Music: An Undeniable Universal Unifier

Recipient of the Countess of Munster Trust Fund, student of Winifred Ramsay and former trainee at British Youth Opera, lived in the UK from 1990 to 1999, where she performed main roles such as Susanna,Gilda, Micaëla, Norina, Mimi, Tatyana and Adele.

Back to Mauritius, she studied with tenor Jean Bernard Thomas from Reunion island till 2012, specialising in bel canto.Veronique sings regularly on the Mauritian stage for private events, festivals, concerts and has been invited to perform in France, South Africa, Australia, India, Ghana and Reunion Island. She  sang the leading roles in 'Les Pêcheurs de Perles', 'La Traviata', 'Dido and Aeneas', 'Orphée aux Enfers', 'La Veuve Joyeuse' for which she received very good reviews. Since 2015, she has been coaching young singers for Opera Mauritius Academy while continuing her solo career.

The young Brazilian clarinettist Ariane Rovesse has a Bachelor from the University of Sao Paulo and a Master's degree from the University of Arts in Berlin. She is currently specializing in music pedagogy at Music Academy Basel. Ariane has extensive experience in orchestral and chamber music and plays as a guest musician with the Sinfonie Orchester Berlin and the Berliner Symphoniker. She can also be heard in the Ensemble IIinx, the Orpheus Ensemble Berlin, the Bratuga Quintetts and the Duo Caju.

After completing her Master Degrees in Violin Pedagogy in Basel and Violin Performance in Lucerne, violinist Simone Strohmeier served as substitute violinist in Orchestras like Sinfonieorchester Basel, Kammerorchester Basel, Camerata Zürich before gaining recognition as soloist and concertmaster of “Ensemble La Partita Zürich”. She has accepted invitations to perform as soloist, and leader in Europe, South East Asia and Africa. Today she is Leader of the Second Violins/ Concertmaster a.i. at Bachensemble Lucerne, plays in the SwissOrchestra and leads her own Chamber Orchestra Camerata Giocosa. Furthermore Simone Strohmeier teaches a violin class at KMS Pratteln (SUI) and is a dedicated music pedagogue.