About

Born in Nantes to Iranian parents, Roxana grew up surrounded by the whispers of the Atlantic Ocean and the poetry of Persian poetry. Her musical universe took a decisive turn when she discovered early music thanks to training with Amandine Beyer. This encounter changed the way she perceived the violin and led her to explore new sounds.

During her modern violin master's degree at the CNSMDP with Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian, Roxana enrolled in Christophe Robert's historical violin class. She joined the prestigious Les Arts Florissant ensemble, performing in the most renowned halls in the world, such as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Konzerthaus. Roxana also plays with renowned ensembles, including Le Poème Harmonique, Cappella Mediterranea and Le Concert Spirituel. With three years of experience as a quartet player with the Mona Quartet, she naturally continued her career as a chamber musician in early music. She can be found regularly on stage with ensembles such as Le Consort, Jupiter and Les Ombres. As first violin, she collaborated with the Il Caravaggio ensemble and performed as a soloist with Le Concert de la Loge.

As a versatile violinist, equally at home in baroque and modern repertoire, Yaoré collaborates with ensembles such as Le Concert Spirituel, Les Ombres, Le Poème Harmonique, the Finnish Baroque Orchestra, Barokksolistene, and Le Consort, with whom she recorded three albums. In 2022, she was selected for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Experience Scheme and joined the UK-based ensemble Arcangelo as a New Ensemblist, contributing to several recordings. She regularly performs as a soloist and chamber musician, notably with Les Nouveaux Caractères, and has appeared as a soloist in the UK, including a debut at Wigmore Hall alongside Lawrence Power as part of his Collegium project. Since 2017, she has also been the concertmaster of Orchestre Appassionato, performing both in orchestral and solo settings.

With her dual French and Hong Kong heritage, Yaoré grew up intimately with the concept of the duality of self, evident through the use of language, sound, and non-verbal communication. This led her naturally to a life filled with chamber music and remains to her the most vital of all musical means of expression—a space for dialogue and exchange, where sound becomes a means of communication beyond words. She plays on a Nicola Amati baroque violin from 1662 and a Martin Haupt modern violin made in 2017, both generously loaned by the Boubo-Music Foundation.

Suzanne Wolff studied both harpsichord and cello until the age of 15, when she chose to focus on the cello at the CRR in Paris, studying with Raphaël Pidoux and Marie-Paule Milone. A few years later, she joined Mats Lidström’s class at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 2020, she returned to France and decided to specialize in historical performance. This shift opened up new perspectives, allowing her to explore a wide repertoire in both chamber music and larger ensembles.

She trained in academies focused on professional development, including the Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes with Philippe Herreweghe, Amandine Beyer, Julien Chauvin, and Christophe Coin, as well as at Royaumont with Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas and Véronique Gens. She also collaborated with ensembles such as Le Concert Spirituel, Les Ombres (JOR 2023), and Le Caravansérail (Volez Zéphyr CMBV 2023), among others. Alongside these experiences, she is performing with renowned groups including Les Arts Florissants, The Consort, Les Épopées, Il Caravaggio, and the Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal de Versailles. Passionate about chamber music, she founded the trio sonata ensemble The Banshies in 2023, which has been taking part in Ambronay’s Eeemerging programme from 2024.

Trained with Aline Zylberajch in Strasbourg and Francesco Corti at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Louise is the winner of several international prizes, including the International Bach-Wettbewerb Competition in Leipzig, the La Cappella Musicale competition in Milan, and the Corneille Competition in Rouen, which she won in 2018, with the Pimodan Prize. Louise is also a laureate of the Fondation Royaumont, the Fondation Boubo Music, the Association Jeunes Talents, and the Fondation Walter & Christen-Marchal, for which she was awarded a prize for her Master's thesis on harpsichord posture. She indeed worked with physiotherapists for musicians during her Master's degree in pedagogy.

As a soloist, Louise is regularly invited to perform at festivals such as Bel-Air Claviers, Oude Muziek in Utrecht, L'Entracte in Sablé, and Cembalo in der Stadt Basel. Also highly regarded as a continuo player, Louise performs with ensembles such as Le Concert de la Loge, Pygmalion, Jupiter, La Chapelle Harmonique, and Masques. In 2025, Louise will release her first solo album of 17th-century French and English music on the Alpha Classics label.