Guillaume Florès obtained in june 2024 his Master degree at the CNSMDP, after 5 years of studies with David Gaillard and Nicolas Bône. He is a violist passionate about chamber music. Founding member of the Igami piano quartet, he has performed at the Festival de La Roque D'Anthéron 2022, the Encuentro of Santander 2021 and 2022, and the first edition of Lumières d’Europe in November 2022. He benefited from masterclass with Nobuko Imai, Antoine Tamestit, Máté Szücs, Garth Knox and Bruno Pasquier. He was academist in the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris in 2021-2022 and was the selected violist for the 2022-2023 Studio Academy of the Orchestre de Paris.
In 2018, he obtained the second prize in the Concours International des Jeunes Altistes.

First Round

• J. S. Bach: Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010
  • 1. Prelude (4')
  • 4. Sarabande (4')
• M. Reger: Suite for Viola Solo op. 131d Nr. 1
  • 1. Molto sostenuto (5')
  • 2. Vivace (4')
• F. Schubert: Sonata A minor D 821 "Arpeggione"
  • 1. Allegro moderato (12')
• F. A. Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto in D major
  • 1. Allegro (8')

Second Round

• P. Pujanek: Dentro (11')
• T. Takemitsu / T. Hosokawa: “A String around Autumn” (16')
• R. Clarke: Sonata for Viola (23’)
  • 1. Impetuoso - ma non troppo Allegro 
  • 2. Vivace
  • 3. Adagio
• G. Knox: 9 fingers (4’)

Piano: Ayaka Matsuda (guest)

Finale

• Béla Bartók: Viola Concerto (Ed. Serly) (24')
  • 1. Moderato
  • 2. Adagio Religioso
  • 3. Allegro Vivace