Music Commission
The music commission assists the musical director in choosing programs and participates in defining the orchestra’s artistic direction.
Marie Fasel
Born in 2002 to pianist parents, Marie Fasel started playing the saxophone at age 8 in Elie Fumeaux's class at the Lausanne Conservatory. She distinguished herself in various competitions throughout her path such as the JSMC, the Swiss Youth Music Competition, the Bach Competition, or the Contemporary Music Competition in Sion. Passionate about symphonic music, she began studying the horn in 2017 in Vincent Canu's class and plays in various orchestras, including the Orchestre Riviera Symphonique under Luc Baghdassarian. After 3 years at the Auguste Piccard Gymnasium in the Special Matura class, she obtained her saxophone certificate and matura in 2020. She is currently pursuing her studies majoring in Archaeology in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Lausanne.
Rayan Ghazinouri
Born in 1997, Rayan started playing the violin at age ten in Stéphane Boichut's class. He later entered the Orchestre des Collèges et Gymnases Lausannois (OCGL) under Luc Baghdassarian and the Camerata d'Archi under Stéphane Boichut. Eight years later, he switched from violin to viola. He was then promoted to section leader of the viola section within the OCGL and the Orchestre Riviera Symphonique (ORS), also directed by Luc Baghdassarian. In 2016, he became section leader at Camerata d'Archi and joined the Lausanne University Orchestra (OSUL) directed by Hervé Klopfenstein in 2018, alongside his civil engineering studies. To get more involved in the classical world, Rayan joined the OCL club committee in 2019, the Orchestre Symphonique en Vogue (OSV) directed by Gabriel Pernet, and the Evochia ensemble directed by Clément Dromart. Rayan then stopped his civil engineering studies to devote himself to violin making. He did a one-semester internship with Sébastien Lavielle, successor of Pierre Mastrangelo, and started his apprenticeship at the Swiss violin making school in Brienz in 2020. He also follows a chamber music course there and continues his training with Erika Akane Schutter, violinist at the Zurich Tonhalle. He participates in many other orchestra and chamber music projects between Geneva and Brienz.
Nora Bender
Born in 1999, Nora Bender started playing the clarinet at age 9 at the Lyre Echallens music school in Andrea Baggi's class. Four years later, she joined the village wind band under Marco Forlani. Since then, she has participated in various regional competitions, won prizes multiple times. Upon entering high school, she chose music as her main option. Later, in 2015, during a language exchange in Basel, she had the opportunity to play in the Musik Akademie wind orchestra while following courses with Melinda Maul. Back in Lausanne, she invested in various music projects like Micro Harmonie or high school matura projects. Later, in 2019, she earned her clarinet certificate with honors of the jury under Frank Sigrand. A member of OSV since the first edition, she plays year-round in the Geneva Wind Orchestra (OHGe) directed by J-C. Monnier and in the Agora ensemble directed by Etienne Mounir. In parallel, she is studying at the Haute Ecole de Santé Vaud (HESAV) to become a nurse.
Claire Heinrich
Born in France in 2001, Claire started playing the cello at the age of seven at the Rouen Conservatory, in the class of Isabelle Loubaresse and later Nathalie Ruget. She stayed there until 2018 before entering the preparatory cycle for higher education in Véronique Marin's class at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Rueil-Malmaison. In 2021, she was admitted to the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne, where she is currently pursuing her Bachelor's studies with François Salque.
Upon her arrival at HEMU, Claire founded the Trio Aldébaran with two classmates, with whom she performs regularly in concert. They also won second prize at the Lavaux Classic Competition in 2022.
Passionate about orchestra, Claire joined the Orchestre-atelier Ostinato in 2020, in the Paris region, and participated in the project Les Troyens with the Jeune Orchestre Européen Hector Berlioz, under the direction of François-Xavier Roth and the tutoring of musicians from the orchestra Les Siècles. Since 2022, she has been a member of the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra and regularly participates in youth orchestras in the Lausanne region. In September, she joined the music commission of the Orchestre Symphonique en Vogue, of which she was also principal of the section in 2022 and 2023.
Clément Dromart
Clément Dromart started playing the cello in a departmental conservatory in western Lyon at age 3, learning music in the classes of Laure Perrin and Lucie Lacour. Upon arriving in Lausanne in 2014 for his studies at EPFL, he joined the OSUL and dedicated increasing time to student life, particularly music. Besides presiding over Coaching Mécanique and organizing the Bachelor's trip, he became president of the Lausanne Students' Chamber Orchestra (OChE) from 2018 to 2020. During this period, he created the OChE competition for young professionals in the region. In the meantime, he started horn and conducting, eventually creating the string ensemble 'Evochia'. Now an energy engineer, he continues to invest in the student and music world.