L’Ensemble Artifices fait résonner Biber au Printemps des Arts

L'Ensemble Artifices dans la Salle des Franciscains à Nice

By Manon Decroix, 23 March 2026

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“Une expérience sonore riche et habitée”

Reviewed at Théâtre National de Nice: Salle des Franciscains, Nice on 21 March 2026

Biber, Rosary Sonata no. 14 in D major: The Assumption of our Lady

Biber, Harmonia artificioso-ariosa: Partia I

Biber, Harmonia artificioso-ariosa: Partia II

Biber, Harmonia artificioso-ariosa: Partia III

Biber, Rosary Sonata no. 10 in G minor: The Crucifixion

Biber, Harmonia artificioso-ariosa: Partia V

Ensemble Artifices

Alice Julien-Laferrière, Conductor, Violin

Minori Deguchi, Violin

Maguelonne Carnus-Gourgues, Cello, Viola da Gamba

Mathieu Valfré, Harpsichord, Organ

Carles Dorador, Theorbo, Percussion

Sumptuous Sheffield Chamber Music Festival finale

Phil Parker, 23rd May

Ensemble 360 and soprano Claire Booth test to the limits the definition of ‘chamber music’ in this richly orchestral closing concert of the 2026 Sheffield Chamber Music Festival.

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More gold than corn: María Dueñas plays Korngold at the Barbican

Mark Pullinger, 22nd May

The young Spanish violinist proves an ardent advocate for a work originally dismissed as a “Hollywood Concerto” as the BBC Symphony Orchestra closes its Barbican season.

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Memorable Mendelssohn from Marek Janowski and the New York Phil

Susan Stempleski, 21st May

Principal Trumpet Christopher Martin plays Haydn before the esteemed German maestro conducts a vibrant Scottish Symphony.

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The ears have it: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas on the Cutty Sark

Mark Valencia, 21st May

Come away fellow sailors, your anchors be weighing! All board the Cutty Sark for a semi-staging of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists.

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Intimate colossus: Daniil Trifonov with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Max Lima, 21st May

Late Brahms, early Schoenberg: under Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic draw tenderness from two monumental scores.

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Heavenly Mahler – and Strauss – from Lucy Crowe and the LSO

Roy Westbrook, 21st May

Songs and symphonies from Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, concluding with a vision of “heavenly life” from Gustav Mahler.

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Manon Decroix

Titulaire d'un master de musicologie (Université Nice Côte d’Azur), Manon mène des recherches dans le but d’améliorer la compréhension du poème symphonique romantique. Altiste et professeur d’éducation musicale, elle participe à de nombreux projets de recherche, radiophoniques et pédagogiques en France et à Monaco. Elle se passionne pour les interprétations historiquement informées.

Biber en résonances : l’Ensemble Artifices fait vibrer le Printemps des Arts à Nice