What matters - The family

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This is about the inner circle that shapes our everyday life: the two of us and our children. The big, open and loving family where I come from and which is always present in the background, my parents to whom I owe everything, have others meeting places.

Michel Vallois

born 1945 in Paris; studied Political Sciences, Arab and Hebrew in Paris and Jerusalem; taught Political Sciences at the American University of New Orleans, “Tulane”, in Paris; translator from German to French (books and articles); civil servant at the municipality of Paris; now retired, Michel translates poetry and gives free rein to his passion for music, especially to playing the French Horn, and singing in a choir. Michel’s translation of Rose Ausländer’s poetry collection “Blinder Sommer - Eté aveugle” has been published in 2015 by Héros-Limite in Geneva.

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Ouriel Vallois

born 1980 at Neuilly-sur-Seine; studied History of Art at the university of Lille and took a foundation course at the School of Fine Arts in Clermont-Ferrand; work experience in cabinet making in Goettingen (Germany); training course for design in Köln (Germany); apprenticeship for the making and restoration of stained glass windows at the GRETA in Chartres; employment in the workshops for stained glass windows of Jean-Jacques Fanjat in Lyon and at the S.A.R.L. Vitrail in Nantes; stage design for the pocket opera “Alice in Wonderland” produced by the Jeunesses musicale de France; exhibitions in Fécamp, Chartres, Maules and Nantes. Ouriel has made a formation as a librarian et works actually in a library. At the same time he continues his work as an independant artist.

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Rhéa Vallois

born 1983 in Fécamp; studied the clarinet and the piano at the music school of Notre-Dame de Gravenchon; continued her clarinet studies at the CNR conservatory in Paris, with Richard Vieille, in Nizza with Michel Lethiec, and in Berlin with Karl-Heinz Steffens. Studied History of Music with Corinne Schneider and continued her piano studies in Paris and Berlin. Rhea now plays in the orchestra Les Siècles, conducted by François-Xavier Roth and of the chamber music group Kyrielle.

Music: Robert Schumann, Fantasiestücke op. 73; Jörg Widmann, Fantasie Rhéa Vallois, clarinet; Anna Kirichenko, piano.

Music : Schumann, Fantasiestücke & Widmann, Fantasie

Avital Vallois

born 1986 in Fécamp. She studied Chinese at the INALCO (Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales) in Paris, and passed her Master 2 pro in 2010 with distinction. Erasmus Exchange Year at the SOAS School of Oriental and African Studies in London and six months studies at the BLCU (Beijing Language and Culture University) in Beijing. Language diplomas in Chinese, English and German (current in all three languages). In 2010, Avital worked as a representative of the Kreab Gavin Anderson Public Relation Agency in Beijing, and from February 2011 to February 2012 as a representative of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Paris. Since 2012, she works for Van Cleef & Arpels, first in Paris and since 2013 in Hongkong.