Collective Members
Flautastico
Photo © Eleni KougionisFlautastico The Flautastico flute orchestra is made up of many passionate flautists who rehearse together every week.
Association de l’Atelier F
Les Piccolo Founded in 2018, the Les Piccolo orchestra is a children's ensemble for ages 6 to 16 offering an innovative approach to music, combining memorization, movement, and dance. The project fosters artistic expression, collective listening, and the development...
Les Chemins de Traverse
Les Chemins de Traverse Les Chemins de Traverse's mission is to share innovative artistic projects, always in close connection with the public: through concerts and performances off the beaten track, through the transmission of knowledge during workshops, through...
Ensemble 6rinx
Ensemble 6rinx Ensemble 6rinx is a flute sextet. It was born within the Lausanne University of Music, in Switzerland, where the six flautists met during their studies and shared strong musical adventures that brought them closer together. By creating Ensemble 6rinx,...
Souffle d’ici et d’ailleurs
Souffle d’ici et d’ailleurs Its aims are purely artistic and educational, in order to promote and develop exchanges around the transverse flute. Specifically: by commissioning works from composers. by creating events that allow the flute to be associated with...
Pedagogical members
Conservatoire de Musique de Genève
Conservatoire Populaire de Musique et de Danse de Genève
Conservatoire de l'Ouest Vaudois
L'Atelier F
Centre de flûte traversière
Home of Les Piccolo/Les Vents Blancs
Cercle Lémanique d'Etudes Musicales
Individual Members
Solange Aubert | Catherine Balmer | Pierre-Alain Balmer | Estelle Bélet | Famille Anne-Paule Berney | Maud Besnard | Sara Boesch | Bridget Bolliger | Youri Boucherat | Elias Bourqui | Christine Burkhalter | Emma Cassayre | Famille Alexandra Cecchetto | Antje Cerutti | Boris Chow-Toun | Orthense Clivaz | Chantal Conus | Solène Cosandey | Youna Dachicourt | Likai Dai | Famille Philomène De Villenaut | Paula Dederichs | Famille Florence Dubrez | Isaline Dupraz | Famille Monique Dupuis Leopoldoff | Michel Duranton | Matthias Ebner | Eloïse Eggermann | Famille Eva Ellinger Zambaz | Fabio Fantinato | Famille Amandine Favre | Sandrine Favre | Arthur Fillion | Matthias Ebner | Emilie Fournier | Laure Franssen | Famille Jennah Fredj | Naël Galley | Famille Laurence Garivier | Malorie Gex Galley | Giulio Giorgi | Delphine Grataloup | Ainoha Gravier | Agathe Guillot | Ruth Güller | Françoise Gyps | Famille Britt Haesslein | Stéphanie Hannon | Famille Roxane Horisberger | Nadine Hulmann | Ehlana Irurzun | Véronique Jamain | Maarika Järvi | Famille Vicky Karlen | Pierre Kauss | Famille Stefan Keller | Fanny Lilith Knobel | Jean-Claude Landry | Audrey Ledesert | Johannes Leis | Famille Mauricio Lozano | Famille Fabienne Luyet | Lauriane Macherel | Tommaso Maria Maggiolini | Melissa Maret | Pénélope Martinez Horneman | Nicola Mazzanti | Lucile Mele | Solveig Mermoud | Inge Meyer-Weckel | Véronique Michaud | Heidi Molnar | Anne Moreau-Zardini | Famille Claire Muller Berbain | Famille Charlotte Murphy | Catherine Myers | Irène Ndam | Famille Gustave Parfait Nguene | Andrea Oliva | Famille Anne-Laure Page | Anne-Laure Pantillon | Judith Peacock | Loriane Peloso | Sibel Pensel | Nahissa Peterschmitt | Majda Petschen | Minh-Ab Pham | Juliette Pipoz | Serge Pürro | Claude Régimbald | Famille Céline Renaud | Felix Renggli | Anita Reuge | Famille Isaline Rihs | Lena Rothenberg | Myrthe Rozeboom | Sarah Rumer | Serge-Joseph Saitta | Alessia Schaer | Adèle Schild | Agnès Schnyder | Irène Schoenenberg | Richard Séguin | Sylvie Serex | Pamela Stahel | Famille Nada Steierer | Famille Pascal Steimer | Famille Hannah Steyaert | Aurélie Swaroop | Mary Talbot | Laure Thiebot Leclerc | Teodora Thommen | Alexandre Tkaboca | Anne Tusseau | Daphné Unal | Jean-Marc Unternaeher | Sarah Van Cornewal | Nataliya Vincent | Julia Viot | Lila Walther | Thésèse Wasser | Véronique Widmer | Cécile Willa | Eliane Williner | Anne Wojtusciszyn | Mathilde Yerly | Matthias Ziegler
Individual members introduce themselves
PIERRE-ALAIN BALMER
Photo © Pierre-Alain BalmerBiography Pierre-Alain Balmer is a self-taught photographer based in Geneva who began his photographic practice at the age of nine when he received his first camera. As a teenager, he bought his first film SLR and developed his own film in...
