The ACADEMIE DU PAYS d'AUGE
For 30 years, the Promenades musicales du Pays d'Auge have been offering classical music concerts in the most beautiful heritage sites in the heart of Normandy.
Sébastien Daucé, founder of the Correspondances ensemble, took over the artistic direction of the festival in 2023 and continues the adventure of a youth academy focused on baroque musical art.
Pays d'Auge Academy 2025 | from July 27 to August 2, 2025
Twelve places are open for the 2025 edition: 6 for singers and 6 for instrumentalists dedicated to their accompaniment, violists and theorbists.
For the occasion, he invites countertenor Damien Guillon, a talented musician who performs as a soloist in numerous French and foreign ensembles and orchestras, to join him for a week of masterclasses accompanied by harpsichordist Valentin Rouget. The violists will benefit from the guidance of Mathilde Vialle and the theorbists from Thibaut Roussel. This session will be rounded out with several sessions on polyphony, under the direction of Sébastien Daucé.
In the heart of the Pays d'Auge, hosted in an exceptional heritage site – the Château de Cesny-aux-Vignes – the students selected for this week of study and discovery will be able to deepen their understanding and mastery of the Baroque repertoire (vocal technique, polyphonies, interpretation, ensemble music and solos).
This team of young Academy graduates will have the opportunity to perform at the end of the festival on August 2, 2025, during a public concert in the auditorium of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives.
Les lauréats de l’édition 2025
Hugo BOURGOIN
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Hugo Bourgoin began playing the viola da gamba at the age of 7. He studied at the Bordeaux Conservatory, where he earned his DEM in viola with Paul Rousseau. He is currently continuing his studies at the Pôle supérieur Aliénor in Poitiers, studying DNSPM (National School of Public Administration) with Mathilde Vialle. He was initially passionate about early music, but is also drawn to other musical styles. He is also a double bassist, studying CPES (Professional Training Centre) at the Poitiers Conservatory with Margot Cache.
Hyerine LASSALLE
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Hugo Bourgoin began playing the viola da gamba at the age of 7. He studied at the Bordeaux Conservatory, where he earned his DEM in viola with Paul Rousseau. He is currently continuing his studies at the Pôle supérieur Aliénor in Poitiers, studying DNSPM (National School of Public Administration) with Mathilde Vialle. He was initially passionate about early music, but is also drawn to other musical styles. He is also a double bassist, studying CPES (Professional Training Centre) at the Poitiers Conservatory with Margot Cache.
Naïs FORMENTIN
harpsichord
Hugo Bourgoin began playing the viola da gamba at the age of 7. He studied at the Bordeaux Conservatory, where he earned his DEM in viola with Paul Rousseau. He is currently continuing his studies at the Pôle supérieur Aliénor in Poitiers, studying DNSPM (National School of Public Administration) with Mathilde Vialle. He was initially passionate about early music, but is also drawn to other musical styles. He is also a double bassist, studying CPES (Professional Training Centre) at the Poitiers Conservatory with Margot Cache.
Sacha LEVY
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Hugo Bourgoin began playing the viola da gamba at the age of 7. He studied at the Bordeaux Conservatory, where he earned his DEM in viola with Paul Rousseau. He is currently continuing his studies at the Pôle supérieur Aliénor in Poitiers, studying DNSPM (National School of Public Administration) with Mathilde Vialle. He was initially passionate about early music, but is also drawn to other musical styles. He is also a double bassist, studying CPES (Professional Training Centre) at the Poitiers Conservatory with Margot Cache.
Adele
HUBER
soprano
Hugo Bourgoin began playing the viola da gamba at the age of 7. He studied at the Bordeaux Conservatory, where he earned his DEM in viola with Paul Rousseau. He is currently continuing his studies at the Pôle supérieur Aliénor in Poitiers, studying DNSPM (National School of Public Administration) with Mathilde Vialle. He was initially passionate about early music, but is also drawn to other musical styles. He is also a double bassist, studying CPES (Professional Training Centre) at the Poitiers Conservatory with Margot Cache.
Kyung-Na KO
soprano
Hugo Bourgoin began playing the viola da gamba at the age of 7. He studied at the Bordeaux Conservatory, where he earned his DEM in viola with Paul Rousseau. He is currently continuing his studies at the Pôle supérieur Aliénor in Poitiers, studying DNSPM (National School of Public Administration) with Mathilde Vialle. He was initially passionate about early music, but is also drawn to other musical styles. He is also a double bassist, studying CPES (Professional Training Centre) at the Poitiers Conservatory with Margot Cache.
Lisa
VAN MEENEN
soprano
Hugo Bourgoin began playing the viola da gamba at the age of 7. He studied at the Bordeaux Conservatory, where he earned his DEM in viola with Paul Rousseau. He is currently continuing his studies at the Pôle supérieur Aliénor in Poitiers, studying DNSPM (National School of Public Administration) with Mathilde Vialle. He was initially passionate about early music, but is also drawn to other musical styles. He is also a double bassist, studying CPES (Professional Training Centre) at the Poitiers Conservatory with Margot Cache.
