Nikan Ompa
Profile
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Soprano- Inês Flores Brasil:
Inês Flores Brasil obtained her B.A. in Singing in Porto (ESMAE - School of Music and Performing Arts) with Rui Taveira. She then was awarded her M.A. in Music Performance at the Geneva Haute Ecole de Musique with Maria Diaconu. She pursued further specialised studies with Regina Werner, Susan Waters, Rachel Bersier and Luisa Castellani for contemporary music. Inês has also performed in a variety of international festivals in Portugal, Germany, Brazil, Switzerland, England, and France, etc. She has been a soloist in several productions. In the area of contemporary music, she has performed in Pierrot Lunaire, and for sacred music, works by Zelenka and Vivaldi. In 2024-25, Inês was resident artist in OperaLab in Geneva.
Contralto- Zoé Vauconsant- Massicotte
Zoé was born in Canada, and has a degree in musicology from the University of Aix en Provence and an M.A. in performance from the Geneva Haute Ecole de Musique. In 2021, she began studying with Sonia Prina and obtained a certificate of specialisation in baroque opera in 2022 at Verona.
As a singer, she has sung in the choruses of the Geneva Grand Théâtre, the Lausanne Opera and the Avignon Opera, but also with Les Métaboles, and l'Ensemble Syllepse. In 2024 and 2026, she performed in comic opera productions with the Entresilences ensemble. Her love of chamber music has led her to join the NikanOmpa ensemble specialized in early Ibero-American music, participating in several concerts in France, Switzerland, and Mexico, and recording their first CD with them, "Simi voz muriera en tierra".
Tenor - Mauricio Montufar
Mauricio Montufar is a vocal soloist, specialised in medieval, Renaissance and baroque music as well as traditional Latin American music. He has an M.A. in performance, specializing in early music, from the Geneva Haute Ecole de Musique, and has developed a singing technique drawing upon both historical sources and oral traditions. He performs regularly in France and internationally in a variety of vocal ensembles, in particular Arborescence and Lucidarium, and participates in projects as a tenor soloist. He has received an award from the Royaumont Foundation and participated in several academies and research and performance projects relating to medieval music and Ars Nova.
Alongside his performance activities, he has been working in the area of teaching and outreach, while engaging in artistic projects bringing together early music and Latin American vocal traditions.
Baritone - David Burkhard
David Burkhard is a multifacetted Italo-Swiss musician who is not only a baritone, but also a pianist, organist, choirmaster and musical editor. Having been trained at the Geneva Haute école de musique, he has built up impressive expertise in several areas of music which he shares in concerts, lectures or coaching sessions.
At present he is being given vocal coaching by Rachel Bersier.
Organ - Zeltzin Pérez
Zeltzin Pérez founded the Xochipilli Association dedicated to the promotion of Mexican music, and is a Mexican organist and harpsichordist. She is currently resident organist in Ollon, Switzerland.
After starting her studies at the Music Department of the Autonomous National University of Mexico as well as the INBAL School of Music, Zeltzin Pérez continued at the Geneva Haute École de Musique where she obtained an M.A. in organ performance. She is now studying with Vincent Thévenaz for a second M.A in Music Education.
She has supplemented her training by participating in a large number of master classes with renowned specialists in organ and harpsichord such as Guy Bovet, Benjamin Alard, Olivier Latry, Leo van Doeselaar and Paul Goussot, inter alia.
She performs regularly as an organist and harpsichordist in a variety of festivals and concert series in Mexico, France, The Netherlands, and Switzerland, in particular the Organ in Situ Festival in Amsterdam, the Gaillard and Sciez Festival in France, as well as the St Pierre Cathedral Concerts Auditoire de Calvin concerts in Geneva.
AOA festivals
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