repertoire, from Bach and Vivaldi to Dutilleux. He also regularly performs with ensembles such as the Kölner Kammerorchester, taking him to major venues around the world, from Spain to China, via Germany.

Born in 1999 in Zurich into a family of musicians, violinist Elea Nick was quickly recognized for her talent. At a very young age, she won several international competitions, notably in Novosibirsk, Lublin, and Sofia, as well as the prestigious Migros kulturprozent Prize in Switzerland.

She has also performed as a soloist with various orchestras, including the Munich Radio Orchestra and the Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra.

Elea studied at the Zurich University of the Arts and the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid. Inquisitive and passionate about multiple fields, she simultaneously pursued university studies, earning a Master's in Law from the University of Zurich and a Master's in Political Science from the University of Hagen.

Today, she is a member of the first violins of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden.

Born in Aix-en-Provence in 1998, Nicolas Bourdoncle began playing the piano at a very young age. He went on to study with Roger Muraro at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, as well as with Galina Eguiazarova and Stanislav Ioudenitch at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid, where he graduated with the highest distinctions.He also studied with Bernard d’Ascoli through the “Piano Cantabile” association, and in 2024 obtained his Artist Diploma from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.

Nicolas made his solo debut at the Odessa Philharmonic at the age of ten. Since then, he has performed in more than twenty countries as a soloist, chamber musician and with orchestras such as the Granada City Orchestra, the Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, the Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra, the Romanian National Radio Orchestra, the National Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Monterrey Symphony Orchestra, among others.

He has been a prizewinner at the 2012 Hanoi International Piano Competition, the 2019 Premio Jaén International Piano Competition, the 2023 Animato-Chopin Competition, the 2024 Cantù International Piano Competition, and the 2025 “Les Étoiles du Piano” Competition in Roubaix.

Nicolas Bourdoncle is the Artistic Director of the Les Songes Musicaux Festival in Châlons-en-Champagne.

Nicolas began playing the viola at the age of four. Two years later, he joined the CRR de Versailles, where he trained for ten years. He then continued his studies at the Paris Conservatory under Jean Sulem, Marc Desmons, and Odile Auboin. In 2024, he went to the Cleveland Institute of Music to study with Jeffrey Irvin as part of an Erasmus exchange.

Deeply committed to orchestral practice, Nicolas served as principal viola of the Orchestre Français des Jeunes and was a member of the EUYO in 2023. These experiences led him to perform at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Konzerthaus in Berlin, under the baton of Antonio Pappano and Manfred Honeck. To further immerse himself in the orchestral world, he also joined the academies of the Orchestre de chambre de Paris and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.

Passionate about chamber music and curious about historical repertoires, he trained in quartet with the Quatuor Danel and discovered the baroque viola with Christophe Robert and François Fernandez.