The festival Musiques et Vignes en Confluence was created in 2022 by French violinist Bernard Zinck who wanted to celebrate chamber music and the award-winning vineyards of the Loire Valley. The festival promotes the Loire heritage on the border between Touraine and Anjou, in the magical setting of the Loire and the Vienne Confluence, classified in 2022 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
For its second edition, the festival will take place on July 8, 9, 15 and 16, 2023, in the 12th-century church of Saint Germain in Saint Germain sur Vienne (Impasse de la Falèche 37500 Saint Germain sur Vienne) and the Château du Petit Thouars (July 15). The four chamber music concerts will be followed with an al fresco tasting/sale of Loire Valley wines by local producers.
July 8 Concert: A Musical Journey to Latin America with the Barrenechea Duo (Brazil)
July 9 Concert: Classics - Mozart and Brahms Piano Quartets with Lucia Barrenechea, Bernard Zinck, Sonora Brusubardis, Viktor Brusubardis (Brazil, USA)
July 15 Concert: Slavic Soul - An afternoon with the vibrant Brusubardis Quartet (USA)
July 16 Concert: From Bach to Chausson - Soloists Carole Chicha, piano and Bernard Zinck (violin) with the Brusubardis Quartet (France, USA)
For its second edition, the festival will take place on July 8, 9, 15 and 16, 2023, in the 12th-century church of Saint Germain in Saint Germain sur Vienne (Impasse de la Falèche 37500 Saint Germain sur Vienne) and the Château du Petit Thouars (July 15). The four chamber music concerts will be followed with an al fresco tasting/sale of Loire Valley wines by local producers.
July 8 Concert: A Musical Journey to Latin America with the Barrenechea Duo (Brazil)
July 9 Concert: Classics - Mozart and Brahms Piano Quartets with Lucia Barrenechea, Bernard Zinck, Sonora Brusubardis, Viktor Brusubardis (Brazil, USA)
July 15 Concert: Slavic Soul - An afternoon with the vibrant Brusubardis Quartet (USA)
July 16 Concert: From Bach to Chausson - Soloists Carole Chicha, piano and Bernard Zinck (violin) with the Brusubardis Quartet (France, USA)
Guest Artists
Duo Barrenechea, flute-piano
The Duo Barrenechea was created by flutist Sergio Barrenechea and his wife, the pianist Lucia Barrenechea. Together, they have performed extensively in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The Duo has a special affinity for Brazilian repertoire and they have premiered pieces by a wide range of Brazilian composers. Besides their performing careers, Lùcia and Sergio musicians are dedicated pedagogues and researchers who train the new generation of young Brazilian musicians. In 2008, the Duo Barrenechea released its first commercial recording Moments in Paris, featuring French repertoire. Later in 2011, they recorded the triple CD The Flute Music of Francisco Mignone and in 2015, the CD and DVD "Brasileirissimo: Encounters.
In 2019, the Duo celebrated their thirty years of playing together. The Duo was the recipient of the FUNARTE Award for Classical Music, touring ten Brazilian cities. In 2010 and 2012, they toured the United States, Portugal and England. In 2016, the Duo performed at the University of Performing Arts in Vienna (Austria), the International Festival of Flautists in Lima (Peru) and at the 44th Annual Convention of the National Flute Association in San Diego (USA). In 2017, Duo Barrenechea was invited to perform at the Toronto Latin Flute Festival in Canada.
Lùcia Barrenechea, piano
Lucia who is a native of Goiania, Brazil currently holds a teaching position at the Instituto Villa-Lobos of UNIRIO-Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro,. She is also in charge of research and advising activities of the Graduate Programs in Music. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the Universidade Federal de Goiania and a Masters of Music degree from Boston University. She received her Doctorate degree (DMA) from the University of Iowa under the instruction of René Lecuona. Ms. Barrenechea performed as soloist and collaborative pianist in various master classes by well-known artists, such as Joseph Kalischstein, Menahem Pressler, Florence Kirsch, Julius Baker or Carol Wincenc. She had been a piano professor at the Escola de Música e Artes Cênicas of the Universidade Federal de Goiás where she was Head of the Artist Diploma Program in Music and taught in the Graduate Program. In 2002, she performed and presented a paper at the first International Villa-Lobos Conference in Paris. From 2002 to 2006, she performed at the International Summer Course of Brasília. As a collaborative pianist, she was invited to perform at the International Flutist Festivals of ABRAF. In 2007, she joined the piano and chamber-music faculty at the fourth International Pianists Meeting presented at the Conservatory of Tatuí-SP and she also taught from 2007to 2014 at the International Summer Academy in Brasilia.
In 2000, she co-authored a research article entitled Villa-Lobos e Chopin: O Diálogo Musical das Nacionalidades, in the book Três Estudos Analíticos: Villa-Lobos, Mignone e Camargo Guarnieri published by the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. She is the co-editor of the sheet-music book The Music for Flute and Piano of Francisco Mignone with Sergio Barrenechea and Clayton Vetromilla, released in 2016. A featured soloist, Lucia Barrenechea has presented recitals in most Brazilian cities and has been a guest soloist with orchestras such as the Orquestra Sinfônica Estadual de São Paulo, the Filarmônica de Goiás, the Sinfônica de Goiânia, the Sinfônica Jovem de Goiás, the Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional Claudio Santoro and the Sinfônica de Barra Mansa.
Her first solo album Saracoteio - Piano Brasileiro was released in 2009 by the label Ethos Brasil. She has performed first auditions of solo piano works by Brazilian composers such as Alexandre Schubert, Caio Senna, Dawid Korenchendler, Estércio Marquez Cunha, Edson Santanna, among others. Recognized as a notable chamber pianist, she has performed with many musicians on the national and international stage and has recorded a wide range of chamber music repertoire such as a CD featuring works for piano trio with violinist Mariana Salles and cellist Marcelo Salles, as well as the CD Oboe of Brazil with oboist José Medeiros. Her most recent recording project was the recording a two-volumes CD, DVD and Blu-Ray of Villa-Lobos Presence in Brazilian Music for Cello and Piano (2013 and 2017), in collaboration with cellist Hugo Pilger. These latest recordings include the complete works for cello and piano of Villa-Lobos, as well as compositions by other Brazilian composers. This project was nominated for the 26th Brazilian Music Award.
