THE MUSICIANS
Emilie Aridon-Kociołek
Piano
Introduced to music at an early age by her family, Emilie Aridon showed an obvious talent for the piano and gave her first recital in the Polish town of Zywiec at the age of 9.
At the age of 12, she entered the Conservatoire Régional de Paris in Pierre Reach's class. At just 14, she obtained her Diplôme d'Etudes Musicales and joined Denis Pascal's class at the Conservatoire de Rueil. At the same time, she took chamber music classes at the Paris Conservatoire with Paul Meyer and Eric le Sage. In 2010, Emilie Aridon was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in Michel Béroff' s class, where she studied with such artists as Claire Désert, Bertrand Chamayou, Marc Coppey and Romano Pallottini.
She has won numerous national and international competitions in France and abroad, and has chosen to play the widest possible repertoire, ranging from baroque music to contemporary music, in which she has a keen interest.....
A keen chamber musician, she performs in duo with her twin sister, pianist Juliette Aridon, as well as with her fellow students at the Paris Conservatoire, pianists Julie Alcaraz and Esther Assuied.
Alongside her classical career, Emilie Aridon is also a pianist and arranger with Quinteto Respiro.
Adrien Merahi
Electric guitar
Born in Paris in 1985, Adrien Merahi began playing the guitar at the age of seven with his father, a great music lover. He then entered the Champigny-sur-Marne Municipal Conservatory of Music, where he discovered the different aspects of classical guitar and was introduced to jazz. In 2001, he was admitted to the Ecole Nationale de Musique de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, where he was unanimously awarded a gold medal. Adrien Merahi went on to perfect his musical expression and sense of melody at the CRD d'Argenteuil, where he won a chamber music prize. In 2004, he won the René Bartoli national competition, and in 2008, the Montigny-le-Bretonneux competition.
Adrien Merahi draws his inspiration from everything he meets, from classical music to tango, jazz, pop, Spanish music, electronic music and composition (editing music for Le Mouv).
Transmission is also a major element of his work. Every week he meets up with future musicians studying at the conservatoire, who learn with him about their passion for music and discover a means of expression.
Passionate about South American music and in search of new experiences, in 2014 he joined forces with pianist Mathieu Cepitelli in a rare duo paying tribute to the urban music of Buenos Aires, the tango.
In 2015, Adrien joined the Quinteto Emedéa, the fruit of the meeting of five musicians who share a passion and a common ambition: to rediscover the music of Astor Piazzolla.
Carmela Delgado
Bandoneon
"Today one of the leading figures in the tango revival." La Terrasse
At 30 years old, Carmela Delgado is engaged in numerous projects, encounters, and musical journeys.
As a soloist and chamber musician, she specializes in and explores a wide range of genres such as Tango, Argentine Folklore, Flamenco, and even song.
She performs as a soloist in renowned venues (Strasbourg Opera, La Filature in Mulhouse, Rennes Opera, etc.) in repertoires like "Maria de Buenos Aires" (Piazzolla) produced by the National Opera of the Rhine, "Misatango" (Martin Palmeri) with various choirs in France and Germany, "Y Borges cuenta que…" (Bacalov)… She is invited by numerous ensembles to perform, including the Brittany Orchestra, 2E2M, L'orchestre Lutetia...
As a chamber musician, she co-founded the Cuarteto Lunares at the age of 19. This demanding ensemble is exclusively dedicated to promoting contemporary authors and tango. Their first album "A horas trucas," recorded in the Netherlands under the "Silvox" label, earned them an invitation to the prestigious program "Génération jeunes interprètes" on France Musique, as well as several tours and concerts in Argentina, the Netherlands, and numerous French festivals.
She made her entrance into the professional world in 2011 with the grand Orchestra of Juan José Mosalini, with whom she performed in Europe's most prestigious venues (Elbphilharmonie, Konzerthaus in Vienna and Berlin, Teatre Grec in Barcelona, Tonhalle in Düsseldorf...). In the same year, she joined the Orquesta Silbando, which celebrates traditional tango as well as many personal arrangements. After three albums and over a hundred concerts, Silbando is now recognized as one of the essential typical orchestras on the European scene.
She is sought after for various projects that lead her to explore multiple musical styles: Canailles de Panam, a formation based in Germany, draws its repertoire from the great figures of French chanson and tours between France, Germany, and China; she co-founded the Argentine Folklore group "Escamas de Plata de Oro" with Aurélie Gallois and Juan-Cruz Suárez; furthermore, her father, the Flamenco guitarist Manuel Delgado, invites her to record in his albums "Soleado" and "Bella mar" and to accompany him in his numerous concerts in France and internationally.
