Trio Chausson

Matthieu Handtschoewercker (violin)
Antoine Landowski (violoncello)
Boris de Larochelambert (piano)

Inspired by Ernest Chausson's stirring and at the same time sparkling music, which is significantly characteristic for an important era of the French art, the ensemble gave its very first concert in the course of the festival de Clairac. This was the beginning of the Trio Chausson's successful career. Trio Chausson gave numerous concerts in Europe, the United States and Brazil. Within the series Rising Stars, the trio has performed in major European concert halls as well as the Carnegie Hall New York.

They gave highly successful concerts at festivals as La Folle Journée de Nantes, La Roque d'Anthéron, Philharmonie and Salle Gaveau in Paris, Colmar Festival, Herkulessaal in Munich... They lately appeared in Frankfurt, Munich, Venice, Metz, Clermont-Ferrand, Paris and played the first performance of the Triple Concerto by Chausson/Mathieu Lamboley with the Orchestre d’Auvergne and a number of concerts of this composition in France. Forthcoming highlights of the trio are concerts in Paris Philharmonie and Opera comique, Festival des forêts, Pontlevoy, Nancy and Wiesloch among others.

Boris de Larochelambert and Antoine Landowski studied individually at the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP)  and had chamber music classes with Pierre-Laurent Aimard together. After graduating they continued studying under Claire Désert, Ami Flammer and Alain Meunier.  Admitted to the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA), which supports young and aspiring cutting edge ensembles, the trio subsequently gained important impulses by collaborating with significant chamber musicians such as Hatto Beyerle, Anner Bylsma, Gérard Wyss, Eckart Heiligers, Shmuel Ashkenazy, Rainer Kussmaul and Johannes Meissl. Especially by Hatto Beyerle the Trio was intensely fostered.

The Trio Chausson drew the attention as the winner of the International Chamber Music Competition Joseph Joachim in Weimar 2005 as well as laureate of the Joseph Haydn Competition Vienna 2004. Owing to these outstanding results, the French Association for Artistic Action (AFAA) chose the Trio to participate in its "Déclic" programme in 2005, which includes a live recording at Radio France and international concert tours. The Trio also received grants from the Société Générale and the ADAMI.

Mirare Records has released seven CDs by Trio Chausson which garnered great acclaim. The Trio Chausson received the Gramophone Editor's Choice of the month for their Haydn & Hummel album.

Season 2023/24

Joë Christophe | clarinet

At only twenty-five, Joë Christophe brilliantly won the first prize as well as six special prizes at the famous ARD International Music Competition in Munich in 2019. He has already been invited by many orchestras and festivals to perform in Europe’s most prestigious halls.

Award-winner of the Festival Musical dʼAutomne des Jeunes Interprètes 2017 and the Safran Foundation for Music 2018, first prize at the Cluj International Music Competition (Romania) in 2019, he graduated with honours in 2020 from the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in the classes of Philippe Berrod and Arnaud Leroy.

 Featuring in the famous program Stars von Morgen in 2020, hosted by Rolando Villazón, Joë Christophe is also participating in the 2021 prestigious programme Debüt on the German public radio station Deutschlandfunk Kultur. 

His brilliant start to his career led him to perform as a soloist with such renowned orchestras as the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Münchner Kammerorchester and Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Collegium Musicum Basel, Philharmonie Südwestfalen, Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Toulon, Orchestre de la Garde républicaine.

He discovers some of the most prestigious concert halls, such as the Philharmonie de Paris, Wiener Musikverein and Konzerthaus, Kölner Philharmonie, Berliner Konzerthaus and Philharmonie, Munich Prinzregententheater and Herkulessaal, Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg, Tokyo International Forum. 

He also performs at numerous festivals as a chamber musician, such as Davos, Nouveaux Horizons, Radio France Montpellier Occitanie, Sonates d'Automne etc. 

His first album 'Idylle', which he recorded with pianist Vincent Mussat and the German label Genuin Classics, explores the beautiful colours, deep feelings and humour of the French and English repertoire for clarinet and piano.

Since 2022, Joë Christophe is a laureate of the Banque Populaire Foundation.

Being a native of a small village in the north of France, Joë started to learn the clarinet at the age of seven with Adrien Delattre thanks to a free of charge music school. Furthering his studies in Valenciennes and Paris with Caroline Delmotte and Olivier Derbesse, he then entered the CNSM of Paris in 2015 to study under Philippe Berrod, principal clarinet of the Orchestre de Paris, as well as his colleague Arnaud Leroy.

Season 2022/23