Sergio Barrenechea, flute
Sergio Barrenechea was born in Brasília, Brazil, where he started his musical studies. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Universidade de Brasília and his Master of Music from the Boston Conservatory. He received his Doctoral degree (DMA) in Flute Pedagogy and Performance from the University of Iowa and the title of his dissertation was "The Flute Music of Francisco Mignone with an Analysis of the Sonata for Flute and Piano". While living in the United States, Dr. Barrenechea has the opportunity to play in masterclasses for Julius Baker, Walfrid Kujala, Carol Wincenc and Keith Underwood. He studied conducting at Universidade de Brasilia and at the Boston Conservatory. He has conducted the Orquestra de Câmara Goyazes, Orquestra Sinfônica de Goiânia, University of Iowa Flute Choir, UFG's Orchestra, UNIRIO Symphony Orchestra and Camerata de Cordas Villa-Lobos.
Sergio Barrenechea currently holds a teaching position at UNIRIO´s Instituto Villa-Lobos, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. His pedagogical duties including research and advising activities for the Graduate Programs, PPGM and PROEMUS. He has served as Dean of Graduate Studies at Universidade Federal de Goiás and at UNIRIO.
He is dedicated to the repertoire for solo flute, performing works of well-known Brazilian composers such as Edino Krieger, Camargo Guarnieri, Edmundo Villani-Cortes, Dawid Korenchendler and Guerra-Peixe. He has performed many solo flute recitals such as the one presented at the 2015 Canção da Mata Festival in Manaus. His main research focuses on Brazilian music for flute, which lead him to research extensively the repertoire for flute of Francisco Mignone. Sergio has recorded a three- volumes CD and published a book of scores featuring Mignone’s repertoire. He has performed Mignone’s works in recitals, concerts and program for radio and television broadcasts in Brazil and abroad, and was invited to participate in 2017 at the 45th Annual National Flute Association Convention in Minneapolis (United States).
As a soloist, he has performed with the La Fosse Baroque Ensemble, the Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra, the Youth Orchestra of Brasília, the UNIRIO's Symphonic Orchestra, the Camerata de Esquina, the Orquestra Sinfônica de Goiânia and the Orquestra de Câmara Goyazes. In 2017, he premiered Rodrigo Chiccheli's Concertino Nocturno for flute and strings with Sinfonietta Carioca. He served as principal flutist with the Orquestra Filarmônica de Goiás. Since 2005, Sergio Barrenechea has been a member of the Quinteto Brasilia. The quintet served on the teaching faculty of the 25th Londrina Music Festival and the Music Festival of Palmas - Paraná (2006). Between 2013 and 2014, as part of Sonora Brasil Project, they performed a number of 130 concerts all over Brazil. The Quinteto Brasília was invited to perform in Rome, Pistoia, Montese and Porreta Terme - an event promoted in 2018 by the Ministry of Defense and the Brazilian Embassy.
Sergio has taught flute masterclasses in Brazil and abroad, in a variety of venues such as University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in Austria, Universidad Nacional de Música in Peru, Universidade de Aveiro and Conservatório de Música do Porto in Portugal, Hanoi Conservatory of Music in Vietnam, Hartt School of Music and Southern Mississipi University in the United States. In 1997, he published through the Universidade Federal de Goiás publishing house – CEGRAF - the book Música de Câmara para Flauta, featuring works for flute by the Brazilian composer Estércio Marquez Cunha. In 2000, he published a chapter Valorizando a tradição e a experimentação: a flauta na música de câmara de Francisco Mignone, in the book Três Estudos Analíticos: Villa-Lobos, Mignone e Camargo Guarnieri, published by the Graduate Program at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. In 2016, he published the collection of music sheet The Music for Flute and Piano of Francisco Mignone in collaboration with Lucia Barrenechea and Clayton Vetromilla. He has created the Carioca Flute Meeting in Rio de Janeiro and was instrumental in the creation of the Festival Conexões Musicais UFF/UNIRIO. From 2001 to 2006, he also was a founder and president of the Sociedade Goiana de Música.
Brusubardis Quartet
The Brusubardis Quartet, composed of five siblings of the Brusubardis family, is based in Milwaukee, United States. All five members of the Brusubardis Quartet have studied violin and chamber music with Bernard Zinck and have pursued academic and music studies at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, the Juilliard School, the Cleveland Institute, Indiana University and Columbus State University. They also participated in masterclasses with the Miró Quartet. They have performed many concerts in the Midwest and Canada: Chicago, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Toronto. Honoring their Latvian heritage, the Brusubardis Quartet enjoys performing works by Latvian composers.
Arianna Brusubardis, violin
After studying violin with Bernard Zinck at age 12, Arianna Brusubardis, was admitted at the Juilliard School in the studio of Laurie Smukler. While a student at Juilliard, Arianna led over 30 interactive performances in hospitals and schools in New York City with her group, the Para Quintet. She is currently pursuing her master's degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the tutelage of Ilya Kaler. She serves as concertmaster of the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra and is a section violinist in the Canton Symphony Orchestra. Throughout 2016 and 2018, she was a guest soloist with the Milwaukee and Madison Symphony Orchestras after winning their Young Artist Competitions. She has toured with the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra to Europe, South America and Asia, and has performed with the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, and was recently a guest at the Tanglewood Chamber Music Festival.
