Constantly searching to broaden his artistic prisma, Noé Nillni, « whose playing is brilliant » (Diapasonweb, july 2017), currently tries to be active in all kinds of musical fields. After being graduated with distinction from the 'Conservatoire de Paris' (CNSMDP), and studying one year with Prof. William Forman in Berlin (Germany, Hochschule für Musik ‘Hanns Eisler’), Noé is now completing his final Master studies with Alexandre Baty. Since october 2019, he is a permanent member of the Basel Sinfonietta (Switzerland), and is a regular guest in several types of ensembles and orchestras, bringing him to collaborate with - to name a few - the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Paris and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester in Berlin (as guest principal trumpet), as well as with specialized ensembles such as the Klangforum Wien, Ensemble intercontemporain (Paris), Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt), L’Itinéraire, Ensemble Alternance, ensemble unitedberlin, Ars Nova… but also with the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris, Les Siècles, and Le Cercle de l’Harmonie (on periodic instruments). Very committed to chamber music, Noé is constantly trying to find more space for the trumpet inside small groups or ensembles, with all kinds of instruments. That leads him to work with several composers of today, and to find his own identity of sound to serve musical and artistic creation.

Alpha has been a noted reference in the world of classical music since its inception twelve years ago. Today, the label is broadening its horizons, welcoming outstanding new artists and opening its doors to an array of innovative projects.

Vocal repertoire becomes a major focus of the new ALPHA: Véronique Gens has just recorded a recital of French songs with Susan Manoff as part of an ongoing collaboration with the label. The baritone Georg Nigl also joins Alpha. He will collaborate with Andreas Staier on a Bach album. The new generation is represented by Gaëlle Arquez and the soprano Mari Eriksmoen. She will record a programme of songs by Grieg, Strauss and Wolf in April in the framework of the partnership between ALPHA and the Academy of the Aix-en-Provence Festival.

Outstanding instrumental soloists have also signed with ALPHA: the pianist Anna Vinnitskaya presents the Shostakovich concertos with Kremerata Baltica. Others will be announced soon.

Collaborations with major orchestras are being finalised, but we can announce multi-year projects with Hervé Niquet and with Le Concert Spirituel (Vivaldi Gloria & Magnificat for double choir to be released this fall). Equally noteworthy are the Beethoven symphonies recorded by Martin Haselböck and the Wiener Akademie in the halls where they were first performed.

ALPHA is also expanding its chronological scope, since the label is launching a series with the Ensemble Intercontemporain and Matthias Pintscher and will release a program by Peter Eötvös. For the twentieth century, Arthur Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher has just appeared, with an incredibly intense narrator, the actress Marion Cotillard.

As part of the new series ALPHA OPERA, a DVD collection has been created in conjunction with major institutions such as the THEATRE ROYAL DE LA MONNAIE in Brussels and the Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles, featuring top ensembles including Les Talens Lyriques under Christophe Rousset and Le Concert Spirituel under Hervé Niquet (Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse by Boismortier, directed by Corinne et Gilles BENIZIO, aka SHIRLEY & DINO).

ALPHA remains faithful to the artists who have made its history and its reputation. Vincent Dumestre and Le Poème Harmonique will present a disc of Airs de Cour in the autumn. Bruno Cocset has recorded a second volume of works by Barrière, and Olivier Fortin, Alexis Kossenko, Lucille Boulanger, Arnaud de Pasquale, Céline Frisch and Café ZIMMERMANN will also offer new releases. The ambitious Haydn 2032 project continues under the direction of Giovanni Antonini, while the ‘Château de Versailles’ collection presents recordings of Campra and Leclair by Olivier Schneebeli and Sébastien d’Hérin respectively.

In order to strenghten the label on the international scene, ALPHA will bring together all its house artists with those who recorded for ZIG-ZAG TERRITOIRES. This merger will make for greater coherence among the 600 recordings in the existing catalogues (especially in the field of early music, the strong point of both labels) and the new releases. By the end of 2015 ALPHA will thus offer a chance to renew acquaintance with such major artists as the Belcea Quartet, Doulce Mémoire and Denis Raisin Dadre, Nelson Goerner in Chopin, Tedi Papavrami in Bartók, Amandine Beyer, Mario Ceccato, and Alexei Lubimov and many others. Another highlight of the year is the seventieth birthday of Jos Van Immerseel: with Anima Eterna Brugge, he will present a magnificent Schubertiade as well as a symphonic programme with Janácek and Dvoràk.

Since December 1st 2014, the label is directed by Didier Martin.

Elizabeth Kenny is one of Europe’s leading lute players. Equally at home in solo. chamber music and the opera house, she combines a love of the lute repertoire with a flair for imaginative collaborations that enrich an unusually varied performing life.

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The Paris Conservatoire (Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris) offers specialised tuition and professional training at the highest level in music, dance, and sound technologies. The school’s 1300 students coming from over 40 countries are taught by 400 outstanding artists from around the world. Fully engaged on the national and international stage, the Conservatoire showcases some 300 musical and choreographic performances each year, and its graduates engage in rich and varied careers in all areas of the musical and choreographic world. 
Setting up its own record label Initiale, the Paris Conservatoire allows a large audience to discover first recordings by some of its most promising students. The catalogue will include all repertoires, from ancient to contemporary music and jazz.

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