Ensembles
CANTIGA
Biographies
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Philippe Villa /Guitar/
After studying with Betho Davezac, José Tomas and Jiri Jirmal, Philippe Villa obtains a Diploma Concert at the Musikhochschule of Saarbrücken. Winner of the awards, International "Paganini" "Menuhin" "Pujol" "Taranto", he is recognized as "one of the most original talents of his generation" - "Il Fronimo", Italy. The magazines "Fronimo", "Cahiers de la guitare", "Swiat Gitary" and "La Chitarra", "Guitar in Ukraine", "Guit'art" have put him in the spotlight. Specialist of the romantic repertoire, he is the first guitarist to record on Berlioz-Paganini's "Grobert" guitar and the one of Napoléon Coste at the Musée de la Villette in Paris. He has recorded several CDs awarded by the specialized press and regularly plays in prestigious concert halls and festivals "Stuttgart" "Moscow Philharmonic" "Valencia" "Festival Segovia" "Los Angeles" "Istanbul". He plays a Coffe-Goguette 1835 guitar and a guitar of the Sicilian luthier "Giuseppe Guagliardo" . Philippe Villa teaches at the Reims Conservatory and as a visiting professor at numerous universities and colleges around the world: »Chopin-Warsaw Academy, Royal College of London, Columbia University of New York, Institute of Arts -St-Petersburg, Kassel Academy, Lvov Academie ..) In 2010 Philippe Villa played at the Purcell room of London, at the festival of Nurtingen (Germany) as well as at the Festival from Pescara and to the Tchaikovsky Museum in Moscow.
Laurent Le Flécher /Violin/
Studied at C.N.S.M. of Paris and won a First Prize for violin and chamber music. After the developmental cycle with Jean Mouillère, he joined Vera Reynolds' class at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and worked with the Amadeus, Berg and Beaux-arts Trio Quartets. Winner of major international competitions (Weimar, Munich, Florence), Laurent Le Flecher has performed all over the world (Japan, China, Russia, Europe, United States).
His recordings received the best honors: Diapason d'Or, Choc Classica, Best Recording France Musique 2014 for the complete Beethoven Trios.
He has also been invited by Jean-François Zyegel, Frederic Lodeon and was an artistic director of festivals such as Porniclassic.
Anastasia Maximkina /Guitar/
After her studies at the Ippolitov-Ivanov Higher Institute of Art in Moscow, she obtained her Master of Art with excellent honors in the class of Vadim Kouznetsov. She continued her studies with Philippe Villa and Odair Assad and obtained three Masters: Interpreter, Didactics and Specialization in Romantic Guitar at the Royal Conservatory of Mons.
Member of the Cantiga ensembles, winner of national competitions in Russia, she obtained a 1st prize at the International Guitar Competition of the Ile de Ré, and received the Diploma of Merit from the "Gitarrentage" Festival in Chemnitz (Germany).
She plays in France, Russia, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, and recorded three CDs with the Cantiga duo and quartet. Anastasia Maximkina teaches at the Conservatory of Niort. She plays with “Savarez” Cantiga strings.
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Ekaterina Gorynina /Cello/
Ekaterina Gorynina studied at the State musical academy "Maimonid" in the class of Oleg Bougaiev, then at the Musikhochschule in Dresden in the class of Emile Rovner where she obtained her Master of interpretation and Pedagogy. She follows thereafter the Viola de Gambe class at the Berlin University of the Arts.
Versatile musician, her repertoire ranges from renaissance to contemporary, including Jazz and Folk. Member of the Dresden Residenz Orchester under the supervision of Professor I. Malinovskii.
Member of the Cantiga Quartet; she plays with soprano Andrea Chudak. And participates in the theatrical performance of Data Tavadze's "Kabale und Liebe" for seven actors and a cello at Staatsschauspiel Dresden.
She also taught for several years.