Daniella Brusubardis, violin
As a full-scholarship recipient, violinist Daniella Brusubardis attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts as a student of Dr. Bernard Zinck. Currently, she is pursuing her graduate studies in Violin Performance at Columbus State University, in Columbus, Georgia, under the tutelage of Maestro Sergiu Schwartz. Daniella serves also as a violin section member of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and the Lagrange Symphony Orchestra. Daniella currently plays in a violin-guitar duo with her husband Riley Smith and they both attended the Camino Artes guitar workshop in Spain. She has been a guest soloist with orchestra in Milwaukee, included the Festival City, Concordia and MYSO and has attended the International Montecito Music Festival in California.
Kristian Brusubardis, violin
Violinist Kristian Brusubardis received his Bachelor degree in Violin Performance from Indiana University, studying with Sibbi Bernhardson. Upon graduation, Kristian returned to Milwaukee to work as an instructor and orchestral coach with the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra. In 2020, Kristian earned a Graduate Certificate from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, under the instruction of Bernard Zinck. Kristian has performed as a soloist with the Wisconsin Philharmonic Orchestra and has earned honors in many competitions with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Menomonee Falls Orchestra, Wisconsin Philharmonic, and Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra.
As an orchestra players, Kristian has performed with orchestras including the Sheboygan Symphony (assistant concertmaster), Festival City Orchestra, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Philharmonic, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and Wisconsin Philharmonic. In 2021, Kristian was offered a position in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and is also been a substitute member of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Kristian plays a variety of musical styles in addition to classical, including Bluegrass and Folk.
Sonora Brusubardis, viola
As a full scholarship recipient, Sonora Brusubardis studied both violin and viola at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in both violin and viola. Sonora has been a guest soloist with the UWM Symphony and the Wisconsin Philharmonic. Currently, she is an instructor for the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra and maintains an active private studio, teaching violin, viola, and piano. Maintaining her passion for orchestral and chamber music, Sonora performs with many Southeastern Wisconsin ensembles, including Festival City Symphony and Wisconsin Philharmonic and has been a member of the Brusubardis String Quartet for the past 10 years.
Viktor Brusubardis, cello
Viktor Brusubardis earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in cello performance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, studying with Professor Stefan Kartman. Since graduating in 2018, Viktor has performed in many ensembles and organizations including the Festival City Symphony, the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra, and the Skylight Music Theater’s orchestra. At present, Viktor is the cello instructor at Hartford Union High School. He has also collaborated with non-classical groups and bands throughout the Milwaukee area such as Dead Horses and Soul Low. Viktor has also performed solo with orchestras such as the Concord Symphony Orchestra and the Wisconsin Philharmonic.
Carole Chicha, pianist
Carole Chicha entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris at the age of twelve in the preparatory cycle, in the classes of ear training, harmony and piano with Ventislav Yankoff. She then continued her graduate studies in the classes of Gabriel Tacchino for piano, and Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux for chamber music. There she met the violinist Bernard Zinck and together they decided to form a piano-violin duo. In 1985, she graduated from the CNSMDP with a first prize in piano and a first prize in chamber music. Her solid training allowed her to deepen her education by attending master classes and summer programs with masters such as Jean-Claude Pennetier, Michel Beroff, Evgeny Malinin and Catherine Collard.
Guided by the pianist Gabriel Tacchino, her solo career began in Marseille in 1987. Music critic Jean Abel notes that "her eloquent playing has the ardor and confidence of youth and her professionalism and musical commitment serve her brilliant and contagious enthusiasm."
Winner of international competitions such as those of Vercelli in 1989 and Marsala in 1992, she expanded her career by giving concerts both as a soloist and in chamber music, her favorite musical genre. She formed a four-hands piano duo for nearly ten years with a friend of the CNSMDP. The richness and diversity offered by this repertoire also allowed them to discover the orchestral works of the nineteenth century transcribed for this formation. They perform regularly in Paris and the Paris region (Atrium Musical Magne, Espace Saint Jean, the theaters of Villecresnes and Longjumeau, University of Melun, Saint-Merry Church).
Her taste for the stage in all its facets led Carole to perform with orchestra as well. Soloist with the Melun Val de Seine Symphony Orchestra, she performed the Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals, Copland’s Appalachian Spring and performed in 2012 Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin with the Resonance Symphony Orchestra.
The following years were mainly devoted to chamber music. She has performed at the City Hall in Melun, the Church of La Rochette and the Amphitheatre of the White Queen. An artist committed to promoting Human Rights, she performed in 2021 on a benefit concert in Paris in support of Afghani Women. In 2022, Carole Chicha re-formed her piano-violin duo with Bernard Zinck and together, they have given a series of concerts at the Auditorium of the Conservatoire de Musique de Melun and at the Théâtre de l'Ile-Saint-Louis in Paris.
Carole Chicha's artistic commitment is expressed on several fronts and her need to transmit naturally has led her to teaching. She has been a tenured professor of piano and chamber music at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Communal de Melun in Seine-et-Marne.
Bernard Zinck, violinist
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French violinist Bernard Zinck known for his “round and opulent tone and his vibrato bringing moments of sheer ecstasy” [the Strad] began his career after winning the 1992 Yehudi Menuhin Trust Award in Paris.
His talent and interpretive insight have made him a sought-after musician who has performed extensively in concerts and recitals in Europe, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Haiti, Brazil, South Korea and Japan. His artistry has been praised in terms such as "impeccable accuracy of pitch" and "formidable technique". Fanfare Magazine was impressed by the "singing, sensuous, sumptuous, shimmering” quality of his playing, which Le Figaro summed up in the expression "violon solaire.”
