Wednesday, February 8 at 8:30 PM at the Théâtre des Variétés – 1 Boulevard Albert I – Monaco
– Ensemble Casimir Ney: String Quintet
Werner HINZ and Lucie MALLET DE CHAUNY, violins
Tristan DELY, viola – Anne BONIFAS, cello
Elisabeth VANTHOMME, double bass
Evening program:
Gioachino ROSSINI (Pesaro, 1792 – Paris, 1868) Duo for cello and double bass
Ernest von DOHNANYI (Bratislava, 1877 – New York, 1960) Serenade for string trio
Gioachino ROSSINI (Pesaro, 1792 – Paris, 1868) Sonata for two violins, cello, and bass
Antonin DVORAK (Nelahozeves, 1841 – Prague, 1904) String Quintet
– Ensemble Casimir NEY
Initiated by Elisabeth VANTHOMME and Werner HINZ, the Casimir NEY ensemble alludes to a group of musicians who gathered in Parisian salons to perform chamber music around Casimir NEY, a famous 19th-century violist.
Unlike Brahms, Mozart, or Schubert who used two violas or two cellos, Casimir NEY, along with Dvorak, is one of the few composers to incorporate the double bass in a string quintet.
The Casimir NEY ensemble consisting of two violinists, a violist, a cellist, and a double bassist, coming from the educational institutions and conservatories of Nice and Monaco, operates with a variable geometry.
Werner HINZ – Violinist
Student of Bruno MASURAT at the Conservatoire of Heidelberg and of Heinz STANSKE at the “Hochschule für Musik” in Frankfurt.
Later, met and collaborated with Ivry GITLIS.
Former concertmaster of the Orchestra of Freiburg In Brisgau and the Orchestra of Baden-Baden.
Violin teacher successively at the European Conservatory, at the “Hochschule für Musik” in Saarbrücken, at the Conservatoires of Orly, Troyes, and the Conservatoire National de Région of Nice.
Member of the “Trio Enigma de Genève” and the “Casimir NEY String Quintet” in Nice.
Lucie Mallet de Chauny – Violinist
After winning a 1st Prize in violin unanimously and a 1st Prize in music theory in 1999, Lucie Mallet de Chauny received a 1st Prize for violin refinement and chamber music at the National School of Music in Aulnay sous Bois in 2002 and graduated with highest honors from the Conservatoire Supérieur de Lyon in 2007.
She was a member of the French Youth Orchestra from 1999 to 2001 under the direction of Jesus Lopez Cobos and Emmanuel Krivine, then with the “Opéra éclaté” in 2007-2008 under the direction of Dominique Trottein, and toured China with the Lyon Symphony Orchestra in 2007. She also collaborated with the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Lyon Opera, and the Orchestre National de France from 2002 to 2008.
Anne BONIFAS – Cellist
Originally from the North, she studied at the Conservatoire National de Région of Douai. In 1983, she joined the National Orchestra of Lille as a cellist through a competitive exam. Simultaneously, she was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris.
She enhanced her skills under Mark DROBINSKY, Alain MEUNIER, Philippe MULLER, Michel STRAUSS, Jean BRIZARD. After obtaining her degree, she became principal cellist at the Picardy Regional Orchestra (1988 to 1991). She was accepted at the Seville Competition in 1990. In 1991, she joined the National Orchestra of Bordeaux Aquitaine. In 1992, she was hired by the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra, first as a tutti player, then as a co-principal cellist.
Tristan DELY – Violist
After his studies at the CNR of Nice, Tristan DELY continued his studies at the CNSM of Paris in the class of Bruno PASQUIER and joined the String Quartet Department of the Paris Regional Conservatory in the class of the Ysaye Quartet.
In 2004, selected by Christophe ESCHENBACH and the orchestra soloists, he participated in the first Academy of the Orchestre de Paris, aimed at training young musicians for the orchestral profession, and took part in four series of concerts.
The same year, he performed at the “Romanische Nacht” in Cologne with Christophe DESJARDINS, a soloist with the Ensemble Intercontemporain, and founded the “Schneeweiss” trio with Aurore UGOLIN and Olivier GIRARD, thus rediscovering the little-known repertoire for mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano. This trio performed in several French festivals and participated in the show “Dans la cour des grands” by Gaëlle LE GALLIC on France-Musiques.
In 2005, he performed “Lachrymae” by Benjamin BRITTEN with the Orchestra of the Paris Conservatory laureates under the direction of Hélène BOUCHEZ at the concert hall of the Cité de la Musique in Paris.
In June 2006, he obtained his Higher Education Diploma with “very good” distinction and joined the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Elisabeth VANTHOMME – Double Bassist
After studying piano, double bass, and chamber music at the Conservatoire of Tourcoing, she continued her studies at the CNSM of Paris, where she received a First Prize in Double Bass in June 1977.
Student of Jacques CAZAURAN, she also honed her skills with masters such as Lucio BUCCARELLA, Francesco PETRACCHI at the Chigiana Academy in Siena, from where she graduated, and Klaus STOLL in Baden-Baden.
Holder of the Certificate of Aptitude for teaching in national schools, she taught at the Conservatoire of Valenciennes, then at the Conservatoire National de Région of Lille.
Principal double bassist of the Auvergne Regional Orchestra from its creation until 1983, she also played with the Orchestre de Paris, the Orchestra of the County of Flanders, the Philharmonists of Châteauroux, the Opera Orchestra of the North, the National Orchestra of Lille, The New Strings European Orchestra, the Montpellier-Moscow Soloists, the Sainte-Cécile Academy of Paris.
Performing as a soloist with various symphonic formations in France and abroad, she regularly practices chamber music and the double bass-piano duo.
Currently a professor at the Conservatoire National de Région of Nice, she regularly plays with the Monte-Carlo Orchestra, the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra, and the PACA Orchestra.
