Fleurs Melody Louledjian, Mariko Inaba-Messina, Antoine Palloc

• Jean Wiener (1896 - 1982): Les Chantefleurs:
• 1 Les Chantefleurs: Le Gardénia 01:16
• 2 Les Chantefleurs: Le Bégonia 00:54
• 3 Les Chantefleurs: Le Géranium 01:09
• 4 Les Chantefleurs: La Giroflée 00:30
• 5 Les Chantefleurs: la Rose 01:09
• 6 Les Chantefleurs: La Pivoine 00:59
• 7 Les Chantefleurs: Le Seringa 00:49
• 8 Les Chantefleurs: L'Églantine, l'Aubépine et la Glycine 00:29
• 9 Les Chantefleurs: L'Angélique 01:15
• 10 Les Chantefleurs: Le Glaïeul 00:52
• 11 Les Chantefleurs: Le Souci 00:55
• 12 Les Chantefleurs: La Fleur d'oranger 01:15
• 13 Les Chantefleurs: Le Bouton d'or 00:37
• 14 Les Chantefleurs: L'Iris 01:22
• 15 Les Chantefleurs: La Marjolaine et la Verveine 00:37
• 16 Les Chantefleurs: La Véronique 00:45
• 17 Les Chantefleurs: La Jacinthe 00:44
• 18 Les Chantefleurs: La Renoncule 01:40
• 19 Les Chantefleurs: Le Lilas 00:49
• 20 Les Chantefleurs: La Violette 00:55
• 21 Les Chantefleurs: La Tulipe 00:42
• 22 Les Chantefleurs: Le Jasmin 01:25
• 23 Les Chantefleurs: Le Muguet 00:28
• 24 Les Chantefleurs: Le Mimosa 01:03
• 25 Les Chantefleurs: La Digitale 01:15
• 26 Les Chantefleurs: La Fleur de pommier 00:36
• 27 Les Chantefleurs: La Belle de nuit 01:08
• 28 Les Chantefleurs: Le Coquelicot 00:47
• 29 Les Chantefleurs: Le Myosotis 00:58
• 30 Les Chantefleurs: Le Chèvrefeuille 00:34
• 31 Les Chantefleurs: La Marguerite 00:59
• 32 Les Chantefleurs: La Pervenche et la Primevère 01:06
• 33 Les Chantefleurs: Le Lotus 01:02
• 34 Les Chantefleurs: L'Orchidée et la Pensée 00:43
• 35 Les Chantefleurs: Le Bluet 00:38
• 36 Les Chantefleurs: La Lavande 00:24
• 37 Les Chantefleurs: La Capucine 00:46
• 38 Les Chantefleurs: Le Narcisse et la Jonquille 01:13
• 39 Les Chantefleurs: Le Cyclamen 00:51
• 40 Les Chantefleurs: Le Perce-neige 00:23
• 41 Les Chantefleurs: L'Hortensia 00:54
• 42 Les Chantefleurs: Le Réséda 00:39
• 43 Les Chantefleurs: Le Rhododendron, L'Œillet et le Lilas 00:37
• 44 Les Chantefleurs: L'Edelweiss 00:33
• 45 Les Chantefleurs: La Sensitive 00:51
• 46 Les Chantefleurs: Le Camélia et le Dahlia 00:40
• 47 Les Chantefleurs: Le Genêt 00:41
• 48 Les Chantefleurs: Le Lis, l'Amaryllis, le Volubilis, la Mélisse 00:24
• 49 Les Chantefleurs: Le Soleil 00:43
• 50 Les Chantefleurs: Le Coucou 01:17
• Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974): Catalogue de fleurs, Op. 60:
• 51 Catalogue de fleurs, Op. 60: I. La Violette 00:41
• 52 Catalogue de fleurs, Op. 60: II. Le Bégonia 00:43
• 53 Catalogue de fleurs, Op. 60: III. Les Fritillaires 01:09
• 54 Catalogue de fleurs, Op. 60: IV. Les Jacinthes 00:44
• 55 Catalogue de fleurs, Op. 60: V. Les Crocus 01:37
• 56 Catalogue de fleurs, Op. 60: VI. Le Brachycome 00:25
• 57 Catalogue de fleurs, Op. 60: VII. L'Eremurus 01:14
• Erik Satie (1866 - 1925):
• 58 Les Fleurs (Trois autres mélodies) 01:47
• Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955):
• 59 Nature morte, H. 11 02:14
• Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918):
• 60 Deux Ancolies (Clairières dans le ciel) 01:59
• René de Buxeuil (1881 - 1959):
• 61 L'Âme des roses 03:38
• Total Runtime 59:32