Carmela Delgado was born into a family of musicians in 1991 in Paris. She began playing the bandoneon at the age of 8 at the Conservatoire de Gennevilliers and trained with Juan-José Mosalini from the age of 12. She studied under many tango and instrument references such as Roger Helou, Ramiro Gallo, Santiago Segret, Carlos Corrales, Juanjo Mosalini, among others.
Lysandre Donoso
Bandoneon
Winner of several international competitions, Lysandre Donoso is pursuing a career as a soloist and is regularly invited by orchestras such as the National Orchestra of France, the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Toulouse Capitole Orchestra, and more. He performs in Europe's most prestigious venues including the Royal Albert Hall (London), Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg), Salle Pleyel (Paris), Bozar (Brussels), Cité de la Musique (Paris), and Berlin Konzerthaus.
He began his studies at the Conservatoire de Lyon at the age of 6. Nurtured by his diverse heritage—Latin American music through his Chilean father and the bandoneon inherited from his Polish grandfather—he developed a passion for Tango and Argentine music, quickly becoming an expert. He joined the Rotterdam Conservatoire (Codarts) under the guidance of Gustavo Beytelmann and Víctor Villena. Alongside his studies, he engaged in numerous professional experiences, including the Silbando orchestra, the Octetology ensemble, the Emedea quintet, the Sónico ensemble, the Caliente quartet, and the grand orchestra of Juan José Mosalini, among others.
Lysandre has now become a tango reference and one of the most sought-after bandoneonists in Europe. He is a leading expert on Astor Piazzolla's music due to his significant research, transcription, and editing work on Piazzolla's lost or forgotten works. He was awarded the Best Bandoneonist prize at the competition organized by the Astor Piazzolla Foundation in 2021.
His discography is extensive, with contributions in recordings of various styles: classical music ("Rendez-vous with Martha Argerich" with violinist Michael Guttman), French chanson (upcoming albums with singer Juliette and the group Les Ogres de Barback), jazz (Lalo Zanelli, Jean-Michel Proust), in addition to tango. He has been invited to perform at internationally renowned festivals such as Odessa Classics, Martha Argerich Festival (Hamburg), Tango Weekend at the Philharmonie (Paris), Tango BA Festival y Mundial (Buenos Aires), Trans-Siberian Art Festival (Novosibirsk), Pietrasanta in Concerto, Crans-Montana Classics. He has also played in Japan, South Korea, Colombia, Canada, and more.
Aurélie Gallois
Violin
Aurélie Gallois is a Parisian violinist who has been playing the violin since a young age. The richness of her playing and tone has been shaped by her openness to the world and its various musical cultures, transitioning from classical to baroque, and eventually specializing in Argentine music, tango, and popular genres.
At the conservatory, she earned her 1st Prize in Violin and Chamber Music unanimously (2003) and received honors in various competitions (Bellan, Nérini, UFAM, etc.). Aurélie then specialized in early music, obtained her Diploma of Musical Studies (DEM), and joined the Concertiste cycle in baroque violin in Paris.
Her encounter with Tango was decisive in her journey: a true passion that led her to create her own group, CUARTETO LUNARES, for which she writes all the arrangements, thus giving it a unique sound.
Mathias Naon
Violin
Coming from a family of Argentine musicians, Mathias Naon is a violinist, composer, and arranger. He's a curious and versatile artist who has engaged in and studied a diverse range of disciplines, from violin and orchestral conducting to composition, orchestration, and musicology, within institutions like the National Superior Conservatory of Music in Paris and the Superior Pole of Paris-Boulogne. He has become a reference in contemporary tango, exploring both the most traditional aspects of the genre and its modern accents.
He co-founded the Quinteto Emedea, a traditional tango quintet, and the octet Octetology, dedicated to Astor Piazzolla's legendary Octeto Buenos Aires. He also co-founded the trio Tasis, for which he composes and arranges. In 2022, he created the artist collective Fonica • TM.
In 2020, he joined the Juanjo Mosalini quintet, a significant figure in contemporary bandoneon playing, as well as "Ikosikainagone," a large ensemble focused on improvised music.
In 2010, he co-founded the Cuarteto and Orquesta Silbando, ensembles dedicated to promoting and bringing a new identity to tango from both the past and present. He performs as a violinist in these ensembles and also contributes arrangements and transcriptions. With two albums to its credit ("Stereo" (2012), "Manos Arriba" (2015)), Silbando has performed extensively throughout Europe and Argentina.
