Lauréats du Concours Riviera

Eléonore May

Eléonore May, born in 2008, studies classical guitar at the Conservatoire de la Broye in Sandro Pires’s class and is part of the Jeunes Talents Musique programme. She follows the Sport/Arts study programme at the Gymnase Auguste Piccard in Lausanne.

She was awarded First Prize with special commendation from the jury at the Concours de Musique Riviera in 2024, and again in 2026. She also received First Prize at the FORTE Competition in Brussels in 2024 and First Prize at the national final of the Concours Entrada in Zurich in 2025.

Gabrielle Jenni

Gabrielle Jenni, aged 11, has been studying the cello with Martin Reetz since the age of four. Passionate about her instrument, she enjoys exploring major works of the repertoire and taking on new musical challenges.

Since 2023, she has been part of the Swiss Confederation’s Jeunes Talents Musique programme. She has notably performed in a pre-concert at the Vevey Spring Classic and has won several first prizes at the Concours de Musique Riviera as well as at the Swiss Youth Music Competition.

She also took part in her first masterclass with Gautier Capuçon, a particularly significant experience in her young musical journey.

Outside music, Gabrielle enjoys tennis, reading, inventing stories and creating board games.

Kimia Corke

Kimia was born in Geneva in 2011. She began studying the violin at the age of four and made her first stage appearance shortly afterwards. Since 2021, she has been a student at the Zakhar Bron School of Music in Zurich.

Kimia is a prizewinner of numerous national and international competitions, often receiving first prize with distinction. Her achievements include awards at the Swiss Youth Music Competition in both the Solo and Chamber Music categories, as well as at the Concours Riviera, and at international competitions in France, Slovenia, Italy, Latvia, the Czech Republic and the United States. In July 2024, she won third prize at the Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition in Budapest, Hungary, as well as the Special Prize awarded by the Festival Academy Budapest for the best performance of a contemporary work, for Shlomo Mintz’s In Memory.

Whenever she has the opportunity, Kimia enjoys taking part in masterclasses with internationally renowned violinists such as Zakhar Bron, Ning Feng, Svetlana Makarova, Pavel Vernikov, Esther Hoppe, Oleg Kaskiev, Kirill Troussov and Vadim Gluzman. She particularly enjoys performing on stage as a soloist, as part of a chamber music ensemble or with an orchestra.

One especially memorable moment for her was performing with the Zagreb Chamber Orchestra at the age of eight. Since then, she has had the opportunity to appear as a soloist with several different orchestras, most recently in Moldova with the National Chamber Orchestra and the National Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestra, as well as in London with the Camerata Tchaikovsky Chamber Orchestra.

Since 2022, Kimia has played a violin made in Paris in 1755 by the luthier Pierre Le Pileur.

Trapèze Quartet

The Trapèze Quartet brings together Noham Marlève and Mathis Lesueur on violin, Kai Gatica-Petree on viola and Tobiah Marlève on cello. All four musicians come from the Conservatoire de Lausanne and are pursuing pre-professional musical training. Active in numerous projects, they regularly perform in orchestras and take part in various chamber music ensembles, as well as masterclasses and international festivals.

Long-time friends, they decided to form the quartet in 2021 under the guidance of Hans Egidi in order to deepen their experience and knowledge of chamber music. Their repertoire ranges from Handel and Shostakovich to traditional Scandinavian melodies, and their playing is characterised by a strong sense of musical complicity and cohesion.

They have performed notably in Hungary as part of the MusiColors Festival, in Cully at Lavaux Classic Off, and in several concert venues in the Lausanne region. Favouring a spirit of sharing rather than competition, the Trapèze Quartet above all seeks the pleasure of making music together, while maintaining a high level of artistic discipline and rigour.