Adam Starkie

Clarinet and artistic direction

Adam Starkie is a clarinetist with a passion for New Music, dedicating his career to creating and performing contemporary works. His focus on innovation has led him to collaborate with composers and ensembles worldwide, premiering experimental music that challenges the norms of classical performance.

His career is marked by collaborations with ensembles like Ensemble Linea, Accroche Note, Ensemble Cairn, Ensemble Zellig, l'imaginaire, El Perro Andaluz, and Ensemble Lemnisacte premiering new works in festivals and concert halls across Europe, Asia, and North America.

Adam is also the co-founder and artistic director of lovemusic. The Strasbourg-based collective aims to work collaboratively with a diverse array of artists in order to create a repertoire representative of the eclectic tastes of the musicians that make up the collective. He received the Music Prize of the Académie Rhénane in 2023 for his contribution to New Music.

His discography includes plastic love by Santiago Díaz Fischer (NEOS), Corps by Raphaël Cendo (the fingerprint), Stillness by Aurélien Dumont (Odradek), and Articulated Sound Energy by Julien Maluasenna (enmossed).

Adam studied with Dov Goldberg (Psappha Ensemble) and Armand Angster (Accorche Note). He earned a Bachelors Degree and advanced diplomas in contemporary music and bass clarinet as well as a Master’s degree in musical interpretation from the Academy of Music of Strasbourg / Haute École des Arts du Rhin and his teaching diploma (Diplôme d’état).

Emiliano Gavito

Flute and artistic advisor

Emiliano has been interested in the performing arts since a very young age. In parallel to his his degree  in musical performance in flute and chamber music, he continued his studies of classical and contemporary dance whilst performing with several contemporary dance companies in  international festivals. A special interest for the interaction between the different performing arts  led him to follow an interdisciplinary (music-theater-dance) workshop (London's Gildhall School of Music and Drama) which pushed him to pursue his research on the boundaries between these three artistic disciplines.
In France, he graduated from the Strasbourg Conservatoire with a flute diploma, the perfectionnement diploma and the concert diploma in chamber music (class of Martin Gester and Armand Angster) as well as a  Diploma in Choreographic Studies. A particular interest in choreographic and musical practices of the 17th and 18th centuries and their parallels with modern practices, led him to pursue the diploma in baroque flute performance (with Nancy Hadden) and a training in baroque dance.
Holder of the French State Diploma in Specialized Music Education (DE), he has a major pedagogical activity in Alsace. Always on the lookout for new horizons, Emiliano’s artistic activity includes a wide range of performances and concerts in Mexico, the Netherlands, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom and France, with a particular interest in premiering the works of young composers. Having worked with artists from different disciplines and aesthetics has allowed him to have an exceptional openness to new artistic experiences. He is flautist, performer and co-founder of the collective lovemusic, which has allowed him to promote and create new repertoire while designing projects that stimulate a different approach  to the music of our days.

 Emily Yabe

violin - viola

Emily Yabe obtained a Bachelor of Music at the Toho Gauken School of Music in her home town of Tokyo, followed by postgraduate studies at the Hochschule für musik Dresden with diplomas in Orchestral music and a Soloist diploma with Prof. Ivan Ženatý, which she completed in 2012.

During her studies in Tokyo, she began working with contemporary artists. In 2002 she received the Scholarship Prize at the Darmstadt Summer Course. In 2008 she received the special prize for the best interpretation of a 20th century work at the International "Queen Sophie Charlotte" Competition and in 2010 the DAAD Prize. She was also a scholarship holder at the Hellerau Academy for Experimental Music Theatre 2010/11.

Emily has participated in master classes with Vadim Gluzman, Ulf Hoelscher, Kevork Mardirossian, Miklós Perényi, Benjamin Schmid, Thomas Brandis, Ensemble Modern and ensemble recherche.

She has worked with numerous contemporary artists and composers, including Mark Andre, Saskia Bladt, Adriana Hölszky, Sven-Ingo Koch, György Kurtág, Helmut Lachenmann, Helmut Oehring, Enno Poppe and Manos Tsangaris, and has given world premieres in Europe and Asia.

She has appeared as a soloist at the Munich Biennale, ECLAT Festival, Tonlagen-Hellerau, SPOR Festival in Aarhus, rainy days-Festival de musiques nouvelles in Luxembourg, at the Semperoper (Semper Zwei), at the Staatsoper Berlin in "Abstract Pieces", at the Deutsche Oper in "Underline" and at the Bayerische Staatsoper in "Tonguecat" from the Munich Opera Festival.

She is also a member of the ensembles El Perro Andaluz and tooperative.