Lysandre Donoso /Bandonéon/
Begins at 6 years his first instrument, the violin, at the Conservatoire of Lyon. He enters the following year in the class of accordion of Patricia Hivert until his diploma in 2009. He is passionate about tango due to the bandoneon inherited from his grandfather which he will follow the teaching from 2008 to 2011 with Hervé Esquis. He founded his first group "Nonino Quartet" and took classes with famous bandoneonists such as Víctor Villena, William Sabatier and Per Arne Glorvigen. In 2011, he joined the Rotterdam Conservatory (Codarts) where Gustavo Beytelmann, Leo Vervelde and Víctor Villena taught. He plays in tango orchestras including "Silencio" with which he recorded.
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Andrea Chudak /Soprano/
Studied at the "Hanns Eisler" College of Music in Berlin and the Institute of Music and Theater at the Karlsruhe High School of Music. She has worked with great singers like Elizabeth Schwarzkopf and Peter Schreier. She has won several international awards: international competition "Emmy Destinn" from Budweis in the Czech Republic. Since 2001 she has been soloist at the operas of Karlsruhe, Stuttgart and Staatsoper Berlin. She has given numerous concerts as well as at the Vienna Theater.
She has given numerous concerts with prestigious orchestras in Europe and China (Berlin Philharmonie, Philharmonie des nations, Kunming Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Philharmonie ...). She has sung in opera as well as cycles of melodies and chamber music, covering a broad repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary. She recorded several records at "Antes" and in particular allowed the rediscovery of forgotten works of Meyrbeer. She has just recorded a baroque program at Naxos.
Khatouna Gadelia /Soprano/
After her studies at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Khatouna Gadelia was admitted to the Paris Conservatory in 2001, where she obtained her diploma.
Khatouna Gadelia has sung in the opera houses of many European capitals, including Paris, Rome, Madrid, London and on international stages such as Saint Petersburg, Tokyo and many French cities like Nice, Montpellier, Toulon, Toulouse, Saint Etienne.
Among the roles played by the artist stand out Zerline in "Don Giovanni" and La Contessa in "Le Nozze di Figaro" by Mozart, Tatiana in "Eugenie Onegin" by Tchaikovsky, Liu in "Turandot" by Puccini, L'Enfant in "L'Enfant et les Sortilèges" by Ravel. , Mimi in "La Bohème" by Puccini and Michaela in "Carmen" by Bizet.
Among his many concerts, Khatouna Gadelia has sung Mozart's "Requiem" and "La Messe en C", "Carmina Burana" and the most famous arias by authors such as Mozart, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Handel, Ravel.
Anna Sinelshchikova /Dance, Castanets/
This artist started dancing at the age of 6, first at the Moscow State Institute of Arts. She studied classical repertoire and Russian and Spanish character dances. She worked in various companies in Moscow before moving to Spain to further her studies after obtaining a scholarship from the Spanish Academy of Dance in Madrid. After obtaining her title of teacher of Spanish dance, she collaborated with many renowned choreographers and dancers (Alicia MARQUEZ; Belen MAYA ..). Today she is a recognized specialist, both in Russian character dances, flamenco and classical Spanish character dances. She currently lives in Rome where she is artistic director and choreographer of the company "Danza Espanola". She participates in numerous shows for television (Rai1-2) and dances with several companies (Flamenco Libre…). A member of the Cantiga– Baile Ensemble, she has participated in numerous shows in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Russia ...
Ekaterina Gorynina /Cello/
Ekaterina Gorynina studied at the State musical academy "Maimonid" in the class of Oleg Bougaiev, then at the Musikhochschule in Dresden in the class of Emile Rovner where she obtained her Master of interpretation and Pedagogy. She follows thereafter the Viola de Gambe class at the Berlin University of the Arts.
Versatile musician, her repertoire ranges from renaissance to contemporary, including Jazz and Folk. Member of the Dresden Residenz Orchester under the supervision of Professor I. Malinovskii.
Member of the Cantiga Quartet; she plays with soprano Andrea Chudak. And participates in the theatrical performance of Data Tavadze's "Kabale und Liebe" for seven actors and a cello at Staatsschauspiel Dresden.
She also taught for several years.