THE ARTISTS
The Quatuor Improbable's members
Pénélope Poincheval won several first prizes in V. Pasquier's class at the CNSM of Paris: double bass and chamber music in piano/double bass sonata.
She perfected her training for four years with D. Marillier to devote herself to chamber music. At the same time, she frequently substituted in the following orchestras: Opéra Bastille, Orchestre de Paris, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre d’Auvergne...), under the direction of prestigious conductors (P. Boulez, M.W. Chung, C. Echenbach, V. Gergiev, B. Haitink, S. Minz, D. Robertson, T. Sokhiev...).
In 2008, R. Martin and the "Chausson" trio invited her for a series of concerts at the "Folles Journées" festivals and for the recording of their CD dedicated to Schubert (Mirare).
This was followed by regular collaborations with B. Engerer, H. Demarquette, Anne Queffélec, and the Prazak Quartet. B. Berezovsky, J. Hurel, L.F. Perez, D. Nemtanu, the trio Les Esprits, and Adien Lamarca... Pénélope Poincheval holds the PEA of professor in charge of direction and currently leads the conservatory of Clichy-la-Garenne, Ile de France. She is the originator of the creation of the Quatuor Improbable in 2017.
Eriko Minami / vibraphone
Eriko Minami began her musical journey on the piano, trained by Keiko Matsubara and Yukari Nabata at the Yuhigaoka Music High School in Japan. After graduating, she continued her studies in France with Germaine Devèze, Edda Erlendsdottir, Jean-François Gonzales, and Brigitte Bouthinon-Dumas.
At 22, she chose to focus on percussion and studied under Alain Bouchaux, Frédéric Macarez, and Éric Sammut (marimba) at the CNR of Paris. A member of the orchestra Les Siècles, she performs as a percussionist and pianist.
She also collaborates with various orchestras and ensembles and joins the Quatuor Improbable in 2025.
At the same time, she works at the Philharmonie de Paris for educational concerts and pedagogical workshops. Trained in art therapy (PROFAC) and music therapy (AMIF), she develops a therapeutic approach to music within hospitals and nursing homes.
Morenn Nedellec / clarinet
Graduated from the CRR of Paris in clarinet and bass clarinet, Morenn Nedellec now shares her musical life between teaching and performing concerts.
Always in search of new musical experiences, in addition to her regular work within classical orchestras (Orchestre Divertimento, Orchestre de Bretagne, Orchestre de Picardie...), she enjoys venturing into more atypical genres such as musical theater (Fiddler on the Roof in 2010 at Théâtre Le Palace, The Phantom of the Opera in 2016 at Théâtre Mogador), film music recording (Le Capital, Human, Belle et Sébastien, Arrête ton cinéma...), and original ensembles such as La Symphonie de Poche, the Quatuor Improbable, and the Quintette Kaïros.
Since 2012, she has been teaching at the CRD of Chilly Mazarin and at the Marietta Alboni Conservatory (Paris 15).
He began his career as a solo harpist in the orchestra in Italy at the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste, followed by regular collaborations at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome and the Arena Orchestra of Verona in Italy, the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra in Spain, the Klangforum Wien in Vienna, Austria, and, in France, the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Orchestre National de France, the Paris Opera, and many other orchestras in France.
Holder of a higher prize in harp from the Superior Music Center of the Basque Country in San Sebastián, Spain, an equivalence of the State Diploma, and a degree in musicology from the Sorbonne, his training was shaped by the teaching of Frédérique CAMBRELING (harp) and Gabriel LOIDI (chamber music).
Groups, such as the Symphonie de poche and Secession Orchestra, the Quatuor improbable, with which he works a lot, push him to develop his taste for writing. He composes, arranges, and orchestrates numerous pieces for different ensembles. Some of his scores are published by 2MC éditions (paper format) and by Partition-pour (digital format).
Vincent Buffin / harp
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Elysée Moon alias Grégoire Ichou
Grégoire Ichou, tenor and drag queen Passionate about music as much as history, visual arts, and gender issues, Grégoire Ichou is at once an opera singer, tour guide, and drag queen.
He studied opera singing at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris and in master classes throughout Europe (he has lived in Edinburgh, Valencia, Florence, and Vienna), as well as musicology at Paris-Sorbonne University.
After earning his Master's in Art History at Panthéon Sorbonne University, he completed his training by obtaining the postgraduate diploma from the École du Louvre.
He now gives "sung tours" of museums and monuments in collaboration with numerous institutions: Opéra Comique, Louvre, Philharmonie de Paris, Théâtre de la Monnaie (Brussels), Panthéon, Musée de Cluny, Petit Palais, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme, Théâtre du Châtelet, Basilique Saint-Denis…
Her drag practice, through her character Élysée Moon, began two years ago.
It allows her to bring together her interests in musical performance and visual arts while freely exploring three main axes: the boundaries between genders, between "legitimate," "popular," and "subcultures," as well as between fiction and reality.
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Fabrice Salé
Actor, theater and clown teacher, trainer for 25 years, he holds a master's degree in geography.
He trained in clown with Mona Muche at the Tania Balachova theater course, with Daniel Berlioux and Vera Gregh, at the Ivry neighborhood theater courses with Adel Hakim and Elizabeth Chailloux. He attended workshops in neutral mask, commedia, and buffoon, with Alain Mollot, with Carlo Boso, with instructors from Jacques Lecoq's school, and street clown workshops in Italy, notably in Rome and Perugia.
He himself has been a theater and clown teacher at the Studio Alain de Bock in Paris for 10 years. He leads numerous theater workshops in various organizations, focusing on text, body, and improvisation.
He has more than 2,000 performances in contemporary and classical theater, improvisation, clowning to his credit. He plays a leading role in a France 3 television film and on W9's 'Criminal Investigations', a supporting role in the film 'Breaking Heart' by Laurent Caujat (released in 2019), and he acts in commercials and short films. He creates several solo clown shows, and sometimes plays the Ringmaster at the circus.