Frédérique Aronica

violoncello

A dedicated pedagogue, Frédérique Aronica has been serving as an assistant in the CrB's baroque cello class since 2019. Guiding students towards heightened self-awareness, she aims to cultivate a quality of presence that allows them to find comfort and a creative drive when playing the instrument. For her, art is a demanding yet fulfilling form of self-realization. Contributing to the growth of the instrumentalist and nurturing their musical personality is the core of her dedication as a teacher.

Teaching holds a significant place in her professional life, and she cannot envision it without maintaining a regular performance activity. The two practices mutually enrich each other. She delves into the diverse repertoires of her instrument with keen interest, participating as a chamber musician—particularly with the string trio Intermezzo—and collaborating in various orchestras and ensembles, such as Opéra de Reims, Orchestre National de Metz, Orchestre de Picardie, Ensemble Nomos, Les Voyages extraordinaires, Cercle baroque, Ensemble Largentière, and more.

Possessing a certificate of aptitude for cello and holding a position at the Conservatoire de Laon (France), she joined the Nomos cello ensemble in 2010, focusing on contemporary music. In 2011, she embarked on a Baroque cello course at the Royal Conservatoire in Brussels, successfully completing it with a Master's degree.

This desire for openness guided her throughout her studies, starting from the CRR in Reims and later at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris. During this time, she joined writing classes (harmony, counterpoint, fugue) and musical analysis classes at the CNSM in Paris, in addition to her instrumental training.
With a strong commitment to professional training and its challenges, she has been working with the Pôle Supérieur des Hauts de France (ESMD) since 2019. In this role, she is in charge of the cello didactics module as part of the preparation for the State Diploma.

Achievements

  • 1st Zibaldone of the baroque cello class: compilation of characteristic Spanish and Portuguese cello repertoires between 1720 and 1800 (2021)
  • Some of the highlights of the Cercle Baroque project
    - 2023: "un intermède comique", readings of letters by Jean-Jacques Rousseau by Alex Vizorek, music by Lully, Marais, Campra, Pergolèse, Jomelli conducted by Fabio Bonizzoni
    - 2019 : A. Vivaldi, Concerto for 2 cellos in G m, with cellist Caterina Dell'Agnello
  • Some of Ensemble Nomos's outstanding achievements (artistic director: Christophe Roy)
    - Thierry Escaich: "Cris" / creation of the Oratorio for narrator, choir, accordion, 2 percussion instruments and cello ensemble, based on texts by Laurent Gaudé (2016)
    - Recording of a CD during a concert at the "Présences" Festival in February 2017, named Best Recording of the Year at the 2022 Victoires de la musique classique awards.
  • "Nomos raconte": musical theatre show based on works by Jean-Pierre Drouet "le goût des plumes" and Maurizio Kagel "la trahison orale", musical director Michel Pozmanter (2015-2016)
Chamber music concerts
  • Trio Intermezzo (string trio with France-Pascale Chevalier, violin, and Roberto Aronica, viola) : Festival Musique en cascade de Jaun (Switzerland, 2023)
  • "Shared Scenes" in the Aisne with :
    - Pierre Fourchenneret, violin (Brahms piano quintet) (2024)
    - Geneviève Laurenceau, violin (piano quintet by Dvorak and waltzes by Strauss arranged by Schönberg) (2021)
    - Marie-Josèphe Jude, piano (Mozart and Beethoven quartets) (2018)
    - Gary Hoffman, cello (sextets by Brahms and Dvorak) (2016)
    - Jean-François Heisser, piano (Schumann piano quintet and chamber version of Chopin concerto) (2010)
  • Cellissime Cello Quartet with Marc-Didier Thirault, Kayoko Yokote and Alexandre Lacour (1990-2012): Tours in Japan, Germany, France
Some examples of arrangements:
  • Maurice Ravel: Pavane for cello ensemble (2022)
  • Joaquim Nin: Spanish Suite for cello quartet

- EnMando training: stage presence and stage fright management (https://www.enmando.org)

- Director of the AMN (Association Musique et Nature) summer course "ensemble music, ensemble in music", with 60-80 trainees, since 2007 (https://www.lamn.fr)