A frequent guest artist at music festivals and venues worldwide, Zinck has performed at Weill Hall at Carnegie Recital Hall, National Gallery and Phillips Collection in Washington DC, Santa Fe Concert Association (United States); Oscar Peterson Hall in Montreal (Canada); Sala Cecília Meireles in Rio de Janeiro and International Chamber Music Festival of Paraíba (Brazil); Oji Hall and Shirakawa Hall (Japan). In Europe, he has given concerts at the Théâtre du Châtelet and Athénée Théâtre Louis Jouvet in Paris, Théâtre Impérial in Compiègne, Les Flâneries de Reims, Radio-France Montpellier, Rencontres Musicales de Calenzana and the cathedrals of Alençon, Clamecy, Le Mans, Sées and Tours (France); Brighton Arts (U.K.); World Academy of Irish Dance and Music in Limerick (Ireland); Salzburg Mozarteum (Austria); Liszt Academy in Budapest (Hungary); Euregio Maas-Rijn Organ Festival (Holland); Szymanowski Festival in Zakopane (Poland and Sicily); Basilica San Clemente in Rome and Orsanmichele Church in Florence (Italy).
He has appeared as guest soloist with many orchestras, including the New Mexico Symphony, San Juan Symphony and the Princeton Chamber Players in the United States, Orquesta Sinfónica de Chihuahua (Mexico), Porto Alegre, Unisinos, Caxias and Camargo Guarnieri symphony orchestras in Brazil, Hungarian National Philharmonic, Bohemia Symphony, Radio-Television Orchestra of Romania, New Opera Di Roma Orchestra and the Orchestre Symphonique de Tours. In Paris, Zinck gave the European premiere of Chebaline’s Concertino for violin and strings op. 14/1 with the Orchestre National de la Garde Républicaine.
Based in Milwaukee, Zinck has performed extensively throughout the region. Chicago performances include the Dame Myra Hess Series at the Cultural Center, Rush Hour at St. James Cathedral, Cube, Alliance Française and on WFMT “Live from Studio One” with members of the Chicago Chamber Musicians. In Wisconsin, he has appeared at the Milwaukee Art Museum and All Saints Cathedral (Milwaukee), the Chazen Museum of Art (Madison) and the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music (Appleton).
As a recording artist, Bernard Zinck has released the complete works for violin and piano of Karol Szymanowski (Ligia Digital), the “Live from France Album” (Musical Heritage Society) and a recording featuring chamber music works by Burt Levy and Yehuda Yannay (Vienna Masters). One of his performances at the Rush Hour concerts was featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, and he has been featured on an array of television and radio broadcasts in France and the United States. In 2016 and 2021, he wrote articles on performing arts injuries that was published by String Magazine and the Strad.
A committed educator, Dr. Zinck was awarded the “Certificate of Excellence in Studio Teaching” by the Milwaukee Civic Music Association in 2018. He is currently Associate Professor of Violin and Chamber Music Director at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and is also the artistic director and founder of the Lakeside Chamber Music Workshop (Illinois and Loire Valley). He has served on the faculty of the Köhln Summer Institute in Montepulciano, the International Lyric Academy of Rome and the Tuscia Operafestival (Italy), Music in the Alps in Courchevel, Holy Trinity Summer Music camp in Haiti, and the Eastern Music Festival where he served as “Distinguished Teaching Artist” in 2019. This summer, he will joining the music faculty of the Académie des Arts in Flaine.
Zinck graduated from the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique de Paris (first prizes in violin and chamber music), the Juilliard School as a Fulbright scholar (Bachelor and Master of Music) and Temple University as a Russell Conway Fellow (Doctor of Musical Arts). He wrote his doctoral thesis on the Chevalier de Saint-George, his violin style and Eighteenth-Century Musical aesthetics.
Bernard Zinck plays the Rogeri “Feibelmann”, a Giovanni Battista Rogeri violin, dated 1690 - a purchase made possible with the support of the Bass family.
Duo Barrenechea, flute-piano
The Duo Barrenechea was created by flutist Sergio Barrenechea and his wife, the pianist Lucia Barrenechea. Together, they have performed extensively in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The Duo has a special affinity for Brazilian repertoire and they have premiered pieces by a wide range of Brazilian composers. Besides their performing careers, Lùcia and Sergio musicians are dedicated pedagogues and researchers who train the new generation of young Brazilian musicians. In 2008, the Duo Barrenechea released its first commercial recording Moments in Paris, featuring French repertoire. Later in 2011, they recorded the triple CD The Flute Music of Francisco Mignone and in 2015, the CD and DVD "Brasileirissimo: Encounters.
In 2019, the Duo celebrated their thirty years of playing together. The Duo was the recipient of the FUNARTE Award for Classical Music, touring ten Brazilian cities. In 2010 and 2012, they toured the United States, Portugal and England. In 2016, the Duo performed at the University of Performing Arts in Vienna (Austria), the International Festival of Flautists in Lima (Peru) and at the 44th Annual Convention of the National Flute Association in San Diego (USA). In 2017, Duo Barrenechea was invited to perform at the Toronto Latin Flute Festival in Canada.
Lùcia Barrenechea, piano
Lucia who is a native of Goiania, Brazil currently holds a teaching position at the Instituto Villa-Lobos of UNIRIO-Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro,. She is also in charge of research and advising activities of the Graduate Programs in Music. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the Universidade Federal de Goiania and a Masters of Music degree from Boston University. She received her Doctorate degree (DMA) from the University of Iowa under the instruction of René Lecuona. Ms. Barrenechea performed as soloist and collaborative pianist in various master classes by well-known artists, such as Joseph Kalischstein, Menahem Pressler, Florence Kirsch, Julius Baker or Carol Wincenc. She had been a piano professor at the Escola de Música e Artes Cênicas of the Universidade Federal de Goiás where she was Head of the Artist Diploma Program in Music and taught in the Graduate Program. In 2002, she performed and presented a paper at the first International Villa-Lobos Conference in Paris. From 2002 to 2006, she performed at the International Summer Course of Brasília. As a collaborative pianist, she was invited to perform at the International Flutist Festivals of ABRAF. In 2007, she joined the piano and chamber-music faculty at the fourth International Pianists Meeting presented at the Conservatory of Tatuí-SP and she also taught from 2007to 2014 at the International Summer Academy in Brasilia.
