Natacha Medvedeva (Russia)
Viola Accompaniment

Natacha started the piano in Volgograd in 1986, and graduated from Art College in 1992. She followed a cursus in the Art Institut (Volgograd) from 1996 to 2001, and got her first appointments as accompanist with Volgograd’s Philharmonic Choir.

In 2003, she studied with Germaine Mounier at Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris. In the meantime, she followed a “Formation à l’Art du Récital” (Sorbonne) to perfect her skills as an accompanist. In 2006, she gratuated from Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris.

Her career brought her to work with Rachel Yakar, François Leroux, Udo Reinemann and André Lischke.

Natacha is currently dedicated to being an accompanist in Conservatoire de Montrouge. She also perform in Chamber Music (Samara, Saratov, Volgograd, festival Classique au Vert, Théâtre de Fontainebleau,…).

Katsura Mizumoto (jpn)
Violin Accompanist

An international artist, KATSURA MIZUMOTO is an active soloist performing in the U.S.A., Europe and Asia. She has appeared with the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, the Stadttheater Giessen and at a variety of music festivals including the International Piano Academy Freiburg, International Chamber Music Festival Schiermonnikoog, Kronberg Academy Festival, Kishiwada castle music Festival and the Enghien International Musical Encounters. Her live performances have been broadcasted by Radio Hessischer Rundfunk, Radio Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Radio Sud West Deutsch, Fernsehen Deutsch Berlin and Radio Klara. Katsura has been also a guest with member of the Alban Berg Quartet, Mandelring Quartet and has played with soloists Charles Neidich, Christian Altenburger, Michael Sanderling, Nobuko Imai, Philippe Graffin and Gary Hoffmann among many other eminent figures. A prize winner of the most renowned European piano competitions, Katsura has been awarded by the A.M.A. Calabria International Piano Competition in Italy, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Piano Competition in Germany, Emmanuel Durlet International Piano Competition in Belgium and the Long-Thibaud International Piano Competition in France. After receiving an Economics Degree from the Hokkaido University in Japan, Ms. Mizumoto moved to Germany to pursue a career in music at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main where she received the 'Highest Distinction' for her B.M., M.M. and Soloist's Diploma. From 2002-2009, Katsura was teaching at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main and she is a pianist for string section at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.