In 2015, he co-founded the Quinteto Emedea, a traditional tango quintet devoted to revitalizing the music of Astor Piazzolla.
He's regularly invited by various tango ensembles: Orquesta Tanguísimo, TaXXI Tango XXI, Diagonal ensemble, Trio Astoria, and more. The Cuarteto Lunares enlisted him to direct the recording of the album "A Horas Truncas" (2015).
Mathias Naon has shared the stage and collaborated with renowned artists such as Juan-José Mosalini, Víctor Villena, Roger Helou, Ramiro Gallo, William Sabatier, Cyril Garac, Alejandro Schwarz, Fernando Fiszbein, Ivo De Greef, Lysandre Donoso, Carmela Delgado, Aurélie Gallois, Chloë Pfeiffer, Lucas Frontini, and many more.
He has performed for over ten years throughout Europe and Argentina, in prestigious venues and festivals including the Théâtre du Châtelet, Grand Place in Brussels, Bijloke festival, Ile de France festival, Cabaret Sauvage, Divan du Monde, Filature de Mulhouse, Paris Banlieues Tango festival, Historische Stadthalle in Wuppertal, Teatro San Martín in Buenos Aires, and Studio de l'Ermitage.
Mathias Naon started as a conductor before dedicating himself exclusively to tango. He trained at the National Superior Conservatory of Music in Paris and the Superior Pole of Paris (PSPBB), under professors such as Philippe Ferro and Nicolas Brochot. He received guidance from personalities like Gianluigi Gelmetti (Accademia Chigiana in Siena), Jorma Panula, and Alan Gilbert. He was co-director of the Sinfonia Pop Orchestra from 2010 to 2012, an orchestra devoted to film music. He served as the musical director of the symphonic orchestra Musiques en Seine from 2011 to 2012. He has conducted numerous orchestras and ensembles including Court-Circuit, 2E2M, Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre d'Harmonie des Gardiens de la Paix, Orchestre de la Police Nationale, Orchestre de l'Académie Chigiana de Sienne, Orchestre du CNSMDP, and Orchestre du PSPBB.
Born in 1988, he holds a degree in Musicology, a DNSPM in Orchestral Conducting (equivalent to a bachelor's degree), and awards in analysis, harmony, counterpoint, and orchestration from the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique de Paris.
He regularly teaches tango in Master Classes, such as the Tango Workshop Tarbes.
Gersende Perini
Cello
Coming from a family of musicians, Gersende Perini began studying piano and cello at the age of five. She earned her conservatory awards at the CRR (Regional Conservatory) of Rueil Malmaison under the guidance of Véronique Marin, and then further refined her skills for two years with Emmanuelle Bertrand.
Alongside her classical training, Gersende became interested in Argentine tango, which she studied in the orchestra class of Juanjo Mosalini at the CRD (Departmental Conservatory) of Gennevilliers. Driven by her passion for chamber music, she immersed herself in this style and created an original ensemble, the Cuarteto Lunares. With the Cuarteto Lunares, she recorded a debut album, "A Horas Truncas," and performed in festivals in France and abroad.
Lucas Eubel Frontini
Double Bass
Lucas Eubel-Frontini was born in Argentina, the son of a jazz singer and a piano enthusiast. Growing up in a musically eclectic environment, he began playing the electric bass as a self-taught musician on an instrument he built himself at the age of 15.
A few years later, at the age of 23, he started his studies in double bass with Roberto Tormo, a renowned Argentine double bassist and student of François Rabbath. The following year, he joined the Orquesta Típica Imperial, with which he toured Europe and performed in some of the continent's most prestigious concert halls and milongas. He also recorded an album with this ensemble titled "Concentracion Troileana" and the soundtrack for the documentary film "El Último Aplauso," directed by Germán Krall.
In 2006, Lucas moved to France to continue his musical studies at the Regional Conservatory of Toulouse under the guidance of Valérie Petite, the principal double bassist of the National Orchestra of Bordeaux. Simultaneously, he pursued an advanced program at the Music'halle school of contemporary music and jazz in Toulouse. He graduated with top honors in 2008 from the Conservatory of Toulouse.
After further studies at the "Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance" in London, where he obtained his Bachelor with Honours in Classical Double Bass in 2013, he settled in Paris, where he currently resides. Lucas regularly works as an independent musician in Paris and performs with ensembles such as Quinteto Emedea and Orquesta Silbando, Cuarteto Lunares, TaXXI (Tango XXI). He also collaborates regularly with Orquesta Silencio, Orchestre Tanguísimo, Collective Roulotte Tango, Juan José Mosalini, and William Sabatier, among other formations dedicated to Argentine music.