In 2000, she co-authored a research article entitled Villa-Lobos e Chopin: O Diálogo Musical das Nacionalidades, in the book Três Estudos Analíticos: Villa-Lobos, Mignone e Camargo Guarnieri published by the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. She is the co-editor of the sheet-music book The Music for Flute and Piano of Francisco Mignone with Sergio Barrenechea and Clayton Vetromilla, released in 2016. A featured soloist, Lucia Barrenechea has presented recitals in most Brazilian cities and has been a guest soloist with orchestras such as the Orquestra Sinfônica Estadual de São Paulo, the Filarmônica de Goiás, the Sinfônica de Goiânia, the Sinfônica Jovem de Goiás, the Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional Claudio Santoro and the Sinfônica de Barra Mansa.
Her first solo album Saracoteio - Piano Brasileiro was released in 2009 by the label Ethos Brasil. She has performed first auditions of solo piano works by Brazilian composers such as Alexandre Schubert, Caio Senna, Dawid Korenchendler, Estércio Marquez Cunha, Edson Santanna, among others. Recognized as a notable chamber pianist, she has performed with many musicians on the national and international stage and has recorded a wide range of chamber music repertoire such as a CD featuring works for piano trio with violinist Mariana Salles and cellist Marcelo Salles, as well as the CD Oboe of Brazil with oboist José Medeiros. Her most recent recording project was the recording a two-volumes CD, DVD and Blu-Ray of Villa-Lobos Presence in Brazilian Music for Cello and Piano (2013 and 2017), in collaboration with cellist Hugo Pilger. These latest recordings include the complete works for cello and piano of Villa-Lobos, as well as compositions by other Brazilian composers. This project was nominated for the 26th Brazilian Music Award.
Sergio Barrenechea, flute
Sergio Barrenechea was born in Brasília, Brazil, where he started his musical studies. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Universidade de Brasília and his Master of Music from the Boston Conservatory. He received his Doctoral degree (DMA) in Flute Pedagogy and Performance from the University of Iowa and the title of his dissertation was "The Flute Music of Francisco Mignone with an Analysis of the Sonata for Flute and Piano". While living in the United States, Dr. Barrenechea has the opportunity to play in masterclasses for Julius Baker, Walfrid Kujala, Carol Wincenc and Keith Underwood. He studied conducting at Universidade de Brasilia and at the Boston Conservatory. He has conducted the Orquestra de Câmara Goyazes, Orquestra Sinfônica de Goiânia, University of Iowa Flute Choir, UFG's Orchestra, UNIRIO Symphony Orchestra and Camerata de Cordas Villa-Lobos.
Sergio Barrenechea currently holds a teaching position at UNIRIO´s Instituto Villa-Lobos, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. His pedagogical duties including research and advising activities for the Graduate Programs, PPGM and PROEMUS. He has served as Dean of Graduate Studies at Universidade Federal de Goiás and at UNIRIO.
He is dedicated to the repertoire for solo flute, performing works of well-known Brazilian composers such as Edino Krieger, Camargo Guarnieri, Edmundo Villani-Cortes, Dawid Korenchendler and Guerra-Peixe. He has performed many solo flute recitals such as the one presented at the 2015 Canção da Mata Festival in Manaus. His main research focuses on Brazilian music for flute, which lead him to research extensively the repertoire for flute of Francisco Mignone. Sergio has recorded a three- volumes CD and published a book of scores featuring Mignone’s repertoire. He has performed Mignone’s works in recitals, concerts and program for radio and television broadcasts in Brazil and abroad, and was invited to participate in 2017 at the 45th Annual National Flute Association Convention in Minneapolis (United States).
As a soloist, he has performed with the La Fosse Baroque Ensemble, the Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra, the Youth Orchestra of Brasília, the UNIRIO's Symphonic Orchestra, the Camerata de Esquina, the Orquestra Sinfônica de Goiânia and the Orquestra de Câmara Goyazes. In 2017, he premiered Rodrigo Chiccheli's Concertino Nocturno for flute and strings with Sinfonietta Carioca. He served as principal flutist with the Orquestra Filarmônica de Goiás. Since 2005, Sergio Barrenechea has been a member of the Quinteto Brasilia. The quintet served on the teaching faculty of the 25th Londrina Music Festival and the Music Festival of Palmas - Paraná (2006). Between 2013 and 2014, as part of Sonora Brasil Project, they performed a number of 130 concerts all over Brazil. The Quinteto Brasília was invited to perform in Rome, Pistoia, Montese and Porreta Terme - an event promoted in 2018 by the Ministry of Defense and the Brazilian Embassy.
Sergio has taught flute masterclasses in Brazil and abroad, in a variety of venues such as University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in Austria, Universidad Nacional de Música in Peru, Universidade de Aveiro and Conservatório de Música do Porto in Portugal, Hanoi Conservatory of Music in Vietnam, Hartt School of Music and Southern Mississipi University in the United States. In 1997, he published through the Universidade Federal de Goiás publishing house – CEGRAF - the book Música de Câmara para Flauta, featuring works for flute by the Brazilian composer Estércio Marquez Cunha. In 2000, he published a chapter Valorizando a tradição e a experimentação: a flauta na música de câmara de Francisco Mignone, in the book Três Estudos Analíticos: Villa-Lobos, Mignone e Camargo Guarnieri, published by the Graduate Program at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. In 2016, he published the collection of music sheet The Music for Flute and Piano of Francisco Mignone in collaboration with Lucia Barrenechea and Clayton Vetromilla. He has created the Carioca Flute Meeting in Rio de Janeiro and was instrumental in the creation of the Festival Conexões Musicais UFF/UNIRIO. From 2001 to 2006, he also was a founder and president of the Sociedade Goiana de Música.
