Denis Schuler
Composer
Denis Schuler is a composer and music curator. His work explores the limits of listening, often leaning toward the discreet. With a keen interest in the study of rhythm, shifts, and repetitions, his scores take on contours that leave room for the unpredictable. His compositions have been commissioned by, among others, the Geneva Chamber Orchestra, Die Basler Madrigalisten, the Nederland Kamerkoor, the Ensemble Vortex, and the Bela Quartet. A Swiss and French national, Denis Schuler trained in composition at the HEM Geneva and the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris. He was a scholarship holder for one year at the Swiss Institute in Rome and stayed at the Cité des Arts in Paris. He has also lived in Naples, New York, and Los Angeles. Co-founder of the Ensemble Vide in Geneva, he conceives and creates concerts that question our presence in the world. He has been continuing this work since 2020 as co-director of the Archipel Festival in Geneva with Marie Jeanson.

Juliet Fraser
Soprano
Soprano Juliet Fraser's repertoire spans the ancient and the new. She is an active champion of contemporary music, working closely with composers such as Pascale Criton, Catherine Lamb, and Rebecca Saunders. She regularly performs as a guest soloist with ensembles such as MusikFabrik, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern, and the Bozzini Quartet. Her discography includes a version of Morton Feldman's Three Voicesas well as acclaimed recordings of Renaissance polyphony, Bach cantatas, and the late madrigals of Carlo Gesualdo. Her latest album features works by Chaya Czernowin, Beat Furrer, Enno Poppe, and Rebecca Saunders. Juliet Fraser writes texts on the life of an artist, presented in Darmstadt in 2024. She is the founder of eavesdropping, an English festival of new music, co-director of an independent label, and program director of VOICEBOX.

Marianne Schuppe
Singer
Singer and composer Marianne Schuppe works on the transitions between music and language. Since the 1980s, she has been performing in a contemporary field with, among others, the Klangforum Wien and the Basel Sinfonietta, but also through improvisation. As a composer, she develops projects with voices in public spaces, expanding the traditional concert format. She has released recordings of works by Giacinto Scelsi, Morton Feldman, and as an improviser. Since 2008, she has been developing work around the voice accompanied by lute, augmented by electromagnetic commands (slow songs and nosongs). Her work includes text scores, poems, essays, and compositions for voice. She studied an interdisciplinary course at the Hochschule Hildesheim from 1979 and continued her vocal studies in southern India, in Switzerland with Jolanda Rodio, and in Italy with Michiko Hirayama.

Clara Levy
Violinist
Born in Paris in 1991, Clara Levy has performed on numerous stages around the world, including OzAsia Festival — Adelaide, Théâtre de la Monnaie (Brussels), Café-Oto (London), Opéra de Lille, and Bayreuth Festival, to name but a few. Active in the field of contemporary music, she has had the opportunity to play with ensembles such as Linea, l'Itinéraire, Ictus, Hanatsu Miroir, and Ensemble Hopper, and to work with composers such as Kaija Saariaho, Howard Moody, Fritz Hauser, Jürg Frey, Michael Grebil-Liberg, Pascale Jakubowski, and Karim Haddad, among others. She studied violin and chamber music with Diana Cazaban, Jean Lenert, Shifra Sluchin, Isabelle Lesage, and Naaman Sluchin. Close to the world of contemporary dance, she has performed in Sutra by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, with music by Szymon Brzóska. She conducts research on the relationship between musical notation, sound, and movement, without neglecting the classical repertoire.