Laure Barras, soprano
This singer of Swiss-Canadian origin began her career in Switzerland. Amongst her most recent performances are her debut in Montreal, as well as Musikverein in Vienna, the Festival of Lucerne and the Lincoln Center in New York, singing with groups like Les Musiciens du Louvre, the Geneva Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra Leonore and Le Cameristi della Scala, collaborating with directors such as Marc Minkowski, Arie van Beeck, Ricardo Minasi, Stefano Ranzani and Kazushi Ono.

From 2013 to 2015, Laure Barras was a member of the Lyon Opera Studio. There she sang as Laurie in The Tenderland, as the Second Niece in Peter Grimes, as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, and as Frasquita in Carmen. Her recent commitments have included roles at the Opera of Lausanne, the Grand Théâtre d’Avignon, the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, the Opéra du Rhône and Opernspiel Munot. After earning a degree in Arabic and Eastern Studies in Paris and a Diploma in Acting at the Cours Florent, Laure Barras studied Singing and Opera in Lausanne, Switzerland and Hannover, Germany.

Animacorde
Andrés Ortiz, violin
Pablo Rioja, guitar

Since it was presented in December of 2012, this duo has held an intense schedule of concerts, the most notable of which include the premiere of the work Tapices y Disparates by Tomás Marco, as part of the Summer Classics series put on by the Autonomous Region of Madrid; their appearance alongside soprano Laure Barras as part of the Concerts de Grandson (Switzerland) with a live broadcast on the Swiss Radio and Television Network, at the Rencontres Orient-Occident de Sierre (Switzerland) at the Sursock Museum in Beirut (Lebanon), and their performances at the Le Bois qui Chante festival at the Château d’Oex (Switzerland), Messukeskus in Helsinki (Finland), the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Fundación ONCE, the Chamber Music Series at the University of Malaga, the ClasicArnedillo festival, the Ex Corde International Festival, the Spring Sounds Series at the Fundación Cerezales Antonino y Cinia, and the festival Conciertos de la Ojeda, in addition to two tours through Morocco with recitals in Tangier, Casablanca, Rabat and Larache.

The label Eudora Records will be publishing a CD with the duo Animacorde, including works by Paganini, Giuliani, García Abril and Rebay.