Artist description 1st Piano prize at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, Paris** French Comic Opera as a Light Soprano** Radio France: Public Broadcastings’Opera partsRosine, Juliette, Constanze, Lucia, Elena** Soloist at the American Church .1978 KrönungsMesse by Mozart at the American Cathedral.** 1982, Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust at the Rumanian State Opera and the title rôle in La Traviata by Verdi at the Magyar State Opera (Cluj-Napoca).** In the wake of a Clara Schumann, she gives a recital, Concert Extraordinar - as a soprano and concert pianist - at the Rumanian State Opera (Cluj-Napoca) where the program brings together Gounod’s Mirèio in Provençal, Bellini’s Norma and Gabriel Fauré’ s Mélodies** 1984 Monsegur Vaillant climbs (1207m) the south side of Montsegur’s Castle, County of Foix, France and gives within its walls a Wagner recital.** 1991 Concert Live surprise in Fauré’s Music Class, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, Paris ( see CD ADG N° 98001)** 1992 Lieder und Klavierstucke at the Robert Schumann’s House, Zwickau (Germany)** 1993 Guest of Honour at Ostankino T.V - in the Vagnera Zale at Riga - in Maly and Rachmaninoff Halls at Moscow, she sings to her own accompaniment Schubert, Schumann, Fauré and Wagner’s Liebestod** .In Paris she chooses a German piano August Förster to make it her own and has been recording Schubert and Schumann's Lieder,Fauré's Mélodies, approaching the original intention, that of the poet as much as that of the musician.

Music Style Opera and Lieder, Popular Songs in Provencal and the Gascon Parlance

Group Members Monsegur Vaillant-Soprano/ConcertistClaude d'Esplas-Art DirectorADG Paris

Instruments Voice + Piano : singing and accompanying simultaneously !

Albums http://www.adg-paris.org

Press Reviews ***"The actress’s excellent voice shocks us and her capacity of handling the pieces makes us know what is art".Radio Beijing***‘Unforgettable and nonpareil’Radio Helsinki - Finland***‘The Parisian’s special performance is a world premiere! It is surprising that Monsegur Vaillant wishes to perform alone as a soprano and a pianist’. Sachsenpost, Zwickau - Germany***

Location Paris, Ile de France - France

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