Vincent Lucas
Vincent Lucas is currently principal Flute at the Orchestre de Paris. Since 1995 he has been a lecturer at the Paris Conservatoire as well as at the Paris Regional Conservatoire since 1999.
At the age of 17, he was the first French performer to win the Prague Radio Contest (Concertino Praga) – and at 14, he was one of the youngest to enter the Paris Conservatoire.
After five years with Toulouse’s Orchestre du Capitole, he joined the Berlin Philharmonic, staying there for six years. Vincent Lucas has a large teaching activity outside of his orchestral obligations, and has given master-classes in France, throughout Europe and beyond.
He performs regularly as a chamber music musician with renowned musicians, including Christoph Eschenbach, Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Christian Ivaldi, Eric Le Sage, Paul Meyer, Michel Béroff, Brigitte Engerer, Xavier Phillips, Svetlin Roussev, Wolfram Christ, Vincent Pasquier, and Baborák Radek.
In January 2003, as the world premiere, he gave the Flute Concerto dedicated to him by John
Manduell in San Francesco, USA under the conducting of Kent Nagano. He also performed as a soloist in Japan with the Super world Orchestra and in China where he played the piece “Flute Moon” composed by the Chinese composer Bright Sheng. In 2006, Vincent Lucas was member of the jury at the 4th Carl Nielsen International Flute Competition in Denmark.
Vincent Lucas has recorded several CDs on the Indésens label, including a performance of Dutilleux’s compositions, and another dedicated to Dutilleux, and French flute music. In 2010, Vincent Lucas joined the Solistes de l’Orchestre de Paris, Emmanuel Strosser and Claire Désert on the CD Chamber Music For Wind Instruments of Poulenc, a CD that was unanimously acclaimed by the media, just as Chamber Music for Wind Instruments of Saint-Saëns with Laurent Wagshal, a CD that was nominated in the chamber music category at the 2011 Victoires de la Musique.
Andrea Lieberknecht was born in Augsburg, Germany. She studied music under Professor Paul Meisen at the academy of music in Munich. In 1988, even before finishing her studies, she became the soloist flute player with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester. Three years later she changed to the same position in WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, where she continued until 2002. As a soloist and member of a chamber music groups, with the ARCIS Quintett and with her pianist, Jan Philip Schulze, she has won many national and international competitions: i.e., the international Flute competition “Prager Frühling” in 1991, the International Flute Competition Kobe in 1993, the German Music Competition in 1996, the ARD-Competition and the international chamber music competitions in Colmar, Trapani and Belgrad.
Since then, recitals, solo concerts and chamber music concerts with well-known musicians, have taken her around the world. She has played solo concerts and chamber music concerts at international festivals such as The Ansbacher Bachwochen, The Rheingaufestival, The Schleswig-Holstein-Festival, festivals in Iida and Hamamatsu in Japan, and The Glasbeni September Maribor in Slovenia. Moreover, during the years 1993 to 1996, she was the solo flute player at The Richard-Wagner-Festival in Bayreuth. She is regularly invited to the International Music Festival “Spannungen- Musik im Kraftwerk Heimbach” of the world renowned pianist Lars Vogt. She had been guest artist in the chambermusic Festival of Leif Ove Andsnes in Norway. The clarinetist Sabine Meyer invited her for chambermusic Concerts in Lucerne Festival, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, International Georges Enesco Festival Bukarest.
In Germany, she has given flute concerts with The Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, The German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, The Munich Symphonists, and many others. She played the world premieres of the double concertos of the Norwegian composer Olav Berg and the German Bernd Franke, together with Dag Jensen, Bassoon, Christian Wetzel, Oboe and the Hannover Radio Orchestra and Darmstadt Philharmonic Orchestra.
Numerous compact disc recordings with solo and chamber music, some of them prize-winning, document her versatile artistic activity.
She is also a passionate teacher: She taught at the academy of music in Cologne from 1996 to 1999 and had been a flute professor at the academy of music in Hannover until 2011. She is regularly asked to be a jury member at flute competitions and she teaches master classes in Europe, Japan and Australia. Since 2011 she is flute professor at the University for Music and Performing Arts in Munich.
Andrea Lieberknecht
German flutist Tatjana Ruhland holds the position of the principal flutist with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR). She is regularly invited to perform as a guest in other major orchestras in Germany, such as Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian State Opera, the hr - Radio Frankfurt and SR - Radio Saarbrücken.
Also Ms. Ruhland is a sought after soloist for orchestra concerts, recitals and chamber music at well-known festivals: Rheingau Musikfestival, Bayreuther Festspiele, Beethoven Fest Bonn, Musikfest Stuttgart, Haydn Biennale Belgium, Festival Radio France, Prague Spring Festival and the London Proms.
She was born in Regensburg and studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich with Professor Paul Meisen and Professor András Adorján, as well as at the Manhattan School of Music in New York with Jeanne Baxtresser, where she recieved the degree of "Master of Music in Orchestral Performance" and in 1998 the "Meisterklasse Diploma". Tatjana had quickly proven herself to be one of the most promising flutists of the younger generation. She was a prizewinner at the distinguished international competitions for flute in Prague (1996) and Kobe (1997). Having won distinction at the “East & West Artists International Auditions” competition, she debuted in Carnegie Hall, New York, in 1999. Tatjana Ruhland has appeared in concert at major concert halls in New York, London, Birmingham, Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo, Beijing, Shanghai, Kiev, Tashkent, Bukarest, Budapest, Prague, Montpellier, Montreux, Geneva, Lissabon, Luzern and Zurich.
Besides her performance schedule she is a sought after teacher. Since 2009 Ms. Ruhland is conducting a class for flute at Hochschule für Musik Saar. Her teaching experiences also include master classes in Europe, Japan and the U.S. (f.e. at the Manhattan School of Music, the Juilliard School in New York and the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh).
