Guest Artist Recital

Join acclaimed saxophonist Nicolas Arsenijevic and pianist Lise Charrin for an evening of breathtaking music! Known for his captivating sound and extraordinary technique, Arsenijevic blends classical precision with modern flair and brings a fresh and electrifying energy to every stage.

Meet the Artist

Nicolas Arsenijevic is one of the most talented saxophonists of his generation. He graduated from the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP) in Claude Delangle’s class in 2016. For several years, he has been paying his divided attention to contemporary creations, original as well as transcribed compositions, traditional music or even musical theatre.

A multiple prizewinner in numerous international competitions, such as the Gap European Saxophone Competition (France, 2008), the Nova Gorica International Saxophone Competition (Slovenia, 2011), the Chieri International Competition (Italy, 2011), the Flaine Academy (France, 2012), the Andorra SaxFest International Competition (2015), the prestigious Adolphe Sax International Competition (Dinant, Belgium, 2014), he regularly performs in Paris (Musée Jacquemart-André, Salle Cortot, Théâtre du Châtelet) and throughout Europe (The Netherlands, Scotland, Slovenia, Italy, Serbia, Montenegro) teaching a number of masterclasses on the spot as well.

A member of several chamber ensembles (Quatuor Laloy, the Saxback Ensemble, the Kosmopolitevitch Orkestar, The Oct’opus Ensemble), Nicolas Arsenijevic devotes part of his time to contemporary creation. His work with young composers at IRCAM (Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music) and CNSMDP (the Paris Conservatoire) has produced original compositions like Four Bodies in Search of an Author that was created in Paris in 2014.

Nicolas Arsenijevic is a Selmer Paris artist and has been a laureate of the Cziffra Foundation since 2013.

Nicolas Arsenijevic has just been appointed professor of saxophone at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP). He takes over from the great saxophonist and pedagogue, Claude Delangle.

Lise Charrin

Born in 1986 in the center of France, Lise Charrin studied the piano in the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with famous French pianists Bruno Rigutto, Anne Queffélec and Franck Braley. She obtained a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degrees, followed by a high teaching diploma.

As a soloist or in chamber music, she has given concerts in prestigious places such as the Chopin festivals in Paris and Nohant, the Petit Palais and the National Archives (Paris), or the San Luigi Del Francese Cathedral in Rome.

At the same time, she explores other paths and participates in numerous transversal projects, in plays directed by the renowned French director Jean Bellorini (French national theaters of Toulouse, Rennes, Nantes) or in the show Opus Lunae around the archetypal figure of “Pierrot in the Moonlight”, between chamber opera and musical theater (“Flâneries Musicales de Reims”, National Theater of Luxembourg, Radio France).

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