Emile Naoumoff was born in Sofia, Bulgaria on February twentieth, 1962 . He began to play the piano at the age of five, and started composing his own music a year later.  At the age of eight, after a fateful meeting in Paris, he became Nadia Boulanger’s last disciple.  He studied with her until her death in 1979.   During this auspicious apprenticeship, Mademoiselle Boulanger gave Emile the opportunity to work with Clifford Curzon,  Igor Markevitch, Robert  and Gaby Casadesus, Nikita Magaloff, Jean Francaix, Leonard Bernstein, and Yehudi Menhuin.   Lord Menhuin conducted the premiere of Emile’s first piano concerto, with the composer as a soloist when he was ten years old.  At the same time, Emile pursued studies at the Paris Conservatory with Lelia Gousseau, Pierre Sancan, Genevieve Joy-Dutilleux, as well as at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris with Pierre Dervaux.

Upon the death of Mlle. Boulanger, Emile took part of the instruction of some of her classes at the summer sessions of the Conservatoire d’Art Americain in Fontainebleau, which she co founded  in 1921.  At the same time, he developed a career as a published composer, (Schott; Mainz, Germany) and as a piano soloist while teaching at the Paris Conservatory.  Some highlights of his performing career include a performance of the Grieg Concerto with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, and a performance of his own piano concerto version of Moussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. under the baton of Mstislav Rostropovich.

Just as Mlle. Boulanger, the last disciple of Gabriel Faure, felt the need to pass the torch to Emile, Emile feels compelled to share what he learned from her with the next generation.  In 1996, he opened his own summer academy at the Chateau de Rangiport in Gargenville, France.  In 1998 he accepted an associate piano professorship at Indiana University, in Bloomington.

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Jacques SAINT-YVES, est ne a Paris en 1968.
Il debute ses etudes musicales aupres d’Alfred Loewenguth, puis entre au Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris en 1977.

Il y poursuit des etudes superieures jusqu’en 1987 dans les classes instrumentales (violon, musique de chambre …), mais egalement dans les classes d’ecriture (Harmonie, contrepoint, fugue…). Plusieurs premiers prix lui seront decernes.

Il se perfectionne aupres de P. Doukan, J. Mouilliere, J.J. Kantorow… Il entame a partir de 1987 une carriere de concertiste, soliste ou partenaire de musique de chambre, aupres de musiciens francais et etrangers ( M. Drobinsky, B. Pasquier, G. Poulet, M.C. Alain, T. Escaich, A. Ijoir...)

Il travaille regulierement avec l’A.F.A.A., dans le cadre de missions a l’etranger, recitals, concerts avec orchestre, Master class, pour rencontrer des musiciens et futurs musiciens de ces pays (Europe de l’est, Taiwan, Japon, Amerique du sud…)

Son repertoire s’etend de la periode baroque aux creations contemporaines.

Violon, solo de l’ensemble 2E2M, de 1993 a 1998, sous la direction de Paul Mefano, il participe a de nombreuses creations mondiales. Il est le dedicataire de certaines d’entre elles.

Soucieux d’aborder la scene sous un angle parfois different du concert traditionnel, il travaille avec Mireille Larroche en 1996, a l’elaboration d’un spectacle musical au sein de la peniche Opera, mettant en scene les 24 caprices de Paganini pour violon, en tant qu’auteur et interprete.

Il poursuit parallelement depuis 1993, une intense demarche pedagogique, responsable de formation professionnelle dans les classes de violon, musique de chambre, ecriture et analyse musicale…, au sein de l’Universite Paris-Sorbonne, C.N.R. d’Aubervilliers, CNR de Saint-Maur, Ville de Paris. Il est frequemment charge de missions au Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris.

Il est directeur de Collection, violon et musique de chambre, dans le cadre des Editions Billaudot.

Il a recu en 1996, le prix George Enesco, decerne par la S.A.C.E.M. qui recompense tous les deux ans, l’ensemble de l’activite internationale d’un violoniste francais.

Sa rencontre pendant l’ete 2003, avec le pianiste, compositeur et pedagogue, Emile Naoumoff, lui tient particulierement a c?ur, rencontre creatrice de projets artistiques et pedagogiques.

An active concert artist, Daniel Rubenstein performed in Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Turkey, Israel, Brazil, Japan and South Korea, appearing as soloist or in chamber music recitals in important Concert Halls such as the Manuel De Falla Auditorium (Granada), the National Concert Hall (Dublin), the CRR Concert Series (Istanbul), Minato Mirai Chamber Music Hall (Yokohama) among others.

First Prize winner of National Competitions, graduated with high Distinction from the Royal Music Conservatory of Brussels and the Indiana University (Bloomington - USA), he gave his first concert as soloist at the age of 15 with the National Orchestra of Belgium conducted by Mendi Rodan.
Heappeared as guest soloist with the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Ireland (RTE-Dublin), Wallonia Chamber Orchestra, Cascais & Oerais Chamber Orchestra (Portugal), Radio Symphony Orchestra of Belgium and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders and has collaborated in chamber music ensembles together with international artists in a repertoire of already more than 100 works.  

Member of the Mahler Piano Quartet, the Guarneri String Trio, the Ensemble Mendelssohn, he serves also as Concertmaster of the Waterloo Soloists. Collaborating with nowadays composers, he has created already more than 15 solo and chamber music works.

His violin CD includes the album “Suites & Partitas of Modern Times” (Talent Record) as well as Tchaikovsky ‘Souvenir de Florence’, Dvorak 1st piano Quintet and Bach Concerto for 2 violins (Contreclisse). As a violist, Ichec has published the Sinfonia Concertante with violinist Jerrold Rubenstein, and he also recorded Chausson Piano Quartet (Talent).

Daniel Rubenstein is Violin Visiting-professor and Viola Professor at the Royal Music Conservatory of Mons (Belgium) as well as Assistant-professor of Chamber Music at the Royal Music Conservatory of Brussels.
In addition, he is professor at the ‘Eugene Ysaye Institute of Music’ (Brussels) where he teaches violin, viola and chamber music, and has conducted master-classes in Belgium, France, Tunisia, South Korea and Japan.

More info at www.danielrubenstein.com