artistic collaborations

Founded in 1982, the Orchestre Français des Jeunes trains young instrumentalists for a career as orchestral musicians, under the direction of internationally renowned conductors.

Based in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region since 2023, the orchestra holds its summer residency at the Saline royale d’Arc-et-Senans and its winter residency at the Dijon Opera. In winter 2025, the Orchestre Français des Jeunes made its operatic debut under the baton of its new Music Director, Estonian conductor Kristiina Poska.

The OFJ will continue its exploration of new repertoire with a symphonic concert on 6 December, performances of Das Lied von der Erde in Dijon on 10 January and at Espace des Arts in Chalon-sur-Saône on 11 January, as well as a week-long residency at the Auditorium and a week-long chamber music residency in February. Each period of residency is an opportunity to engage with the widest possible range of audiences through open rehearsals, workshops and opportunities to meet the musicians.

^{The Orchestre Français des Jeunes is supported by the French Ministry of Culture, its principal partner. Since 2023, it has been based in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, with residencies at the Saline royale d’Arc-et-Senans and the Dijon Opera. Since 2025, it has also received support from the Fondation Orange and Yamaha Music Europe. The orchestra is a member of the European Federation of National Youth Orchestras (EFNYO) and the French Association of Orchestras (AFO).}

^{© Luc Menneteau}

The Zaïde Quartet is a string quartet comprising Charlotte Maclet (first violin), Leslie Boulin Raulet (second violin), Céline Tison (viola) and Juliette Salmona (cello). Founded in 2009, the quartet has established itself on the international stage as one of the few all-female string quartets. Prizewinner at several international competitions between 2010 and 2012, including those in Bordeaux, Vienna and Beijing, it has become a leading presence on the chamber music scene.

Known for its exacting standards and distinctive sound, the quartet has performed at major concert venues for the past 15 years, sharing the stage with artists such as Martha Argerich, Nelson Goerner, Michel Portal, Xavier Phillips and Lise de la Salle. The musicians work closely with the NoMadMusic label and its artistic director, Hannelore Guittet, with whom they have recorded eight albums

The quartet’s repertoire ranges from the classical to the contemporary, including works by Xenakis, Harvey, Rihm and Gubaidulina. It also maintains close relationships with a number of composers, resulting in regular commissions for new works.

In 2021, the quartet founded the ISQA (International String Quartet Academy), an academy dedicated to supporting young ensembles and fostering exchange between musicians. Since 2025, its two violinists have taught chamber music at the ESM in Dijon. True to the quartet tradition, the musicians shape their interpretations through a close connection between sound and physical expression, boldly innovating and engaging directly with the audience.

A regular presence at the Dijon Opera, the Zaïde Quartet presents its Beethoven Folk series this season, with performances in Dijon on 16 December and 28 May, and in Vesoul on 8 December and 27 May, marking the release of the first two albums recorded on the Auditorium stage. The quartet will also present excerpts from the programme, with commentary for younger audiences, on 14 December and 28 May. In partnership with the Dijon Opera, the quartet will give a further concert at the Musée Magnin on 11 September 2026.

The Zaïde Quartet receives support from the DRAC Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, is an “associated artist” of the Fondation Singer-Polignac, and is supported by the City of Dijon and the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Region.

Born in 1981, Marine Lanier lives between Dieulefit and Paris. After studying geography, literature and film, she graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie (ENSP) in Arles. She was a member of the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid in 2024–2025. In 2025, she was awarded the Maison Ruinart Prize in association with Paris Photo. In 2026, she also received a Jury Prize mention from Eurazeo.

Represented by Galerie Espace Jörg Brockmann in Switzerland, she has exhibited extensively in France—including at the Grand Palais, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Palais de Tokyo, the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the Musée Albert Kahn, the Rencontres d’Arles, Paris Photo, the CPIF and the Musée d’Art et d’Archéologie d’Aurillac—as well as internationally in the United States, China, Canada, Portugal, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany and Italy. She has published three books with Poursuite: Nos feux nous appartiennent, Le Jardin d’Hannibal and Le Soleil des loups, and has collaborated with American writer Rick Bass.

Her work is held in numerous public and private collections, including the Fondation Louis Vuitton, the Musée Nicéphore Niépce, the CNAP, the Musée d’Aurillac and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Since 2025, she has been a member of the Tendance Floue collective.

Her work is rooted in an eco-poetic approach, in which the relationship between human beings, the living world and the invisible forces of nature unfolds through documentary fables open to the irruption of magical realism. She explores liminal landscapes— islands, mountains, borders, abysses, deserts, volcanoes and forests—where human figures merge with the natural world. Through these spaces, she explores the interplay of myth, memory and ecology, moving between elevation and immersion.

Developed over several years, her series take shape as evocative and deeply engaged bodies of work, bringing together photography, text, archival material and sound in a fragmented, symbolic narrative.