Marion HARACHE
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Hugo Bourgoin began playing the viola da gamba at the age of 7. He studied at the Bordeaux Conservatory, where he earned his DEM in viola with Paul Rousseau. He is currently continuing his studies at the Pôle supérieur Aliénor in Poitiers, studying DNSPM (National School of Public Administration) with Mathilde Vialle. He was initially passionate about early music, but is also drawn to other musical styles. He is also a double bassist, studying CPES (Professional Training Centre) at the Poitiers Conservatory with Margot Cache.
Camile MACINENTI
tenor
Hugo Bourgoin began playing the viola da gamba at the age of 7. He studied at the Bordeaux Conservatory, where he earned his DEM in viola with Paul Rousseau. He is currently continuing his studies at the Pôle supérieur Aliénor in Poitiers, studying DNSPM (National School of Public Administration) with Mathilde Vialle. He was initially passionate about early music, but is also drawn to other musical styles. He is also a double bassist, studying CPES (Professional Training Centre) at the Poitiers Conservatory with Margot Cache.
Nicolas HEZELOT
baritone
Lisa
VAN MEENEN
soprano
Hugo Bourgoin began playing the viola da gamba at the age of 7. He studied at the Bordeaux Conservatory, where he earned his DEM in viola with Paul Rousseau. He is currently continuing his studies at the Pôle supérieur Aliénor in Poitiers, studying DNSPM (National School of Public Administration) with Mathilde Vialle. He was initially passionate about early music, but is also drawn to other musical styles. He is also a double bassist, studying CPES (Professional Training Centre) at the Poitiers Conservatory with Margot Cache.
Marion HARACHE
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The winners of the 2024 edition
Hugo BOURGOIN
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Hugo Bourgoin began playing the viola da gamba at the age of 7. He studied at the Bordeaux Conservatory, where he earned his DEM in viola with Paul Rousseau. He is currently continuing his studies at the Pôle supérieur Aliénor in Poitiers, studying DNSPM (National School of Public Administration) with Mathilde Vialle. He was initially passionate about early music, but is also drawn to other musical styles. He is also a double bassist, studying CPES (Professional Training Centre) at the Poitiers Conservatory with Margot Cache.
Hyerine LASSALLE
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Hyérine Lassalle began learning the viola da gamba at the age of 5 at the municipal conservatory of the 14th arrondissement of Paris alongside Prosper Lugassy, with whom she worked for nearly 10 years. At the age of 15, she joined Emmanuelle Guigues' class in the professional program at the Versailles Regional Conservatory, where she obtained her DEM in 2021. The following two years allowed her to work on numerous projects, notably with the CMBV, and to participate in masterclasses with Emmanuelle Haïm, Barthold Kuijken, and Christophe Coin, as well as at various early music academies. She joined Christophe Coin's class at the CNSMDP in September 2023, as well as the Académie de l'Opéra Royal de Versailles.
Naïs FORMENTIN
harpsichord
Naïs Formentin began playing the harpsichord at the age of 7 at the Montbéliard Conservatory in the class of Michel Laizé, with whom she studied for 10 years. In 2022, she joined Julien Wolfs' class at the Besançon Regional Conservatory, where she also took basso continuo lessons with Michaël Parisot, as well as masterclasses with William Dongois, Pierre Alain Clerc, and Pierre François Dollé at the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Higher School of Music. During her studies, she benefited from the guidance and teaching of Olivier Fortin, Jean-Luc Ho, Françoise Lengellé, Françoise Marmin, Yoann Moulin, and Skip Sempé. In 2023, she began her Bachelor's degree in the class of Jörg-Andreas Bötticher at the Schola Cantorum Basel. She now continues her studies in Francesco Corti's class.
Sacha LEVY
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Sacha began learning the viola da gamba at the age of 9. She then joined Mathilde Hénin's class at the CRD in Dieppe. In 2020, she joined Paolo Pandolfo's class at the Schola Cantorum in Basel. In 2023, she obtained her Bachelor's degree and was awarded the prize for best recital by the Walter & Corina Christen-Marchal Foundation. She is currently continuing her studies at the CNSM in Lyon with Myriam Rignol. During her studies at the schola, she deepened her knowledge of Renaissance and Medieval music by taking bowed fiddle and Renaissance consort classes with Baptiste Romain. The workshops and masterclasses she attends give her the opportunity to perfect her skills, notably with Lucile Boulanger, Christophe Coin, Marianne Muller, and Philippe Pierlot. In 2021, she founded the Ensemble Saint-Honoré with Valentin Rouget, Arnaud Gluck, and Camille Canapa. They were notably winners of the 2022 edition of the Young Talent Competition and also had the opportunity to participate in the Utrecht Early Music Festival as part of the "fabulous fringe."
