"Yves Arques trained in jazz piano at the CRR in Chambéry (Rémi Goutin, Pierre Drevet), then at the CRR in Paris (Emil Spanyi, Joe Quitzke, Jean-Charles Richard) and finally at the HEMU in Lausanne where he validated his Bachelor. He also studied classical writing at the CRR in Grenoble (Frank Vaudrey), as well as choir conducting at the CRR in Paris (Christine Morel).

Originally from Grenoble, he made his debut with musicians from the region such as Grégory Sallet, Kevin Lucchetti, Philippe Soriano, Olivier Destephany. He also had the opportunity to work with François Raulin within the Micromégas which has performed notably with Médéric Collignon, Eric Echampard, Louis Sclavis and Michel Portal.

In 2011 he moved to Paris then, a year later, he began his collaboration as a duo with Gabriel Lemaire (saxophones) and joined the TRICOLLECTIF . The Lemaire / Arques duo released their first album "De l'eau la nuit" in 2015, on the Tricollection.

In 2015 he formed the Ensemble Maât , a variable geometry group that works on a mixture of improvisation and composition.

He works and plays regularly with Alexis Coutureau, Francisco Cossavella, Anouck Genthon, Joao Camoes, Luise Volkmann.

Within internships and master classes, he will have had the opportunity to work with Bruno Chevillon, Marc Ducret, Joëlle Léandre, Jacques Demierre, Guillaume Orti, and Stéphane Payen.

He also plays in Free Fall , Gelber Flieder , Moon Phases , Kevin Lucchetti Kintet , in duet with Roxane Roussel , and is part of LYLAS CONCEPT .

At the same time, he works as a piano and improvisation teacher, as well as the profession of choir director in schools and conservatories in Paris."

"João Camões was born in Coimbra, Portugal, in 1983.

Classically trained, he studied viola in Conservatory of Music of Coimbra, under the guidance of João Ventura. After completing his studies in Civil Engineering, he moved to Lisbon where he discovered the creative and improvised music bustling local scene. There, he started to develop a set of extensive techniques that he mixes with classical ones, in a very physical approach to his instrument. Active in miscellaneous ensembles, his personal projects include: "Open Field string trio", with Marcelo dos Reis (guitar) and José Miguel Pereira (double-bass), "earnear", with Rodrigo Pinheiro (piano) and Miguel Mira (cello), João Camões & Kátia Sá, a duo with visual artist Kátia Sá and Nuova Camerata, with Carlos "Zíngaro" (violin), Ulrich Mitzlaff (cello), Miguel Leiria Pereira (double-bass) and Pedro Carneiro (marimba). Lately, together with his beloved wife, Joana Gomes, he started to compose and interpret music for theatre plays.

In addition to his regular projects he has also worked, in concert or workshop context, alongside some generous artists that helped him to continuously wonder, such as Bertrand Denzler, Bruno Parrinha, Burton Greene, Elliott Sharp, Ernesto Rodrigues, Evan Parker, Frédéric Blondy, Jean-Marc Foussat, João Apolinário, João Lucas, João Parrinha, João Paulo Esteves da Silva, João Viegas, Manuel Ara, Miguel Martins and Samuel Barsegian."

"Luise Volkmann is a young saxophonist and composer based in Cologne, Germany. She studied Jazz Saxophone in Leipzig (HMT) and Paris (CNSMdP) and Composition in Cologne (HfMT). She has lived and worked in Germany, France, Danemark and Brazil, and is constantly involved not only in music, but also in social and cultural organization.

As a musician she is working with contemporary composed and improvised music. Among others she has played concerts with Eve Risser, Sylvain Kassap, Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura, Steve Beresford, Mia Zabelka, Jan Klare, Robert Landfermann, Lisa Mezzacappa, Eivind Lønning und Sylvaine Hélary.

In 2016 she has been invited beeing resident at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. 2017 she released her first debout album with the large ensemble Été Large. The CD was chosen by the german magazine "Die Zeit" as one of the best CDs in 2017. The radio station "BR Klassik" named her mixing of classical music and jazz "Kammer-Jazz".

In her three years living in Paris she cooperated with the most interesting musicians collectives such as Umlaut, COAX, Tricolectif and Collectif LOO. 2018 she realized several sound performances with the Goethe Institut Paris.

Her compositional works were first published at Editions Leduc in 2017. In 2019 she realized a work for the Bauhaus jubilee."