Christian Lozano Sedano

guitar

Mexican guitarist Christian Lozano obtained his performance degree at the National Institute of Fine Arts in Mexico City’s Escuela Superior de Música with Leticia Alba. He then continued his studies with guitarist Juan Carlos Laguna. 
In 2006 he pursued his studies in Switzerland with guitarist Pablo Marquez at the Musik Akademie Basel where he obtained the Konzertdiplom as well as a Masters in Music Pedagogy. During his studies he was granted the prestigious “Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship”. 
Christian has participated in masterclasses and courses in early music, improvisation and contemporary music with renowned teachers such as Abel Carlevaro, Paul Galbraith, Stephan Schmidt, Hopkinson Smith, Eduardo Fernández, Magnus Anderson, Fred Frith, Marco Battaglia, Pablo Gómez and Mariano Martin.
He has performed in concert halls and festivals in Mexico, France, Germany, Switzerland and Paraguay.  In 2006 he performed the Paraguayan premier of the famous Concierto del Sur by the Mexican composer Manuel M. Ponce with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Asunción.
Currently based in Basel, Switzerland, he regularly performs as a soloist and with numerous chamber music ensembles. Alongside the classical guitar repertoire Christian Lozano has a special interest in the music from the 20th and 21st centuries.  Christian is also a professor at the Musik Akademie Basel. 

 Finbar Hosie

electronics, production and coordinator

Finbar Hosie, (1996, Salisbury, UK) is a Franco-British composer. He obtained his Bachelors at Brunel University London and received the Steve Thomas Memorial Prize for composition after graduating. Subsequently he obtained his DNSPM at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg and his Masters at the Académie Supérieure de Musique de Strasbourg (HEAR), during which he studied with Tom Mays, Daniel D'Adamo and Annette Schlünz. Finbar is interested in the phenomenological deconstruction of sound gesture, by working on the texture, the internal allure and the physicality of sound. His works can take fluid temporal and spatial forms and are often intersected by social and political questioning, notably his installations and transdisciplinary work. Finbar is currently based between Strasbourg and Gasgogne.

Finbar has recently joined love music’s team as electronics artist, and is on charge of production and technical assistance.

 Léa Legros Pontal

viola

Léa Legros Pontal, born 1988 in Marseille, is a freelance violist based in Bern. After a Bachelor's degree with honours at the CNSMD in Lyon (2012), she moved to Switzerland to complete her studies with a Performance Master's degree followed by an Orchestral Master's degree at the Musikhochschule Lucerne with Isabel Charisius and Sylvia Zucker.

Passionate about chamber music, Léa studied in the Ysaÿe Quartet’s class at the Paris Conservatory. She was also member of a flute, viola and harp trio for almost five years. She has performed at various festivals alongside Peter Bruns, Franz Helmerson and Isabel Charisius.

Léa regularly works with several orchestras such as the Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and the Festival Strings Lucerne.

She is also Principal Viola with the Camerata Ataremac (Lausanne). Since 2020 she is also a member of the Berner Kammerorchester (BKO).

Contemporary music and free improvisation are two important aspects of her musical activity. During her studies in Lyon she took part in improvisation classes directed by Henri-Charles Caget and Jean-Marc Foltz. Afterwards Léa continued receiving artistic advice from Garth Knox, Joëlle Léandre, Laurent Estoppey, Nils Wogram, Jacques Demierre, Lauren Newton and Gerry Hemingway.

Together with saxophonist Silke Strahl she founded the Klexs Duo, which won second prize at the 2019 Nicati Competition. She is also a member of Ensemble Nachhall (a quartet with Sara Käser-cello, Raphael Loher-piano and Silke Strahl), whose music fluctuates between free jazz and free improvisation.

Since her studies in Lyon Léa has also been very interested in early music. She chose this subject as a Minor for her first Master’s gaining a lot of experience. Since 2018 she has been studying barock viola with the violinist Sabine Stoffer at the Musikschule Bern. Léa performs regularly with the ensembles Arpa Festante (DE) and Chiave d'Arco (CH).

Léa teaches violin and viola at the music school Violin4all in Fribourg.

 Niamh Dell

oboe

Niamh Dell is an Australian oboist currently undertaking a PhD in contemporary performance research at the University of York. She completed her bachelor studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the University of Western Australia in 2016. In 2017/2018 Niamh was a member of the International Ensemble Modern Academy Masters programme in Frankfurt, Germany, and performed a vast range of contemporary chamber and orchestral repertoire in venues such as the Kölner Philharmonie, the Hessischer Rundfunk, the Deutschlandfunk, and the Alte Oper Frankfurt.

Niamh has learned from oboists including Christian Hommel, Alexandre Oguey and Elizabeth Chee, and taken part in masterclasses with artists such as Alexei Ogrintchouk (RCO), Emanuel Abbühl (LSO), and Diana Doherty (SSO). 

 Lola Malique

cello

In 2016, Lola Malique obtained a Masters degree in classical cello from the Haute Ecole de Musique in Lausanne in the class of François Salque, after having received a National Superior Professional Musician's Diploma and a Bachelor's degree at the Superior School of Seine-Saint-Denis in the class of Florian Lauridon. She has perfected herself with personalities like Philippe Muller, Sung Won Yang, the Manfred Quartet and the Voce Quartet as part of ProQuartet. Parallel to this instrumental training, she has had vocal training (jazz, French song) with Laura Littardi at the Cité des Arts in Paris.

