Workshop for the actor-singer.

 Pierre Kuentz
Trained in music, cinematography and the theatre, Pierre Kuentz has been involved in a wide variety of musical and theatrical projects and also pursues a teaching career. Since 2005 he has been resident at Ambronay's Cultural Encounter Centre, where through operatic direction, workshops and training courses, he develops theatrical performance and experimentation.

Philippe Sire
An actor and director, Philippe Sire trained at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre in Lyon, and has worked under the direction of Laurent Pelly, Marcel Bozonnet and Laurent Brethome. Philippe Sire devotes part of his career to teaching; director of theatrical studies at the Grenoble Conservatoire for many years, he then ran the theatre department of the Lyon Conservatoire. He regularly participates in musical projects, notably with Ambronay Cultural Encounter Centre.

Venetian opera and commedia dell'arte

Jérôme Correas
A conductor, singer and harpsichordist, Jérôme Correas founded the group Les Paladins in 1997, with whom he performs unpublished or little-known works by composers such as Carissimi, Hasse, Porpora and Mazzochi. He also pursues a busy teaching career in Italy, at the Versailles Centre for Baroque Music, the Toulouse Conservatoire and at Ambronay.

Violaine Cochard

A harpsichordist trained at the Paris Conservatoire by Christophe Rousset and Kenneth Gilbert, Violaine Cochard works regularly under the baton of Christophe Rousset, Ton Koopman and Christophe Coin. She plays frequently with the Amarillis ensemble, of which she is a founder member.

Emmanuelle Guigues
Emmanuelle Guigues studied the viol with Jordi Savall in Barcelona and later with Christophe Coin at the Paris Conservatoire. She works with the ensembles Les Paladins, XVIII-21, William Byrd and Cappriccio Stravagante. She teaches at the Ecole Nationale de Musique in Villeurbanne.

The composer students of F. Cavalli

Leonardo Garcia Alarcon
Leonardo Garcia Alarcon studied the harpsichord and organ in Argentina and in Geneva. Assistant to Gabriel Garrido for several years, he went on to found the ensemble Cappella Mediterranea, with whom he has performed at many festivals. He teaches at the Geneva Conservatoire, carries out research into bass continuo playing in the seventeenth century and has a passion for vocal music.

Fabian Schofrin
The countertenor Fabian Schofrin studied in Argentina and then at Bâle and Geneva. He works regularly with William Christie, Gabriel Garrido, Rinaldo Alessandrini and Françoise Lasserre. He is often invited to perform at the Ambronay Festival.

Monica Pustilnik
Born in Argentina, Monica Pustilnik studied the lute, guitar and theorbo in Buenos Aires and in Bâle. She regularly performs with Gabriel Garrido, William Christie, Hervé Niquet and Emmanuelle Haïm. Since 2002, she has taught bass continuo and lute in Barcelona.

Andrea De Carlo
Born in Rome, Andrea De Carlo began his career as a jazz double bass player, before switching his allegiance to early music and the viola da gamba, which he studied with Paolo Pandolfo. He has since worked for many years with Leonardo Garcia Alarcon and teaches at the Institut de Haute Formation in l'Aquila.