{"id":3613,"date":"2026-07-20T12:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.m-k-o.eu\/?page_id=3613"},"modified":"2026-07-20T12:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:39:17","slug":"clara-mesple","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.m-k-o.eu\/en\/orchestra\/clara-mesple\/","title":{"rendered":"Clara Mespl\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-title\">Clara Mespl\u00e9<\/h1>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" style=\"margin-top:0\">Violine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide stack-below-1200 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-407c4b21 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.m-k-o.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MKO_StephanieKemna_CreditFGanslmeier_5.4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.m-k-o.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MKO_StephanieKemna_CreditFGanslmeier_5.4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.m-k-o.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MKO_StephanieKemna_CreditFGanslmeier_5.4-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Violinist Clara Mespl\u00e9 was born in Montpellier in 1997 and received her first violin lessons at the age of six. At twelve, she won first prize in her category at the Vatelot Rampal competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2014, Clara began her studies at the CNSMD Lyon in Marianne Piketty&#8217;s class, where she completed her master&#8217;s degree. She then studied with Peter Rainer at the Berlin University of the Arts. In 2024, after two years of study in Nora Chastain&#8217;s class, she received a solo master&#8217;s degree. She also received inspiration from Noah Bendix-Balgley, Lorenza Borrani, G\u00fcnter Pichler, Renaud Capu\u00e7on, the Quatuor Eb\u00e8ne and the Artemis Quartet during masterclasses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2013 and 2014, she was a member of the Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra and had the opportunity to play under internationally renowned conductors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2018, she became a member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and the prestigious Seiji Ozawa International Academy Switzerland. A year later, Clara participated in the Gustav Mahler Academy, the Zermatt Festival Academy and the Musethica International organisation. Since 2018, she has also gained orchestral experience as a substitute with the Eroica Berlin Chamber Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Kammerakademie Potsdam, where she has been an academician since 2022. Clara has also served as concertmaster with various French ensembles (Le Concert Id\u00e9al, Le Concert de la Loge, Orchestre de Chambre de l&#8217;\u00eele de Groix, etc.). Her passion is chamber music. She is co-founder of the Quatuor Confluence, with which she won first prize at the Tremplin Jeunes Quatuors Paris competition in 2016 and two prizes at the FNAPEC European Chamber Music Competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2019, she founded the Quatuor Arlequin, with which she won third prize as best string quartet at the Anton Rubinstein Chamber Music Competition. With her duo Vedan\u0101 (violin and piano), she won first prize at the Concours International L\u00e9opold Bellan in Paris and two prizes at the FNAPEC 2021 competition, which enabled them to perform at several festivals in the following season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a soloist, she received the \u2018Prize of the Jury\u2019 at the \u2018Talents Classiques\u2019 competition in 2019 and the sponsorship award from the Ibolyka Gyarfas Foundation in Berlin. In 2021, she performed with several university orchestras in France as a soloist, playing Beethoven&#8217;s, Mendelssohn&#8217;s and Tchaikovsky&#8217;s violin concertos. Clara plays a violin made by Fran\u00e7ois Caussin in 1885.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clara Mespl\u00e9 joined the Munich Chamber Orchestra as a violinist in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.m-k-o.eu\/orchester\/\">Zur\u00fcck<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Violine Violinist Clara Mespl\u00e9 was born in Montpellier in 1997 and received her first violin lessons at the age of six. At twelve, she won first prize in her category at the Vatelot Rampal competition. In 2014, Clara began her studies at the CNSMD Lyon in Marianne Piketty&#8217;s class, where she completed her master&#8217;s degree. 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