CATHERINE BALMER
Photo © Pierre-Alain BalmerBiography Catherine Balmer-Magnin has always been drawn to the flute, which she began studying at the Geneva Conservatory of Music and Dance (CPMDT) with Brigitte Buxtorf, where she earned a certificate with highest honors. She continued her...
MAUD BESNARD
Biography A graduate of the Geneva University of Music in Jacques Zoon's class, Maud Besnard is currently a professor of flute at the Geneva Conservatory of Music. A founding flautist of Ensemble Caravelle since 2014, she performs regularly in French-speaking...
CHANTAL CONUS
Biography I was born in 1967 in Gland (VD) and studied flute at the Geneva University of Music. I received my teaching diploma in 1990 and subsequently attended flute masterclasses in Switzerland and France. I have taught flute, solfège, and choral conducting at...
MATTHIAS EBNER
Biography Matthias Ebner studied with Philippe Racine, Gerhard Hildenbrand and Peter-Lukas Graf at the Basel Academy of Music. A member of the Sabeth Basel Trio, the flute octet "Les Joueurs de flûte," and the Basel Chamber Orchestra, he performs at numerous festivals...
EMILIE FOURNIER
Biography Flautist, piccolo player and teacher, Émilie Fournier began playing the flute at the age of 8. Driven from a very young age by a deep passion for her instrument, she entered the Grenoble Regional Conservatory at 14 in the class of Vincent Guillot, where she...
FRANÇOISE GYPS
Biography Painter and Flutist A passionate woman. A sensitive woman. An authentic woman. In love with art, beauty, and the emotions that spring forth from every corner of her being, Françoise Gyps sets the tone through music and painting. Always connected to the...
JOHANNES LEIS
Biography 1980-1987 Studies in flute, geography and Romance linguistics in Düsseldorf. 1981-1984 Musical excesses in New York, creation of the "Montauk Music" label. Also active in France since 1998. Father of two adult sons who are music critics. Throughout his...
NICOLA MAZZANTI
Nicola Mazzanti Nicola Mazzanti served as Solo Piccolo of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra from 1988 until 2020. Many composers have written works for him, including pieces for piccolo and piano as well as concertos with orchestra. His name is associated with...
TOMMASO MARIA MAGGIOLINI
Biography Born in Milan in 1991, he began studying the flute with Luca Bossi. He graduated in 2010 from the "Giuseppe Verdi" Conservatory in Milan. He then studied with Alfred Rutz, Verena Bosshart, and Felix Renggli at the Conservatory of Italian Switzerland and the...
INGE MEYER-WECKEL
Biography As an amateur flautist, I organize workshops and courses for amateur musicians in Vienna. The chamber music groups are led by professional musicians from Vienna or Valais.
ANDREA OLIVA
Biography Flautist Andrea Oliva studied with Gabriele Betti, Claudio Montafia, Glauco Cambursano, Jean Claude Gerard and Sir James Galway. He was invited as Principal Flute by the Berlin Philharmonic at the age of 23, during his Karajan Academy period, under the baton...
ANNE-LAURE PANTILLON
Biography Born in 1982, Anne-Laure Pantillon was immersed in music from a very young age thanks to her family. She learned piano with her pianist father and then, at the age of 8, chose the flute. After graduating with a scientific baccalaureate in 2001, she devoted...
SIBEL PENSEL
Biography Sibel Pensel, the ambassador of the French flute throughout the world, was recently decorated by the Society for the Encouragement of Progress (which recognizes Nobel laureates, researchers, and artists) on October 20, 2016, at the École Militaire in Paris....
FELIX RENGGLI
Biography Felix Renggli was born in Basel, Switzerland. He studied flute with Gerhard Hildenbrand, Aurèle Nicolet, and Peter-Lukas Graf. He completed his studies at the Basel Music Academy with a soloist diploma and subsequently performed as principal flutist in...
CLAUDE RÉGIMBALD
Biography Claude Régimbald, a French flautist originally from Quebec, has given hundreds of concerts and recitals in Canada, France, Switzerland, England, Spain, Poland, and Brazil. He has recorded six albums: "La flûte virtuose" and "Impressions québécoises" on the...
SARAH RUMER
Biography Swiss flautist Sarah Rumer, born in 1978, has held the position of principal flute with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande since 2004. Previously, she held the same position with the Mozarteum Orchestra in Salzburg and the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra, and...
SERGE SAITTA
Biography A flautist renowned internationally for his expertise on the traverso, Serge Saitta has established himself as one of the leading figures in the performance of historical instruments. After brilliant musical studies at the Lyon Conservatory, where he won...
PAMELA STAHEL
Biography Pamela Stahel grew up in a musical family in the USA. Following her studies, she guested with several American orchestras before relocating in Switzerland, Ms. Stahel enjoyed an active freelancer career before joining the Zurich Opera Orchestra, where she...
CÉCILE WILLA
Biography Swiss flautist Sarah Rumer, born in 1978, has held the position of principal flute with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande since 2004. Previously, she held the same position with the Mozarteum Orchestra in Salzburg and the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra, and...
MATTHIAS ZIEGLER
Biography Matthias Ziegler is one of the most versatile and innovative flautists of his generation. He is equally passionate about the traditional flute repertoire and contemporary music, both composed and improvised. His concert activities reflect his diversity:...