Arthur Stockel, clarinet & Friends

Now in its third season, Marlboro Music’s artist residency program brings exceptional chamber music ensembles to Marlboro's southern Vermont campus throughout the year for deep creative work and concert offerings. Each group is in residence for 1 to 3 weeks, enjoying concentrated time together in a retreat-like environment where they can rehearse new repertoire, prepare for recording projects, develop community engagement programs, and more. Every ensemble in residence includes at least one Marlboro Music artist, and each residency culminates with a free informal concert, in which the groups share the results of their work with our local community.

This residency concert brings together seven outstanding European artists in an all-Brahms program inspired by their recording sessions taking place during their winter residency on Marlboro's campus.

Program

All-Brahms program featuring Arthur Stockel, clarinet; Quatuor Agate; Hanna Salzenstein, cello; Manuel Vieillard, piano

Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2
Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115

About the Artists

Arthur Stockel

Arthur Stockel is a French clarinetist who has established himself as a passionate and eclectic musician through his career as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician, and was appointed principal clarinet of the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg at the age of 21. He won first prize at the Ghent International Competition in 2022, launching a career of solo appearances across Europe, and earlier took second prize at the Lisbon International Clarinet Competition. Most recently, in June 2026, he was named one of the artists joining the European Concert Hall Organisation's (ECHO) Rising Stars program for the 2027–28 season. He began his clarinet studies at the Conservatoire Départemental de Colmar under Alain Toiron before entering the class of Pascal Moraguès at the Paris Conservatoire in 2016. He has participated at Marlboro and performed as principal clarinetist with the London Symphony Orchestra, along with engagements at the Mariinsky Theatre and the Orchestre de Paris. He is a founding member of Ensemble Oct'Opus and performed Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time at the Royal Albert Hall for the World War I centennial commemoration. He has also pursued genre-crossing collaborations, including a project called Bewitched that brought together jazz and classical composers and musicians following a summer immersed in Paris's underground jazz scene. In January 2025, he released his debut solo album of Weber's clarinet concertos and quintet with the Hanson Quartet and the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg.

Quatuor Agate

Quatuor Agate is a Paris-based French string quartet, formed in 2016 and named after Johannes Brahms's Second Sextet, dedicated to his second love, Agathe von Siebold. The current lineup comprises violinists Adrien Jurkovic and Juliette Beauchamp, violist Raphaël Pagnon, and cellist Simon Iachemet. The founding members, natives of the South of France, first came together in Berlin, drawn by the city's dynamic and eclectic musical life, before moving to Paris in 2018 to study with Mathieu Herzog and Gabriel Le Magadure. They also studied at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin with Eberhard Feltz. The quartet were finalists at the 2022 Banff International String Quartet Competition, receiving the award for best performance of a newly commissioned work, and won the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) auditions in London in 2021. They were named ECHO Rising Stars for the 2024/25 season, touring major European concert halls including the Philharmonie de Paris, Kölner Philharmonie, and Konzerthaus Dortmund. In early 2024, they released their debut album of the complete Brahms string quartets on the Appassionato label.

Hanna Salzenstein, cello

Hanna Salzenstein is a French cellist trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (CNSMDP) who excels on both baroque and modern cello. She studied at the Paris Conservatory in the class of Raphaël Pidoux, later studying baroque cello with Christophe Coin, and was accepted at age 16 into Michel Strauss's class at the CNSM. She is a member of the ensemble Le Consort, performing alongside Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Justin Taylor, and Sophie de Bardonnèche, a group that has performed at major halls including the Philharmonie de Paris, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and BOZAR Brussels, and released recordings such as "Specchio Veneziano," awarded a Diapason d'Or. She also co-founded the Dichter Trio with Langlois de Swarte and pianist Fiona Mato, with whom she recorded an album exploring the Schumanns' circle for Harmonia Mundi in 2023. A laureate of the Fondation Banque Populaire, she has performed at festivals including La Folle Journée de Nantes and the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, and in 2023 took part in the world premiere of Benjamin Attahir's "Le Jardin d'Afrique" for three cellos and soprano. In 2024, she released her debut solo album, "E il violoncello suonò," devoted to 18th-century Italian cello repertoire.

Manuel Vieillard, piano

Manuel Vieillard is a French pianist who divides his activities between solo recitals, vocal accompaniment, and chamber music. He began piano with Sylvian Coudène before entering the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris at sixteen to study with Judy Chin, earning his DEM in 2011 and winning first prize at the Concours international de piano de Mérignac the same year. He went on to earn a dual degree in performance and musicology, then furthered his studies with Stefan Arnold for solo repertoire and Wolfram Rieger for vocal accompaniment at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. Alongside pianist David Salmon, he founded a piano duo devoted to four-hand and two-piano repertoire, refining their work with Emmanuel Strosser and Claire Désert. He has benefited from the guidance of noted musicians including Pascal Devoyon and Valentin Erben, and the duo has won several international competitions in the Czech Republic and Monaco. After completing his Master's with highest distinction, he devoted himself fully to the duo, appearing at prestigious festivals including La Folle Journée in Nantes and Tokyo, and La Roque d'Anthéron. He is supported by the Fondation Meyer.