Brusubardis Quartet
The Brusubardis Quartet, composed of five siblings of the Brusubardis family, is based in Milwaukee, United States. All five members of the Brusubardis Quartet have studied violin and chamber music with Bernard Zinck and have pursued academic and music studies at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, the Juilliard School, the Cleveland Institute, Indiana University and Columbus State University. They also participated in masterclasses with the Miró Quartet. They have performed many concerts in the Midwest and Canada: Chicago, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Toronto. Honoring their Latvian heritage, the Brusubardis Quartet enjoys performing works by Latvian composers.
Arianna Brusubardis, violin
After studying violin with Bernard Zinck at age 12, Arianna Brusubardis, was admitted at the Juilliard School in the studio of Laurie Smukler. While a student at Juilliard, Arianna led over 30 interactive performances in hospitals and schools in New York City with her group, the Para Quintet. She is currently pursuing her master's degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the tutelage of Ilya Kaler. She serves as concertmaster of the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra and is a section violinist in the Canton Symphony Orchestra. Throughout 2016 and 2018, she was a guest soloist with the Milwaukee and Madison Symphony Orchestras after winning their Young Artist Competitions. She has toured with the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra to Europe, South America and Asia, and has performed with the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, and was recently a guest at the Tanglewood Chamber Music Festival.
Daniella Brusubardis, violin
As a full-scholarship recipient, violinist Daniella Brusubardis attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts as a student of Dr. Bernard Zinck. Currently, she is pursuing her graduate studies in Violin Performance at Columbus State University, in Columbus, Georgia, under the tutelage of Maestro Sergiu Schwartz. Daniella serves also as a violin section member of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and the Lagrange Symphony Orchestra. Daniella currently plays in a violin-guitar duo with her husband Riley Smith and they both attended the Camino Artes guitar workshop in Spain. She has been a guest soloist with orchestra in Milwaukee, included the Festival City, Concordia and MYSO and has attended the International Montecito Music Festival in California.
Kristian Brusubardis, violin
Violinist Kristian Brusubardis received his Bachelor degree in Violin Performance from Indiana University, studying with Sibbi Bernhardson. Upon graduation, Kristian returned to Milwaukee to work as an instructor and orchestral coach with the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra. In 2020, Kristian earned a Graduate Certificate from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, under the instruction of Bernard Zinck. Kristian has performed as a soloist with the Wisconsin Philharmonic Orchestra and has earned honors in many competitions with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Menomonee Falls Orchestra, Wisconsin Philharmonic, and Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra.
As an orchestra players, Kristian has performed with orchestras including the Sheboygan Symphony (assistant concertmaster), Festival City Orchestra, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Philharmonic, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and Wisconsin Philharmonic. In 2021, Kristian was offered a position in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and is also been a substitute member of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Kristian plays a variety of musical styles in addition to classical, including Bluegrass and Folk.
Sonora Brusubardis, viola
As a full scholarship recipient, Sonora Brusubardis studied both violin and viola at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in both violin and viola. Sonora has been a guest soloist with the UWM Symphony and the Wisconsin Philharmonic. Currently, she is an instructor for the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra and maintains an active private studio, teaching violin, viola, and piano. Maintaining her passion for orchestral and chamber music, Sonora performs with many Southeastern Wisconsin ensembles, including Festival City Symphony and Wisconsin Philharmonic and has been a member of the Brusubardis String Quartet for the past 10 years.
Viktor Brusubardis, cello
Viktor Brusubardis earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in cello performance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, studying with Professor Stefan Kartman. Since graduating in 2018, Viktor has performed in many ensembles and organizations including the Festival City Symphony, the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra, and the Skylight Music Theater’s orchestra. At present, Viktor is the cello instructor at Hartford Union High School. He has also collaborated with non-classical groups and bands throughout the Milwaukee area such as Dead Horses and Soul Low. Viktor has also performed solo with orchestras such as the Concord Symphony Orchestra and the Wisconsin Philharmonic.
Carole Chicha, pianist
Carole Chicha entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris at the age of twelve in the preparatory cycle, in the classes of ear training, harmony and piano with Ventislav Yankoff. She then continued her graduate studies in the classes of Gabriel Tacchino for piano, and Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux for chamber music. There she met the violinist Bernard Zinck and together they decided to form a piano-violin duo. In 1985, she graduated from the CNSMDP with a first prize in piano and a first prize in chamber music. Her solid training allowed her to deepen her education by attending master classes and summer programs with masters such as Jean-Claude Pennetier, Michel Beroff, Evgeny Malinin and Catherine Collard.
Guided by the pianist Gabriel Tacchino, her solo career began in Marseille in 1987. Music critic Jean Abel notes that "her eloquent playing has the ardor and confidence of youth and her professionalism and musical commitment serve her brilliant and contagious enthusiasm."
Winner of international competitions such as those of Vercelli in 1989 and Marsala in 1992, she expanded her career by giving concerts both as a soloist and in chamber music, her favorite musical genre. She formed a four-hands piano duo for nearly ten years with a friend of the CNSMDP. The richness and diversity offered by this repertoire also allowed them to discover the orchestral works of the nineteenth century transcribed for this formation. They perform regularly in Paris and the Paris region (Atrium Musical Magne, Espace Saint Jean, the theaters of Villecresnes and Longjumeau, University of Melun, Saint-Merry Church).
Her taste for the stage in all its facets led Carole to perform with orchestra as well. Soloist with the Melun Val de Seine Symphony Orchestra, she performed the Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals, Copland’s Appalachian Spring and performed in 2012 Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin with the Resonance Symphony Orchestra.
The following years were mainly devoted to chamber music. She has performed at the City Hall in Melun, the Church of La Rochette and the Amphitheatre of the White Queen. An artist committed to promoting Human Rights, she performed in 2021 on a benefit concert in Paris in support of Afghani Women. In 2022, Carole Chicha re-formed her piano-violin duo with Bernard Zinck and together, they have given a series of concerts at the Auditorium of the Conservatoire de Musique de Melun and at the Théâtre de l'Ile-Saint-Louis in Paris.