Adele
HUBER
soprano
Surrounded by music from a young age, Adèle Huber began learning singing at the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles and the recorder at the Conservatoire. She felt guided by her teacher Pierre Boragno and her conductor Olivier Schneebeli within the Pages choir where she developed a taste for ensemble music and the French Baroque repertoire. Now holding degrees in recorder and musicology, she is currently preparing at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon for a performance degree in early music singing, a master's degree in recorder and a Certificate of Aptitude, a training course in recorder teaching. In parallel with her studies in singing and flute, she studied choral conducting, a discipline that has been close to her heart since her years at the CMBV. Her diverse approach to the repertoire has led her to participate in numerous concerts and masterclasses, notably with Pierre Hamon, Sébastien Marq, Cécile Roussat and Julien Lubeck, Dame Felicity Lott, and Sir John Elliot Gardiner.
Kyung-Na KO
soprano
Born in 1993, KO Kyung-na began singing at the age of 8 in the Seoul Children's Choir (South Korea). In 2006, she joined Sunhwa Arts College and High School, before continuing her musical studies at Hanyang University. In 2019, she decided to continue her studies in France and joined the Conservatoire de Paris (CRR), in the class of Caroline Pelon and Françoise Tillard, where she brilliantly obtained her Diploma of Musical Studies (DEM) in lyric singing unanimously. Her passion for baroque music led her to perfect her skills in the Concert Cycle of Baroque Singing at the Conservatoire de Paris (CRR) where she distinguished herself in major productions. She has worked and integrated into the ensembles Les Epopées, Le Concert Spirituel, Il Caravaggio. She is a chorister of the Choir of the Royal Opera of Versailles. In May, she performed the role of Aristea in J.A. Hasse's opera Olimpiade in Valenciennes, further strengthening her presence on the operatic stage. In addition, she passed her end-of-year concert examination with unanimous honors, highlighting her excellence and musical mastery.
Lisa
VAN MEENEN
soprano
Soprano Lisa Van Meenen began her music studies at the Troyes Conservatory. She studied trombone there before taking up singing. She continued her training at the Reims Conservatory in Simona Caressa's class. She was admitted to the Paris Conservatory in 2021, studying under Alain Buet, and in 2023 joined Amaya Dominguez's class. She graduated with honors in June 2024 with a Bachelor's degree and will begin her Master's program next year. In 2024, she joined the ARCAL Young Opera School. Whenever the opportunity arises, Lisa seeks guidance from leading professionals in the music scene during workshops and masterclasses, such as Sandrine Piau, Raphaël Pichon, Véronique Gens, and Alain Garichot.
Marion HARACHE
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A graduate of the Royal College of Music in London and the Notre-Dame de Paris Choir School, Marion Harache is honing her skills at the Pôle Lyrique d’Excellence (Lyon). Her latest roles include Cornelia in Handel’s Giulio Cesare, the solo viola in Bach’s Magnificat, Handel’s Dixit Dominus, and Mozart’s Requiem. She is also passionate about polyphony and collaborates with various ensembles: the Notre-Dame de Paris Adult Choir, Les Voix Animées, the Namur Chamber Choir, the Royal Opera of Versailles Choir, the Amsterdam Baroque Choir, La Fuse, Le Concert de la Reine, La Tempête, etc.
Camile MACINENTI
tenor
Having graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Music and Musicology from Sorbonne University in 2021, Camile Macinenti continued his university studies at the same institution, specializing in medieval music within the Master's in Early Music Interpretation (MIMA, medieval music option), with Marc Mauillon and Brigitte Lesne. At the same time, he trained his voice at the Conservatoire du 7e arrondissement in Paris in a specialized cycle of lyric singing with Caroline Pelon. He has been a member of La Schola de la Sainte Chapelle (a small medieval music choir for young singers directed by Brigitte Lesne) since 2021, with which he has already performed at the Sainte Chapelle in Paris, the Sainte Chapelle in Vincennes and the Louvre auditorium. In 2023, he began singing with Alla francesca (a medieval music ensemble directed by Brigitte Lesne), mainly at the Cluny Museum. That same year, he co-created the duo Les Trouveurs, dedicated to early music, with which he had already performed, notably at the Hôtel de la Marine.
Nicolas HEZELOT
baritone
Nicolas began his musical studies with classical guitar. At the age of 10, he joined the Maîtrise de Radio France, performing a rich and varied repertoire under the direction of world-renowned conductors. After his baccalaureate, he joined the Adult Choir of Notre-Dame de Paris, where he expanded his repertoire and perfected his expertise in ensemble music. It was there that he developed an interest in Lied and opera. At the same time, he obtained his guitar diploma, his degree in musicology, and his diploma in opera singing. He is a laureate of the Royaumont Foundation and a soloist at the Académie de la Monnaie in Brussels. His encounter with his teacher, Valérie Guillorit, led him to the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Brussels. He will continue his training at the CNSM in Paris in September 2024. He sings with various ensembles such as Vox Luminis and the Palais Royal. He also performs as a soloist.