Laurence BRISSET

Artistic Director, mezzo-soprano

Laurence Brisset initially studied harpsichord with William Christie and Noëlle Spieth at the Lille Conservatory (CNR) before devoting herself to singing. She was unanimously awarded a Premier Prix in voice at the Versailles Conservatory (CNR) and was admitted to the postgraduate course in opera at the Conservatoire National Supérieur of Paris, studying with Xavier Depraz. She simultaneously studied early musical notation and took part in many concerts and recordings with the Organum (1983-2000) and Discantus (1989-1992) ensembles.

Her deep interest in the Middle Ages was shared by several friends and led them to found the De Caelis ensemble in 1998 with Brisset as artistic director.

She is a qualified teacher of vocal technique and divides her time between concerts and voice teaching. She also acts as a tutor for the Royaumont Foundation under the aegis of the Programme for Research and Interpretation of Mediaeval Music (PRIMM). Since 2005 she has given regular master classes in the music and culture of the Middle Ages at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique of Geneva.

Eugénie DE MEY

Mezzo-soprano

Eugénie De Mey has been singing since she was a child. From Brussels to Paris, Liege, Lyon and Geneva, she studied singing, choir conducting and musicology. As a singer among diverse ensembles (Diabolus in Musica, De Caelis, Les Cris de Paris, Le Concert de l’Hostel­Dieu, Les Voix de Stras’, Le Jardin des Délices, Le Choeur Britten, la Maîtrise de Notre Dame de Paris, etc.), she has also been a choir singer under William Christie, Marc Minkowski, John Nelson, Louis Langrée,… As a soloist, she performed the roles of Dido at the Theater of La Roche­-sur-­Yon, The Plaint in Purcell’s Fairy Queen in Le Lavoir Moderne, Paris, and also as a Grace in Belli’s Orfeo Dolente with Le Poème Harmonique.
Being a light mezzo soprano, she stands out with her original use of different registers of voices, and she enjoys singing some tenor parts with her chest voice as much as interpreting the very light lines of higher­pitched or more lyrical voices, thereby adapting her vocal style according to the music.
Eugénie De Mey also works as a singing teacher and musical consultant, particularly with the choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker.

Estelle NADAU

Soprano

Estelle Nadau obtains her singing Premier Prix de la Ville de Paris as well as a Paris CNR Gold Medal.
She goes on studying Middle Age music, taking part in courses in Abbaye de Royaumont and learning renaissance and baroque singing in Tours CRR.

In 2004, she joins Diabolus in Musica Ensemble, conducted by Antoine Guerber, with whom she sings and records Troubadours and Trouvereís repertory. She also records, in the meantime, the entire sacred works by Johannes Ciconia with Ricercar, obtaining a “Diapason díOr” as a reward.

She sings with Beatus Ensemble (Jean-Paul Rigaud) and then, joins Soli-Tutti Ensemble (Denis Gautheyrie), specialized in contemporary repertory.

Sheís been a regular member of De Caelis Ensemble since 1999.

Caroline TARRIT

Mezzo-soprano

It was while taking part in the festival of d’Aix-en-Provence as a twenty year old dancer that Caroline Tarrit first became interested in singing. She began her studies in the early music department of the Toulouse Conservatory and then studied with Isabel Garcisanz (Paris XVIe) with whom she gained her Premier Prix in voice. She has worked both as a soloist and with the Musicatreize, Soli Tutti and Akademia ensembles in a varied repertoire that includes works by Bach, Mozart, Messiaen, Hersant, Escaich and Ohana. She has appeared as a soloist with La Fenice since 2004, performing Monteverdi’s Lettera amorosa and the role of Prosepina in L’Orfeo in particular.

One of the founding members of De Caelis, she takes a full part in all of the ensemble’s activities, both musical and interdisciplinary.

Claire Trouilloud

Soprano

Claire Trouilloud traverses the aesthetics of live performance and explores voice, sound, meaning, and gesture. As a soprano, she performs in France and internationally both as a soloist and with numerous ensembles spanning classical, medieval, baroque, jazz, improvised music, opera, and contemporary creations. She holds a degree in jazz and improvised music singing as well as contemporary singing from the Strasbourg Conservatory. She is a laureate of the Académie Voix Nouvelles in Royaumont and the Soroptimist Prize for the creativity and versatility of her career. She has initiated several shows and musical projects where she showcases her creativity and multifaceted vocal talents.

Clara Pertuy

Alto

Clara Pertuy began developing her mezzo-soprano voice in traditional music, which she continues to explore today with masters from various cultures (Balkans, Turkey, Iran, India). Concurrently, she received solid classical training, notably at PESMD Bordeaux and HEM Geneva.

An eclectic artist (storytelling, theater, dance, improvisation), she participates in numerous multidisciplinary projects. Sometimes accompanying herself on her medieval organetto, she later chose to devote herself to singing, her preferred means to invoke the essence and vibration of the world. In this spirit, she is currently studying Naad Yoga and MLA Psychophony.

Ancient and polyphonic music are cornerstones of her artistic journey (Concert Spirituel, Vox Cantoris ensemble, Corsican trio A Funtana). However, she also lends her versatile voice to contemporary composers inspired by traditional music, such as A. Markéas (Icare-Sampati) and J-C. Feldhandler (Opéra Jungle), often keeping a foot in the classical world (Passion according to St. John by F. Ledroit recorded with Skarbo with the Rhineland-Palatinate Symphony Orchestra, Xin Peng Wang’s ballet The Divine Comedy by Dante at the Dortmund Opera). In 2022, she founded the eco-conscious duo “d’Or et de Paille,” which recorded the album Āyu-Louanges sacrées et profanes du monde with Psalmus.