Verena Chen was born in Germany into a family of artists and completed her studies in Paris and then in Berlin.
As a prize winner at international competitions, she has performed as a soloist with, among others, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the Beijing National Symphony Orchestra, the German National Youth Orchestra, the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kurpfälzisches Chamber Orchestra, and the Ensemble Resonanz.
As a founding member of the Quatuor Mona and a fellow of the BBC New Generation Artist program, she has performed at the Philharmonie de Paris, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Salle Cortot, and at renowned festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Festival de Pâques de Deauville, the Rencontres Musicales d’Évian, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, and the Rheingau Music Festival.
In addition to her work as a soloist and chamber musician, Verena regularly performs with orchestras such as the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Les Dissonances, and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. She was a member of the first violins there for several years before devoting herself entirely to her freelance career.
Curious and open to new musical horizons, she also collaborates with contemporary artists such as Angèle, Yseult, Rema, Damso, and Clara Luciani, bringing her own distinctive sound to a wide variety of musical styles.
Recognized as one of the most talented violists of her generation, Léa Hennino has been active internationally for nearly fifteen years as a soloist, orchestral musician, and, above all, an enthusiastic chamber musician.
She performs with artists including Renaud Capuçon, Gérard Caussé, Emmanuel Pahud, Anne Queffélec, Jean-Guihen Queyras, the Quatuor Modigliani, Christophe Coin, Adam Laloum, David Kadouch, Victor Julien-Laferrière, Marc Coppey, Augustin Dumay, Liya Petrova, and Nicolas Angelich.
As a soloist, she has performed, among other works, Martinů’s Cello Concerto in the Czech Republic, Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante with the Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse, Richard Strauss’s *Don Quixote* with the Orchestre de Picardie, and Wranitzky’s Double Concerto with the Orchestre Senza Sordini in Paris.