Carole Chicha's artistic commitment is expressed on several fronts and her need to transmit naturally has led her to teaching. She has been a tenured professor of piano and chamber music at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Communal de Melun in Seine-et-Marne.
Bernard Zinck, violinist
bernardzinck.com
French violinist Bernard Zinck known for his “round and opulent tone and his vibrato bringing moments of sheer ecstasy” [the Strad] began his career after winning the 1992 Yehudi Menuhin Trust Award in Paris.
His talent and interpretive insight have made him a sought-after musician who has performed extensively in concerts and recitals in Europe, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Haiti, Brazil, South Korea and Japan. His artistry has been praised in terms such as "impeccable accuracy of pitch" and "formidable technique". Fanfare Magazine was impressed by the "singing, sensuous, sumptuous, shimmering” quality of his playing, which Le Figaro summed up in the expression "violon solaire.”
A frequent guest artist at music festivals and venues worldwide, Zinck has performed at Weill Hall at Carnegie Recital Hall, National Gallery and Phillips Collection in Washington DC, Santa Fe Concert Association (United States); Oscar Peterson Hall in Montreal (Canada); Sala Cecília Meireles in Rio de Janeiro and International Chamber Music Festival of Paraíba (Brazil); Oji Hall and Shirakawa Hall (Japan). In Europe, he has given concerts at the Théâtre du Châtelet and Athénée Théâtre Louis Jouvet in Paris, Théâtre Impérial in Compiègne, Les Flâneries de Reims, Radio-France Montpellier, Rencontres Musicales de Calenzana and the cathedrals of Alençon, Clamecy, Le Mans, Sées and Tours (France); Brighton Arts (U.K.); World Academy of Irish Dance and Music in Limerick (Ireland); Salzburg Mozarteum (Austria); Liszt Academy in Budapest (Hungary); Euregio Maas-Rijn Organ Festival (Holland); Szymanowski Festival in Zakopane (Poland and Sicily); Basilica San Clemente in Rome and Orsanmichele Church in Florence (Italy).
He has appeared as guest soloist with many orchestras, including the New Mexico Symphony, San Juan Symphony and the Princeton Chamber Players in the United States, Orquesta Sinfónica de Chihuahua (Mexico), Porto Alegre, Unisinos, Caxias and Camargo Guarnieri symphony orchestras in Brazil, Hungarian National Philharmonic, Bohemia Symphony, Radio-Television Orchestra of Romania, New Opera Di Roma Orchestra and the Orchestre Symphonique de Tours. In Paris, Zinck gave the European premiere of Chebaline’s Concertino for violin and strings op. 14/1 with the Orchestre National de la Garde Républicaine.
Based in Milwaukee, Zinck has performed extensively throughout the region. Chicago performances include the Dame Myra Hess Series at the Cultural Center, Rush Hour at St. James Cathedral, Cube, Alliance Française and on WFMT “Live from Studio One” with members of the Chicago Chamber Musicians. In Wisconsin, he has appeared at the Milwaukee Art Museum and All Saints Cathedral (Milwaukee), the Chazen Museum of Art (Madison) and the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music (Appleton).
As a recording artist, Bernard Zinck has released the complete works for violin and piano of Karol Szymanowski (Ligia Digital), the “Live from France Album” (Musical Heritage Society) and a recording featuring chamber music works by Burt Levy and Yehuda Yannay (Vienna Masters). One of his performances at the Rush Hour concerts was featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, and he has been featured on an array of television and radio broadcasts in France and the United States. In 2016 and 2021, he wrote articles on performing arts injuries that was published by String Magazine and the Strad.
A committed educator, Dr. Zinck was awarded the “Certificate of Excellence in Studio Teaching” by the Milwaukee Civic Music Association in 2018. He is currently Associate Professor of Violin and Chamber Music Director at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and is also the artistic director and founder of the Lakeside Chamber Music Workshop (Illinois and Loire Valley). He has served on the faculty of the Köhln Summer Institute in Montepulciano, the International Lyric Academy of Rome and the Tuscia Operafestival (Italy), Music in the Alps in Courchevel, Holy Trinity Summer Music camp in Haiti, and the Eastern Music Festival where he served as “Distinguished Teaching Artist” in 2019. This summer, he will joining the music faculty of the Académie des Arts in Flaine.
Zinck graduated from the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique de Paris (first prizes in violin and chamber music), the Juilliard School as a Fulbright scholar (Bachelor and Master of Music) and Temple University as a Russell Conway Fellow (Doctor of Musical Arts). He wrote his doctoral thesis on the Chevalier de Saint-George, his violin style and Eighteenth-Century Musical aesthetics.
Bernard Zinck plays the Rogeri “Feibelmann”, a Giovanni Battista Rogeri violin, dated 1690 - a purchase made possible with the support of the Bass family.
Wine Producers/Partners
The vineyards of the Loire Valley cover nearly 70,000 hectares of vines and include four wine regions: Pays Nantais, Anjou, Touraine and Centre.
The third largest wine region in France, along with Bordeaux and Bourgogne, the Loire Valley produces red, white and rosé wines, sweet wines and bubbly wines.
Loire wines are mainly grouped into two appellations: Les Vins de Loire and Les Vins du Centre-Loire, but some appellations prefer to remain independent, such as the Côteaux du Vendômois, the wines of Bourgueil, Chinon, Saumur-Champigny or Valençay.
The festival's partners are located in the confluence of the Vienne and Loire rivers, between Chinon, Bourgueil and Saumur.
• Claire et Florent Bejon
Les Perrons, Saint Germain sur Vienne
https://www.vinsnaturels.fr/003_viticulteurs/Loire-Claire-et-Florent-Bejon-Claire-et-Florent-Bejon-545.html
https://tuttowines.com/producers/claire-florent-bejon/
• Valentin Dézé
Les 6 chemins, Saumur-Champigny
https://www.saumur-champigny.com/eng/annuaire/valentin-deze
https://www.facebook.com/Valentin-DEZE-313711112492481/
• Richard Réthoré
Domaine de la Mineraie, St Nicolas de Bourgueil
https://www.richard-rethore.fr
• Victor Rousse
La Sirène Rousse, Savigny-en-Véron
https://www.chinonrousse.fr
The vineyards of the Loire Valley cover nearly 70,000 hectares of vines and include four wine regions: Pays Nantais, Anjou, Touraine and Centre.