She was joining the jury at the “Biwako Flute Competition” in Japan and the “Munich International Theobald Böhm Competition” in Germany. Her CD recordings are released by Hänssler Classic. Her latest recordings of works for flute and orchestra by Penderecki, Bach and Reinecke with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR) will be released shortly.
Tatjana Ruhland
Sophie Cherrier attended the Nancy Regional Conservatoire with Jacques Mule as her teacher and then in 1977 the Paris Conservatoire where she was taught by Alain Marion. In 1979 she was awarded the first prize for flute, and in 1980 the first prize for chamber music (teacher Christian Lardé). In 1981 she obtained fourth place in the Jean-Pierre Rampal international competition.
Upon obtaining her teaching certificate, she taught at the Paris Regional National Conservatory until 1998 when she was given the post of teacher at the Conservatoire National Supérieur of Music and Dance in Paris where she has taught since then. Her aptitude for teaching means that she has many requests to give Master classes, both for music festivals and music schools, including Nice, Centre Acanthes, Majorca, Manchester, Tokyo and New York.
Sophie Cherrier has been a soloist at the Ensemble Intercontemporain with Pierre Boulez since 1979. She also worked at the Cologne Orchestra (1979-1981) and is often called upon to stand in for the soloists at the Orchestra National de l’Opéra de Paris, the Paris Orchestra and the Bordeaux National Orchestra. Sophie Cherrier also enjoys playing chamber music and has performed with, among others, the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Halle Orchestra in Manchester, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Freiburg Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta.
Sophie Cherrier
Grand-Prix winner of the 2008 Jean-Pierre Rampal International Competition. Flutist of the new generation with true talent and virtuosity.
Born in Tokyo in 1989, Seiya Ueno had started playing the flute at the age of 9, and begins his professional studies in flute at the age of 12. After graduating Tokyo Metropolitan High School of Music and Fine Arts in 2008, Seiya was accepted to enter the Tokyo National University of Music and Fine Arts. In 2009, Seiya went to France and enters the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. He has studied with Yuko Yamada, Megumi Horie, Sabine Seyfert, Kazuo Tachikawa, Chang-Kook Kim, Philippe Bernold, Vincent Lucas and Sophie Cherrier.
Mr. Ueno has won numerous prizes including the first prize at the 59th Student Music Competition of Japan, first prize at the 5th Japan Wind and Percussion Competition, first prize at the 5th Osaka International Music Competition, the second prize at the 79th Music Competition of Japan, and the first prize in the 8th Jean-Pierre Rampal Competition. He has received special awards from the Matsukata Hall Music Award and the Suginami Prefecture of Tokyo for Cultural Achievements.
Winning the Grand-Prix of the Jean-Pierre Rampal International Competition in Paris, Mr. Ueno performed the Reinecke Concerto with Orchestre National d’Ile de France. He has also appeared as soloist with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Octet, and New Japan Philharmonic.
Beginning in 2004, Mr. Ueno has performed in recitals annually in Tokyo and Osaka. He has performed all over the world such as the Beethovenfest Bonn in Germany, Estivals de Musiques de Coeur de Medoc and Festival Boucard in France, recital in Seoul Korea, and Les nouveaux talents japonais de la musique held by the Maison de la culture japonais in Paris.
Seiya Ueno is currently in Paris, and continues to perform in France, Japan, and many other countries in Europe and Asia.
Seiya Ueno
After received his Master degree from the Graduate Institute of Orchestral Instruments, Taipei National University of the Arts in June 2008, Hu Chih-Wei went to Ecole Normal de Musique de Paris under the guidance of Professor Pierre-Yves Artaud and received his Diplôme supérieur de Concertiste in April 2010. In 2013 he graduated from Conservatoire Superieure de Geneve where he studied with the international flutiste Michel Bellavance. Since 2014, he served as the solo flutist of Guiyang Symphony Orchestra in China.
Receiver of “Hsing Tian Kong Long Term Scholarship for Talented Students” from Hsing Tian Kong Culture and Education Development Foundation, Chih-Wei Hu also won the 3rd prize of the 12th Biwako International Flute Competition in 2007, the silver prize of the 7th International Leonardo de Lorenzo Flute Competition in June 2009 and the grand prize of National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra Flute Concerto Competition, as well as the prizes of Audience Award and the Best Performance of Taiwanese Composition in November 2009.
Born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1982, Mr. Hu has started his study in Flute and Piano with flutists Yi-Hui Lin, Hsiao-Chen Wu, Fan Man-Nong, just to name a few. During his high school and college years, he had won the 1st prize of Hsing Tian Kong Elite Prize, Taiwan Music Contest in university flute section and Guan Du New Sound Contest in soloist section. Mr. Hu was also selected in the 7th Kobe Flute Competition and the 8th Jean-Pierre Rampal Flute Competition.
Invited by New Tang Dynasty Television, Chiayi County Taiwan, Tainan County Taiwan, Tone Melody Flute Ensemble, Taiwan International Flute Festival, New Art Inc., Pro Artist International Co., Eric Chen Ensemble, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, International New Aspect Cultural & Educational Foundation, Hsing Tian Kong Culture and Education Development Foundation, Taipei National University of the Arts, Hong Kong Flute Association, Orchestra de la flute de Français, Mr. Chih-Wei Hu has been giving solo recitals and performing with chamber ensembles in Asia and Europe, such as the 1st International Flute Festival (Taiwan) in 2006, Eric Chen Ensemble Taiwan tour in 2007, and the recitals in Taipei in 2008 and Paris in 2009. He also has toured with L’Orchestre-Atelier Ostinato, Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, and Asian Youth Orchestra.
Chih-Wei Hu
