The Hermes Quartet recorded a CD with Ravel, Dutilleux and Debussy quartets, out on January 26, 2018 (La Dolce Volta).

The two pianists, who had already recorded two Cds for four hands, now present an album A deux pianos (Two pianos) recorded live by B Records during the 2017 edition of Août musical Festival in Deauville.

This new album is a selection of pieces from Arie antiche, a 19th Century collection of songs edited by Alessandro Parisotti.

This album of chamber music is centred on the three sonatas the composer wrote during World War I, patriotically asserting himself as ‘Claude Debussy, musicien français.’ Six leading French musicians of today are the performers: pianist Bertrand Chamayou, flautist Emmanuel Pahud, violinist Renaud Capuçon, cellist Edgar Moreau, viola player Gerard Caussé and harpist Marie-Pierre Langlamet.

Quatuor Arod joins the prestigious BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme which helps to support talented musicians to reach the next stages of their careers and brings some of the world’s most promising new talent to listeners across the UK through BBC Radio 3 broadcasts and concerts.

The Taylor Consort won the First Prize and the Public Prize at the International Early Music Competition in Loire Valley on June 12, 2017.

Watch the video of the final

Victor Julien-Laferrière won the first prize of Queen Elisabeth Competition 2017. This year, the competition rewarded cellists for the first time.

Guillaume Bellom's first solo CD was released on May 5th and is dedicated to Schubert, Haydn and Debussy.

The Ouranos Ensemble is the great winner of the 13th edition of Lyon international chamber music competition dedicated to woodwing quintets.

Philippe Jaroussky has recorded a CD La storia di Orfeo (Erato, 2017), based upon the myth of Orpheus composed by Monteverdi, Rossi et Sartorio.