Info for Fleurs

Soprano Melody Louledjian and pianist Antoine Palloc have gathered for the first time to record an album. For this collaboration they chose the theme of flowers, in an enchanting, light and delighting rediscovery of the ‘Catalogue des Fleurs’ by Darius Milhaud and the ‘Chantefleurs’ by Jean Wiener. Through a medley of burlesque miniatures, this album explores the Paris of the inter-war years.

Sometimes tender, sometimes mischievous, ‘Fleurs’ presents a charming musical bouquet with the scent of freedom. Highly sought after for her vocal prowess and excellent musical ability, Melody Louledjian is equally impressive in classical and contemporary repertoire. Antoine Palloc is from Nice, where he studied with Catherine Collard and was awarded first prize in piano and chamber music. Specialising in the art of vocal accompaniment, he studied with Dalton Baldwin and Martin Katz at Westminster Choir College and the University of Michigan.

Melody Louledjian, soprano
Antoine Palloc, piano
Mariko Inaba-Messina, violin

Melody Louledjian
Highly sought after for her vocal prowess and excellent musical ability, Melody Louledjian is equally impressive in classical and contemporary repertoire. She performs her first Lucia/Lucia di Lammermoor at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in January 2020 and Violetta / La Traviata with the Tenerife Opera in June 2018. ​

French with Armenian roots singer, Melody Louledjian took up music at a very early age. After a First Prize for Piano, a Master’s degrees summa cum laude at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Lyon, and at the Hochschule in Vienna, she made her debut at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in 2009 playing Carmen in Le Balcon by Peter Eötvös. She attracted critical acclaim and is a regular guest singer at the theatre. ​

As a fine sight-reader with a sound musical grounding and an excellent ear, she is particularly at ease with contemporary repertoire. She is regularly invited by prestigious ensemble like Intercontemporain, Contrechamps, Ensemble Modern, l’Instant Donné and Klangforum. She enjoys working with compositors, as being part of creation processes and performances experimentations. She appears on international stages and concert halls like the Philharmonic of Paris, the Konzert Haus Berlin, the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, the Tonhalle Düsseldorf, the Kölner Philharmonic, IRCAM, the Alte Oper of Franckort, the Radio Suisse Romande and numerous International Festivals: Alte Oper-Musikfest in Frankfurt, März Festival in Berlin, Acht Brücken Festival in Cologne and Düsseldorf, Algiers Festival, Festival d’Automne, Festival Musica in Strasbourg, Archipel Festival in Geneva, Royaumont in Paris.