The third largest wine region in France, along with Bordeaux and Bourgogne, the Loire Valley produces red, white and rosé wines, sweet wines and bubbly wines.
Loire wines are mainly grouped into two appellations: Les Vins de Loire and Les Vins du Centre-Loire, but some appellations prefer to remain independent, such as the Côteaux du Vendômois, the wines of Bourgueil, Chinon, Saumur-Champigny or Valençay.
The festival's partners are located in the confluence of the Vienne and Loire rivers, between Chinon, Bourgueil and Saumur.
• Claire et Florent Bejon
Les Perrons, Saint Germain sur Vienne
https://www.vinsnaturels.fr/003_viticulteurs/Loire-Claire-et-Florent-Bejon-Claire-et-Florent-Bejon-545.html
https://tuttowines.com/producers/claire-florent-bejon/
• Valentin Dézé
Les 6 chemins, Saumur-Champigny
https://www.saumur-champigny.com/eng/annuaire/valentin-deze
https://www.facebook.com/Valentin-DEZE-313711112492481/
• Richard Réthoré
Domaine de la Mineraie, St Nicolas de Bourgueil
https://www.richard-rethore.fr
• Victor Rousse
La Sirène Rousse, Savigny-en-Véron
https://www.chinonrousse.fr
Festival Sponsors
• Mairie de Saint Germain sur Vienne • Diocèse de Tours • Conservatoire de Musique de Melun • Auberge de la route d’or, Candes St Martin
https://www.aubergedelaroutedor.com • Galerie Atutak, Candes St Martin https://www.atutak-art-inuit.com • Les Violons d’Adèle, Saumur https://lesviolonsdadele.fr • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee uwm.edu • Maison Dutilleux-Joy www.maison-dutilleux.com
• Heather and Tim Baker-Sullivan, Mount Kisco - USA
• Phyllis Booth, Chicago - USA
• Stephen Cohen, Provincetown - USA
• Marsha and Jeff Ellias-Frankel, Lebanon - USA
• Mr and Mrs Francis Estivin, St Avertin - France
• John Fuller, Milwaukee - USA
• Matthew Michelic, Appleton - USA
• Harvey Neville, New York City - USA
• Jean-Marie Poiré - Belgique
• Morgan Powell, Champaign - USA
• James Pritchet, Beverly Shores - USA
• Nell Scheider, Chicago - USA
• Eric and Tammy Steele Chicago - USA
• Keith Watson, Chicago - USA
• Wanting to make a donation to the Festival? Contact us at:
bezinck@gmail.com
Musiques et Vignes en Confluence : 06 62 10 55 25
7bis Rue de la Sagerie, St Avertin 37550, France
W372018992
• Mairie de Saint Germain sur Vienne • Diocèse de Tours • Conservatoire de Musique de Melun • Auberge de la route d’or, Candes St Martin
https://www.aubergedelaroutedor.com • Galerie Atutak, Candes St Martin https://www.atutak-art-inuit.com • Les Violons d’Adèle, Saumur https://lesviolonsdadele.fr • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee uwm.edu • Maison Dutilleux-Joy www.maison-dutilleux.com
• Heather and Tim Baker-Sullivan, Mount Kisco - USA
• Phyllis Booth, Chicago - USA
• Stephen Cohen, Provincetown - USA
• Marsha and Jeff Ellias-Frankel, Lebanon - USA
• Mr and Mrs Francis Estivin, St Avertin - France
• John Fuller, Milwaukee - USA
• Matthew Michelic, Appleton - USA
• Harvey Neville, New York City - USA
• Jean-Marie Poiré - Belgique
• Morgan Powell, Champaign - USA
• James Pritchet, Beverly Shores - USA
• Nell Scheider, Chicago - USA
• Eric and Tammy Steele Chicago - USA
• Keith Watson, Chicago - USA
• Wanting to make a donation to the Festival? Contact us at:
bezinck@gmail.com
Musiques et Vignes en Confluence : 06 62 10 55 25
7bis Rue de la Sagerie, St Avertin 37550, France
W372018992
Location
Church of Saint Germain in Saint Germain sur Vienne
Route de l'Église/Impasse de la Falèche
37500 Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne, France
https://monumentum.fr/eglise-paroissiale-saint-germain-pa00098077.html
Reservations/Contact
• The July 8 and 16 concerts start at 7:00 pm (duration 1 hour)
• The wine tasting starts at 8:30 pm
• The July 9 and 15 concert start at 4:00 pm (duration 1 hour)
• The wine tasting starts at 5.30 pm
Tickets : 15 euros adults, 10 euros local residents 37, free – 10 years old.
Reservations :
bezinck@gmail.com
Musiques et Vignes en Confluence : 09 83 46 60 61/06 62 10 55 25
7bis Rue de la Sagerie, St Avertin 37550, France
Church of Saint Germain in Saint Germain sur Vienne
Route de l'Église/Impasse de la Falèche
37500 Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne, France
https://monumentum.fr/eglise-paroissiale-saint-germain-pa00098077.html
Reservations/Contact
• The July 8 and 16 concerts start at 7:00 pm (duration 1 hour)
• The wine tasting starts at 8:30 pm
• The July 9 and 15 concert start at 4:00 pm (duration 1 hour)
• The wine tasting starts at 5.30 pm
Tickets : 15 euros adults, 10 euros local residents 37, free – 10 years old.
Reservations :
bezinck@gmail.com
Musiques et Vignes en Confluence : 09 83 46 60 61/06 62 10 55 25
7bis Rue de la Sagerie, St Avertin 37550, France