Biography

A versatile musician, Léa performed in chamber music all over the world with renowned artists such as the Modigliani Quartet, Christophe Coin, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Eric Le Sage, Emmanuel Pahud, Paul Meyer, Nicolas Dautricourt, Adam Laloum, Francois Salque, Clara-Yumi Kang, David Kadoush, Pierre Fouchenneret, Marie et Guillaume Chilemme, Victor Julien-Lafferière, Barnabas Kelemen, David Grimal, Edgar Moreau, Alina Pogotskina, Alena Baeva, Boris Brovtsyn, Daishin Kashimoto, Guy Braunstein, Nicholas Angelich, Gauthier Capuçon, Sarah Nemtanu, Yan Levionnois, Nelson Goerner, Marc Coppey, Anne Queffelec, Itamar Golan, Denis Pascal, Augustin Dumay. .. She also took part in a European tour of Mozart’s string quintets at the invitation of Renaud Capucon alongside Gérard Caussé and Clemens Hagen.

As a soloist she performed in recitals and played Martinü’s Concerto-Rhapsody in the Czech Republic and Mozart’s Symphonie Concertante with the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra. She was also invited as guest principal to perform the viola solo part of Strauss’s Don Quixote with Orchestre de Picardie in France and Poland and is regularly invited as principal viola in orchestras, notably with Les Dissonances, an ensemble which performs without Conductor and under the musical direction of violinist David Grimal.

Léa also collaborates with the cellist Héloïse Luzzati in her project La boite à pépites and Festival Un temps pour elles whose ambition is to promote and disseminate the repertoire of women composers for a greater equality in musical and artistic programming.

Léa also participated in the Camille Pépin Chamber Music album (Classica’s choc, France Musique’s choice, « FFF » in Télérama) and in various chamber music recordings.

Associate artist of the Ensemble I Giardini, they recorded together the album Nuits au côté Véronique Gens (Diapason d’or, Classica’s choc, Resmusica’s key, France Musique’s choice) and an album dedicated to the music of Caroline Shaw (2022).

In 2022, she is working with the cellist Yan Levionnois on a project based on the symphonic poem Don Quixote by Richard Strauss in the form of a musical show produced by Arts et Spectacles Production.

Léa graduated from Paris’ Conservatory and went on to study with Nobuko Imai and Lawrence Power in Switzerland. She has won prizes at National and International Competitions, become laureate of several Foundations and took part in prestigious Festival Academies such as Krzyzowa Music for Europe (Poland), Kronberg “Cello Plus” (Germany), Ravinia Steans Music Institute (USA), Verbier Festival Academy (Switzerland), IMS Prussia Cove (England), Aurora Chamber Music (Sweden), Encuentro de Santander (Spain).

Léa plays a viola by Charles Coquet and a bow by Sylvain Bigot.

As a soloist she performed in recitals and played Martinü’s Concerto-Rhapsody in the Czech Republic and Mozart’s Symphonie Concertante with the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra. She was also invited as guest principal to perform the viola solo part of Strauss’s Don Quixote with Orchestre de Picardie in France and Poland and is regularly invited as principal viola in orchestras, notably with Les Dissonances, an ensemble which performs without Conductor and under the musical direction of violinist David Grimal.

Léa also collaborates with the cellist Héloïse Luzzati in her project La boite à pépites and Festival Un temps pour elles whose ambition is to promote and disseminate the repertoire of women composers for a greater equality in musical and artistic programming.

Léa also participated in the Camille Pépin Chamber Music album (Classica’s choc, France Musique’s choice, « FFF » in Télérama) and in various chamber music recordings.

Associate artist of the Ensemble I Giardini, they recorded together the album Nuits au côté Véronique Gens (Diapason d’or, Classica’s choc, Resmusica’s key, France Musique’s choice) and an album dedicated to the music of Caroline Shaw (2022).

In 2022, she is working with the cellist Yan Levionnois on a project based on the symphonic poem Don Quixote by Richard Strauss in the form of a musical show produced by Arts et Spectacles Production.

Léa graduated from Paris’ Conservatory and went on to study with Nobuko Imai and Lawrence Power in Switzerland. She has won prizes at National and International Competitions, become laureate of several Foundations and took part in prestigious Festival Academies such as Krzyzowa Music for Europe (Poland), Kronberg “Cello Plus” (Germany), Ravinia Steans Music Institute (USA), Verbier Festival Academy (Switzerland), IMS Prussia Cove (England), Aurora Chamber Music (Sweden), Encuentro de Santander (Spain).

Léa plays a viola by Charles Coquet and a bow by Sylvain Bigot.

News

Don Quixote

Illustrated musical tale

Saint-Saëns

Transcription for viola

The Wheel · I Giardini

Disc release

Calendar

11 November | Monflanquin (FR)

Brahms · Collectif Ezekiel

Beethoven & Schumann · Fidelio Quartet & A. Laloum

26 November | Orléans (FR)

Jury of the Finale · Young Violist National Competition

27-28 November | Dijon (FR)

5-7 January | Tarbes (FR)

Instrumental Ensemble of Tarbes

22 January | Paris (FR)

Leleu & Ravel · French National Library

11 February | Paris (FR)

Festival Présences · I Giardini

16-17 February | Hantay (FR)

Les Concerts de Poche

24 February | Paris (FR)

Leleu · Live France Musique

22 & 27 February | Ribemont (FR)

Les Concerts de Poche

4-10 March | Chaise-Dieu (FR)

2 April | Paris (FR)

La Fronde · Philharmonie de Paris

6-14 April | Paris (FR)

Les Dissonances Ensemble

26 April | Tarascon (FR)

4 May | Paris (FR)

Strohl · Live France Musique

25 May | Prague (CZ)

29-30 May | Saint Denis (FR)

19-23 June | Villarceau (FR)

Nuits · I Giardini & Véronique Gens

15-16 September | Besançon (FR)

Pictures

Discography

Retrospective

Aix en Provence - 2014
Renaud Capucon, Alina Ibragimoba, Gérard Caussé, Léa Hennino, Clemens Hagen
Radio France - 2021
Jean-Giuhen Queyras, Eva zavaro, Léa Hennino
The Pocket Gigs - 2022
Jonathan Fournel, Augustin Dumay, Marc Coppey, Léa Hennino
Munich - 2018
Mathilde Calderini, Sarah Verrue, Léa Hennino
London - 2018
Lawrence Power, Léa Hennino, Ting-Ru Lai, Timothy Ridout
Deauville - 2017
Amaury Coeteaux, Perceval Gilles, Léa Hennino, Victor Julien-Laferrière
Czech Republic - 2016
Léa Hennino, Orchestre symphonique de Hradec Kralove
Paris - 2017
Manuel Vioque Jude, Ilyia Gringolts, Léa Hennino, Barnabas Kelemen, Marc Coppey, Alexander Chaushian
Tourcoing - 2022
Alexis Kossenko, Daniel Sepec, Gilone Gaubert, Gautier Blondel, Léa Hennino, Christophe Coin
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