Concerts

Cultura Orquidea offers exceptional concerts, showcasing renowned artists for unique and unforgettable musical moments.

Discover our diverse artists:

Radostina Petkova

Hélène Hébrard

Magalie Lauron



A Bulgarian pianist with an international career, performing in recitals, as an orchestra soloist, and as a chamber musician.

She studied under renowned professors such as Katya Kazandjieva, Leon Souroujon, and Bogomil Starshenov.
After studying in Burgas, her hometown, and at the "Pantcho Vladiguerov" Academy of Music in Sofia, she graduated with a "Summa Cum Laude" distinction.
Radostina Petkova embarked on an intense career as a concert pianist while sharing her teaching expertise at several universities and conservatories, including the National Academy of Music in Sofia, Pontifical Javeriana University in Bogotá, EAFIT University in Medellín, and Los Andes University in Bogotá.

She has recorded two CDs of contemporary music and undertaken numerous tours in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Hungary, France, Colombia, Venezuela, Ghana, the Czech Republic, and Spain.

She has been invited multiple times to the "Terres de l’Est et de l’Ouest" Festival in Burgundy.

She collaborates as a chamber musician with artists such as Svetoslav Manolov, Yvan Chiffoleau, Miguel Villafruela, Luis Llaneza, and Siqing Lü.

Since 2016, Radostina Petkova has been living in France. She has given a
recital in support of the TELETHON.

Currently, she continues her career as a concert pianist.

Radostina Petkova

Pianist


Hélène Hébrard

Mezzo Soprano


Hélène Hébrard began her musical studies at the Maîtrise de Radio France, then at the Conservatoire Francis Poulenc in Paris in the lyrical singing class of Isabel Garcisanz. She further honed her skills with Malcolm Walker and Susan McCulloch in London, as well as at the International Opera Studio in Zurich.

She won the Prix de la Mélodie Française at the Union Professionnelle des Maîtres du Chant Français, as well as the award at the Symphonies d'Automne in Mâcon.

Throughout her career, she has collaborated with the Orchestre de Radio France, Kurt Masur, Oleg Caetani, Charles Dutoit, the NHK Orchestra in Tokyo, Jeff Cohen, Maciej Pikulski, Julius Drake at the Cheltenham and Aldeburgh Festivals, Michel Dalberto, Christopher Raeburn, Dominique de Williencourt, Paul Daniel and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Bad Kissingen Festival, Holders Festival with Vincent Prezioso, Marthe Keller, René Falquet, Roberto Sawicki, and the Orchestre de Lancy, Les Nocturnes de l'Aude with Magali Lauron, the Davos Festival, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, and the Ensemble Matheus. She has also been invited on France Musique to participate in several programs (Un mardi idéal, D'une rive à l'autre, etc.).

After performing "L'enfant et les sortilèges" in Stockholm under his direction, Esa-Pekka Salonen invited her to pay tribute to Stravinsky with the London Symphony Orchestra, broadcast live on the BBC.
Two CDs have been released; Chamber music and songs by Maurice Emmanuel, accompanied by Frédéric Angleraux and François Killian, released by Toccata Classics, as well as L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Orchestre National de Lyon and Leonard Slatkin, released by Naxos.

Her meeting with actor and director Alain Carré allowed her to combine singing with theater in productions such as *Qui a tué Mozart?*, *Casanova, séducteur libertin*, *Camille et Auguste*, and *La Clôture des merveilles*, dedicated to Hildegarde of Bingen, accompanied on piano by François-René Duchâble. Inspired by the Belle Époque, she created a poetic and musical song cycle *Rencontres*, where she performs alongside Vincent Prezioso and Magali Lauron on piano. Recently, she participated in the creation of *La Cantatrice mauve chez Molière*, written by Jean-Pierre Althaus, with Titta Carvelli in Switzerland.

In parallel with her career, she obtained a vocal trainer certificate in spoken and sung voice for amplified music in 2021 (Richard Cross School) and founded her own vocal coaching business. She works with companies (Amundi, Eloquentia, the Royaumont Conversations, Cafés Joyeux, etc.) by leading workshops on voice, as well as with both amateur and professional singers. Currently, she is undertaking training at the Complete Vocal Institute in Copenhagen to become an official CVT (Complete Vocal Technique) teacher.

Magali Lauron is a pianist, holding a Concert License from the École Normale de Musique in Paris and a Concert Diploma from the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique in Geneva, where she studied in the class ofEdson Elias.
She deepens her studies with the pedagogue Monique Deschaussées (a disciple of Alfred Cortot and Edwin Fisher).
She regularly performs as a soloist and in chamber music as part of various festivals and performances that combine theater and music, particularly« Rencontres » created and performed by Mezzo-Soprano Hélène Hébrard, with pianist and arranger Vincent Prezioso.
Their musical partnership will lead them to perform numerous recitals together, exploring a rich and diverse repertoire.

Magali Lauron also collaborates with actor Nicolas Sotnikoff (Théâtre du Soleil), violinist Vinh Pham (disciple of Ivry Gitlis), and pianist Irina Chkourindina (Salle Cortot in Paris, La Seine Musicale, Festival des Musiques d’Été at Château de Lourmarin, Festival d'Automne at Studio Paulello, Musiques sur Seine Festival…).

Elle est invitée à jouer le piano d’exception opus 102 de Stephen Paulello (www.stephenpaulello.com) à l’occasion de l’inauguration de son studio d’enregistrement. She participates in the creation of the "Winter Romantic Cycle" in Romorantin-Lanthenay, a festival in which she performs every year.
She made a highly acclaimed recording of Schumann/Brahms, which was broadcast on Radio Classique.

"Depth, power, purity of style, rare qualities in an artist so young."

LE MIDI LIBRE

Magalie Lauron

Pianist