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For its musicians and for all those who work with them, the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées is one of a kind.The musicians’ passion for their profession and the respect they show each other are immediately striking.There is not a trace of the strict hierarchy found in traditional orchestras. This helps encourage all the musicians to get invoved and make a contribution, and therefore to share a common interest in the artistic outcome.
The hard-to-describe, individualistic yet unified spirit which drives the entire orchestra stems from the mix of people and cultures, with musicians from over ten different countries.To refer to them in the singular would be denying the very essence of this orchestra which is a tribute to diversity.The musicians’ training and experience reflect this diversity.They are certainly not from the same mould. Some members teach at conservatories; others are freelancers. Some began their musical careers during the renaissance of baroque music; others began as permanent members of an established orchestra then opted for more independence and freedom in choosing which productions they would like to participate in.
Whether instruments makers or bookworms, jazz musicians or contemporary music fans, all the musicians in the orchestra extol the virtues of an open mind when approaching musical works. All enjoy the pleasure of (re)discovery, the enthusiasm and curiosity involved in questionning the traditionnal ways of interpreting the orchestral repertoire; as well as the pleasure of playing in music in the true sense of the word, that of shaping the sound. They aim to do justice to composers by respecting the true nature of their work-something that some demiurgic conductors may override in favour of their own visions, but that Philippe Herreweghe likes to allow to emeerge naturally. The Orchestre des Champs-Élysées thus represents a fertile ground for ideas and new experiences, a liberating breath of fresh air far away from the musical routine.
 
Violins : Alessandro Moccia violon solo, Roberto Anedda, Catherine Arnoux, Marieke Blankestijn, Marieke Bouche, Alessandro Braga, Adrian Chamorro, Isabelle Claudet, Karine Crocquenoy, Ilaria Cusano, Assim Delibegovic, Federica della Janna, Virginie Descharmes, Maud Giguet, Elisabeth Glab, Charlotte Grattard, Solenne Guilbert, Jean- Marc Haddad, Peter Hanson, Pascal Hotellier, Alexander Janiczek, Philippe Jegoux, Matilda Kaul, Thérèse Kipfer, Marion Larigaudrie, Bérénice Lavigne, Clara Lecarme, Corrado Lepore, Baptiste Lopez, Corrado Masoni, Catherine Montiers, Liesbeth Nijs, Giorgio Oppo, Andreas Preuss, Martin Reimann, Aki Saulière, Henriette Scheytt, Kio Seiler, Nicole Tamestit, Enrico Tedde, Bénédicte Trotereau, Sebastiaan Van Vucht, Marie Viaud, George Willms
Violas : Mathilde Bernard, Agathe Blondel, Marie-Elsa Bretagne, Laurent Bruni, Maïlyss Cain, Brigitte Clément, Blandine Faidherbe, Jean-Charles Ferreira, Laurent Gaspar, Delphine Grimbert, Lika Laloum, Dorothée Leclair, Luigi Moccia, Lucia Peralta, Catherine Puig, Wendy Ruymen, Silvia Simionescu, Jean-Philippe Vasseur, Benoit Weeger
Cellos : Florent Audibert, Julien Barre, Fabrice Bihan, Michel Boulanger, Arnold Bretagne, Claire Giardelli, Vincent Malgrange, Hilary Metzger, Jennifer Morsches, Andrea Pettinau, Gesine Queyras, Harm Jan Schwitters, Hager Spaeter-Hanana, Ageet Zweistra
Double basses : Axel Bouchaux, Elise Christians, Joseph Carver, Damien Guffroy, Clothilde Guyon, Michel Maldonado, Marion Mallevaes, James Munro, Francis Palma-Pelletier, Alessio Povolo, Jean-Baptiste Sagnier, Miriam Shalinsky, David Sinclair, Christine Sticher, Massimo Tore, Maria Vahervuo
 
Flutes : Mathias von Brenndorff, Giulia Barbini, Laura Colucci, Amélie Michel, Oeds van Middelkoop, Jane Mitchell, Takashi Ogawa, Jan de Winne
Oboes : Pier-Luigi Fabretti, Taka Kitazato, Christian Moreaux, Rafaël Palacios, Marcel Ponseele, Antoine Torunczyk, Stefaan Verdegem
Clarinets : Nicola Boud, Benjamin Dieltiens, Daniele Latini, Luca Luchetta, Markus Springer, Marc Withers
Bassoons : Margreet Bongers, Julien Debordes, Alain de Rijckere, Jean-Louis Fiat, Philippe Miqueu, Robert Percival, Jani Sunnarborg, Javier Zafra
Horns : Luc Bergé, Jeroen Billiet, Frank Clarysse, Mark De Merlier, Miek Laforce, Ursula Monberg, Martin Mürner, Jean-Emmanuel Prou, Martin Roos, Rafaël Vosseler, Christiane Vosseler
Trumpets : Andreas Bengtsson, Leif Bengtsson, Alain de Rudder, Guy Ferber, Patrick Henrichs, Femke Lunter, Thibaud Robinne, Geerten Rooze, Steven Verhaert
Trombones : Wim Becu, Denis Close, Guy Hanssen, Saman Maroofi, Harry Ries, Charles Toet
Tuba, ophicleide, serpent : Marc Girardot, Erhard Schwartz, Stephen Wick
Timpani : Hélène Brana, Marie-Ange Petit, Antoine Sigure, Peppie Wiersma
Percussions : François Garnier, Bernard Heulin, David Joignaux, Hervé Trovel
Harp : Pascale Schmitt, Aurélie Saraf
 
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