Picnic music

Daphne Souvatzi, mezzo-soprano, trained at the C.R.R. in Paris and obtained a degree in Musicology at the Sorbonne University. Of Greek origin and having lived in a multicultural environment, she is multilingual. Twice laureate of the Royaumont Foundation(Le Roman de Fauvel, B. Bagby, and the Academy of Transcultural Music, C. Zekri), she performs at numerous festivals at the crossroads of classical and traditional music. In 2022, she sings with a mandolin orchestra the Christmas of the Orient by A. Markeas (dir. F. Calvo). In 2023, she will be the prince in Massenet’s Cinderella .

François Aria started playing electric guitar at a very young age, but it was at the age of 18 that he discovered flamenco and decided to devote himself to it body and soul. Numerous trips to southern Spain and hard work on the nylon strings of the flamenco guitar allowed him to accompany singing, dancing, and to compose his first pieces. In 2013 he was awarded the^1st prize for musical interpretation Manuel de Falla of the City of Granada. In 2014, he was a finalist in the third Flamenco Guitar competition of the City of Albi and obtained a master’s degree in ethnomusicology at the Sorbonne. He has co-created two albums with classical, jazz and oriental influences, reflecting the depth of his musical background.

Born in 1979 in Vedi, Armenia, Artyom Minasyan won the first prize in doudoug at the^5th Festival of the Republic at the age of 18. He studied at the Komitas National Conservatory of Music and was admitted to the prestigious “Tatul Altunian Singing and Dancing Ensemble”. He moved to France in 2007 and participated in various festivals in Europe, Russia and Mongolia. He has recorded two CDs and plays in the music of the film “Celui qu’on attendait” by Serge Avédikian. He teaches doudoug at the Maison de la Culture Arménienne in Alfortville. He is also a member of the group Papiers d’Arménie.