Lyon International Chamber Music Competition Announces Participants

17 voice-piano duos have been selected to take part in the 2025 edition

The Lyon International Chamber Music Competition (CIMCL) has recently announced the results of its pre-selection round.

17 voice-piano duos were selected from 72 applications, and these musicians will attend the live rounds — which will be held in Lyon between April 23 and 26.

The selected duos are as follows:

• DUO SYMBIOSE, Paris
  Julie Goussot, soprano, Rodolphe Lospied, piano
• DUO OUTRESILENCE, Paris
  Pierre-Yves Cras, bass baritone, Etienne Caron, piano
• DUO ABEL/KLEIN, Munich
  Monika Abel-Lazar, soprano, Kathrin Isabelle Klein, piano
• DUO ORION, Yerevan
  Aramo Mamikonyan, tenor, Shahane Aghakaryan, piano
• DUO AUTEKIA, Paris
  Félix Mousiegt, piano, tenor, félix Mousiegt
• DUO SEBNAT/NOH, Hanover
  Sebnat, soprano, Suryeon Noh, piano
• DUO NUVOLETTA, London
  Clara Barbier Serrano, soprano, Joanna Kacperek, piano
• DUO COOPER/WARNER, Berlin
  Graham Cooper, tenor, Amelie Warner, piano
• DUO Czary, Paris
  Adèle Lorenzi, soprano, Sarah zajtmann, piano
• DUO MUSUBI, Paris
  Yui Nanasawa, soprano, Kishin Nagai, piano
• DUO ROGGENBUCK/SOLLE, Detmold
  Franziska Roggenbuck, soprano, Philipp Solle, piano
• DUO PHAN/YUN, Brussels
  Julie Phan, mezzo, Han-Lin Yun, piano
• DUO zhang/WATANABE, Karlsruhe
  Yajie zhang, mezzo, Yuriko Watanabe, piano
• DUO LIM/KNUTSON, Berlin
  Jeeyoung Lim, bass baritone, Cole Knutson, piano
• DUO MOSTOVOI/COISPEAU, Paris
  Ihor Mostovoi, baritone, Paul Coispeau, piano
• DUO DALÙNA, Bern
  Rémy Burnens, tenor, Clémence Hirt, piano
• DUO DALLES/BIRNBAUM, Paris
  Clarisse Dalles, soprano, Joseph Birnbaum, piano

In 2025, the jury will comprise Bernarda Fink, Dietrich Henschel, Mark Padmore, Markus Hadulla, Chantal Santon-Jeffery, and Susan Manoff.

The competition will be livestreamed here on The Violin Channel.

Image credit: CIMCL