She plays on stage the roles of Musetta/La Bohème, Elvira/L’Italiana in Algeri, Eurydice/Orphée aux Enfers, Oberto/Alcina et Naïade/Ariadne auf Naxos at the Grand Theatre of Bordeaux, Le Feu and Le Rossignol/L’Enfant et les Sortilèges so as the 1st Maid /Der Zwerg at the Opéra de Paris and the Bayerische Staatsoper München, Ciboulette/Ciboulette at the Opera Comique in Paris, Woglinde/Das Rheingold and Waldvogel/Siegfried at the Casa da Musica of Porto, the Cité de la Musique in Paris and the Teatro Reggio Emilia and Luxembourg, the 5th Maid/Elektra and Adele/Die Fledermaus at the Opera of Nice, Élise/Le Dilettante at the Grand Theatre of Avignon, Die Fräulein/Die Gespenstersonate at the Radio Suisse Romande, Gabrielle/La Vie parisienne at the Opera of Lausanne, The Princesse and Marthe/Three Tales at the Opera of Lille, Bergère/La Pastorale at the Théâtre du Chatelet, Girandole/La Cour du roi Pétaud at the Théâtre de l’Athénée in Paris.

She also sings in concerts like in the Carmina Burana at the Opera of Saint Etienne, the 9th Symphony of Beethoven at the Grand Theatre of Bordeaux, La Damoiselle Elue at the Philharmonic of Paris, at the Opera of Nancy with Gluck arias, at the Antic Theatre of Oranges, in Gala at the Opéra Comique and the Opera of Nice, the Illuminations of Britten with the Camerata Atermac in Lausanne, etc. In recitals, she sings on stage of several countries, like at the New Year Festival of Gstaad, Royal Queen Elisabeth Chapel of Belgium, the Auditorium of Lyon, in Japan, Italy, many Festivals in France, with the pianists Antoine Palloc and Giulio Zappa. ​

Practicing several instruments, she cultivates other repertories since ever. This is how she releases in 2017 under the name of Melody Lou, an album entitled "Follement 30’ " by Inoui Distribution. In this project which she leads, she covers French songs from the 30ies, accompanied by her accordion and a jazz quartet. This project is regularly in tour in the last two years in South of France Jazz Festivals.

Besides her soloist career, she regularly gives Masterclasses on the theme of contemporary music and free improvisation at the High Music School of Geneva so as in several conservatories in France. She is teacher at the European Opera Academy.

She is part during the seasons 2017/18/19 of the Soloist in the Ensemble of the Grand Théâtre of Geneva. She sings there the roles of La Princesse Elsbeth/Fantasio, Arsena/Der Tzigeuner Baron, Lola/Cavalleria Rusticana, Barberine/Le Nozze di Figaro, Frasquita/Carmen, Xenia/Boris Godounov, Luigia/Le convenienze e Inconvenienze Teatrali.

Discography: Elise/Les Dilettantes of Halevy, Label Klarthé. Upcoming released: La Damoiselle Elue of Debussy with Mikko Franck, Label Radio France, Laurette/Richard Coeur de Lion of Gretry, Label of The Royal Opera of Versailles, “Fleurs” with melodies of Wiener, Milhaud, Satie et Honegger with the pianist Antoine Palloc, Label Aparté.

Projects for 2019/19 include : Lauretta/Richard Cœur de Lion at the Royal Opera of Versailles with Hervé Niquet and the Concert Spirituel, concerts and recording of Oenone/Phèdre of Lemoyne at the Festival of Budapest with the Palazetto Bru Zane, La Dottoressa in the new opera of Christian Jost Voyage vers l’Espoir at the Grand Theatre of Geneva, Charlotte/Der Diktator and Bubikopf/Der Kaiser von Atlantis at the Opera of Tenerife, Lucia/Lucia di Lammermoor at the Opera of Manila, a Deutsches Requiem de Brahms at the Philharmonic of Liège and Brussels, recital with the Orchestra of Avignon, recitals with Antoine Palloc in Aix-en-Provence and the Opera of Lille, with Giulio Zappa in the Grand Theater of Avignon, a recital at Musical Guest in Cannes, a concert at the Victoria Hall if Geneva with the Lemanic Modern Ensemble, a concert “Aurores Boréales” at the Opera of Limoges, a concert at the Antic Theater of Orange broadcast live on national television.

Melody Louledjian speaks French, Italian, Spanish, English, German and has notions of Russian and Greek.

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