Shannon Lee, Joe Christophe, Nathalia Milstein, Anastasia Feruleva

  • Maurice Ravel – Sonate pour violon et violoncelle (1922)
  • I. Allegro
  • Béla Bartók – Contrasts for violin, clarinet and piano (1938)
  • I. Verbunkos (Recruiting Dance)
  • II. Pihenő (Relaxation)
  • III. Sebes (Fast Dance)
  • Messiaen – Quatuor de la fin du Temps (1941)
  • I. Liturgie de cristal
  • II. Vocalise, pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps
  • III. Abîme des oiseaux
  • IV. Intermède
  • V. Louange à l’Eternité de Jésus
  • VI. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes
  • VII. Fouillis d’arcs-en-ciel, pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps
  • VIII. Louange à l’immortalité de Jésus

Shannon Lee (violin)

Violinist Shannon Lee(李襄琳)has been praised for her “remarkable fire, impeccable intonation, and big, vibrant tone” (Gramophone). She has appeared as soloist with orchestras such as the Tokyo Symphony, Antwerp Symphony, Belgian National Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, and New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Currently based in Amsterdam, Shannon is active as a soloist and chamber musician across multiple continents. In 2023 the Fontec label in Japan released a CD of Shannon’s dynamic recital program with pianist Jessica Osborne, with works by composers including Bartók, Takemitsu, and Brahms. She also forms a duo with violinist-violist Luosha Fang, and recently recorded an album with composer-pianist Arseniy Gusev for the Azica Records label in the United States. As a chamber musician, she has played at Creative Dialogue France, Krzyżowa-Music in Poland, Music@Menlo in California, Yale University’s Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and Heifetz International Music Institute, where she was Artist-in-Residence and teaching assistant. In addition to teaching privately, Shannon directs Chamber Music Perspectives Workshop, a one-week summer exploration of both chamber music and composition for advanced young string players in the Dallas-Fort-Worth area.

Joe Christophe (clarinet)

Born in a small village in the North of France, Joë Christophe discovered music at a very young age thanks to a free of charge music school and the wind band that lent him his first instrument. He quickly managed to become one of the best clarinetists of his generation by entering the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and winning numerous competitions and auditions during his studies. In 2019, Joë Christophe confirms his artistic singularity by winning the 1st Prize at the Cluj International Competition in Romania, and, the following month, the 1st Prize as well as 6 special prizes at the highly prestigious ARD competition in Munich, launching his carrer as a soloist to an international stage. He finished his studies at the Conservatory the following year with the highest distinctions.

Nathalia Milstein (pianist)

Nathalia Milstein was born into a musical family in 1995 in France and received her first piano lessons at the age of 4 from her father Serguei Milstein. She went on to study the piano with Nelson Goerner at the Geneva Haute Ecole de Musique, where she completed Bachelor and Master’s degrees with distinction, and with Sir András Schiff at the Barenboim-Saïd Akademie in Berlin. Nathalia’s international career took off in 2015, when she won 1st Prize at the Dublin International Piano Competition. In 2017 she was also awarded the Young Soloist Prize by the Médias Francophones Publics. She has since been invited to renowned concert venues such as the Cologne Philharmonie, the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam, the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, the Wigmore Hall in London, the National Concert Hall in Dublin, the Zankel Hall in New York, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, and the Radio France Auditorium in Paris among others. Moreover, she has joined orchestras such as the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, the Boulez Ensemble, and the Paris and Geneva Chamber Orchestras, working with conductors such as Matthias Pintscher, John Storgårds, Christoph Koncz, and Arie van Beek.

Anastasia Ferulova (cello)

Anastasia has performed in world-renowned halls including Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw aan het IJ, Leidse Stadsgehoorzaal, Tivoli Vredenburg, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, Salle Cortot Paris, Atheneum Bucharest, Liszt Academy Budapest, Euskalduna Concert Hall Bilbao.

As a soloist she has appeared with orchestra in a large range of concertos including Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Shostakovich, Haydn, Brahms and Lalo collaborating with orchestra’s like the Württembergische Philharmonie and the Noord Nederlands Orchestra.

An avid chamber musician, Feruleva frequently appears to such festivals as the Gstaad Menuhin Festival and Academy , International Chamber Music Festival Joao Pessoa Brazil, Orlando Festival, Storioni Festival, Giverny Chamber Music Festival. She collaborated with distinguished artists and ensembles such as Raphael Wallfisch, Michel Strauss, Philippe Graffin, Silke Avenhaus, Rick Stotijn, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Camerata RCO and the Atrium Quartett.