Jonathan Kaslow

French harpist Hélène Breschand (given birth to 1966) dips her feet in both modern repertoire and free of charge improvisation. Active because the past due ’80s, she functions mainly in the Parisian picture. Raised in a family group of painters thinking about avant-garde artwork, she had an opportunity to are exposed to modern music at a age group. Over time spent playing the recorder, she produced her debut in the harp at age group 13 and began to regular the conservatory. In 1984 she examined with Pierre Janet on the Académie de Harpe (Paris). After four many years of research with Brigitte Sylvestre she gained a silver medal and a award of excellence in the conservatory. By the first 1990s she was immersed within a profession in songs, dealing with composers Luciano Berio and Emmanuel Nunes (amongst others), playing in the brand new music ensemble Laborintus as well as the orchestra Transes Européennes. Her ending up in clarinetist Sylvain Kassap opened up her towards the artwork of free of charge improvisation, a place she felt prepared to explore since her primary passions as an interpreter of modern works mainly resided in loose compositional structures. Her debut single record as an interpreter, Harpiste, arrived in the In Situ label in 1999. 2 yrs afterwards For 4 Ears released L’Intense, a free of charge improv program with Michel Doneda and Gérard Zbinder. She also performs in little groupings with Sophie Agnel, Jean-Marc Montera, Didier Petit, Henri Tournier, and Gérard Bucquet.