She performs internationally as a soloist in Brazil (São Paolo, Rio de Janeiro) in 2017 then in Morocco (Oujda) in 2018 where she was artist in residence at the French Institute of Morocco.

Founding member of the ensemble 20 ° dans le Noir based in Paris, she develops and encourages the creation of new repertoire for cello and chamber music in collaboration with today's composers.

In 2017 she co-wrote and performed the music for Yoann Bourgeois' show, La Mécanique de l'Histoire au Panthéon as part of the Théâtre de la Ville.

She has been a guest musician with Ensemble Itinéraire, Soundinitiative, the cello ensemble of Paris and the Bloom Project.

She has composed the music for shows like "Au fond, la Chose", Ce que j'ai dans la vélo and MER with dancer Maud Miroux and works closely with Gatica. In 2020 she wrote the music for the shows Alice on the other side of the mirror for the company Alto and Insinuation for the dance company Trafic de Style.

In 2018, she joined collective lovemusic, a new music collective based in Strasbourg and got involved with them in various projects around the world (Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, England...).

In May 2019, Lola Malique released her first album, Le Meilleur Lit, distributed by Musicube. The release concert was held at the Basilica of Saint Denis as part of the Métis Festival, in partnership with the Centre des Monuments Nationaux. She has also performed at the Ars Musica Festival (Belgium), at the Détours de Babel festival (Grenoble), at the Musica festival (Strasbourg).

In 2020 she performed in duo in several places in France with the artist Anissa Nehari.

In 2023, she accompanies the Quebec writer Hélène Dorion on the cello on the occasion of the release of the collection of poetry "Mes forets", a work registered in the 2024 baccalaureate program.

Céline Papion

cello

Céline Papion is a curious and versatile artist - cellist, performer, concert designer and artistic director. She wanders between early and contemporary music as well as music theatre and free improvisation. Her work and commitment to the music of the 20th and 21st centuries was honoured in 2019 with the "Internationale Bodensee-Konferenz" award in the category of interpretation of contemporary music.

Céline trained in France with renowned cellists and teachers such as Raphaële Sémésiz, Hélène Dautry, Ophélie Gaillard and Philippe Müller. She then travelled to Germany, where she rounded off her training with Francis Gouton and Jean-Guihen Queyras. During her studies, she was a scholarship holder of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation Live Music Now. She later received further scholarships such as the INITIAL scholarship from the Akademie der Künste Berlin together with the composer Yiran Zhao (2021-22), the Goethe Institute scholarship (2022) and the Deutscher Musikrat scholarship (2023).

She initiates, conceives, performs and directs her own projects with a penchant for experimental and interdisciplinary formats, including the PUSS Festival (2017), OTTO (2018-19) and Sonic Ocean (2022).

Continuous exchange with composers and contemporary artists also plays an important role. Céline works closely with composers such as I-lly Cheng, Oliver S. Frick, Toshio Hosokawa, Steffen Krebber, Joseph Michaels and Yiran Zhao. She is a member of collective lovemusic, Reactive Ensemble, Ensemble il capriccio, and Stiftsbarock Stuttgart. She is a board member of the Stuttgart Collective for Current Music (Stuttgarter Kollektiv für aktuelle Musik) and co-director of the ensemble for free improvisation Open_Music. 

Céline has been a guest at international stages and festivals including Musik der Jahrhunderte Stuttgart, Theater Junges Ensemble Stuttgart, Theater Rampe Stuttgart, the "Musiktheaterformen" at Gare du Nord Basel, Sinuston Festival Magdeburg, EinTanzHaus Mannheim, Opera National du Rhin, Cité de la voix in Vezelay, the Music Series at NUI Maynooth and UCC Cork (Ireland) as well as the Música Hoje Bienale for New Music in Curitiba (Brazil). She was an artist-in-residence at the Borneo Laboratory (Malaysia, 2017), Theater Rampe Stuttgart (2020-21) and Treasure Hill Artist Village Taipei (Taiwan, 2022 & 2024).

 Célia Levasseur

production administration

Having grown up in an artistic and cultural environment, Célia Levasseur was naturally driven to support companies and artistic collectives in the management of their projects.

After obtaining Bachelor degrees in Law and Philosophy at the Panthéon Sorbonne University and Masters degrees in Teaching & Training and Administration of Music and Performing Arts at the University Saclay, she made her skills and knowledge available to several cultural structures (music, theatre, dance, audiovisual production, etc.).

Highly competent in administration, production and project management, she adapts to the needs of artists and companies she accompanies in order to allow them to develop their projects as well as possible. Versed in notions of employee rights, social justice, diversity and equity, she chooses the projects for which she works in a spirit of political engagement and the influence of these in her practice as well as in those of the structures with which she works.