Carlos grew up in Santiago de Chile. He was first deputy solo timpanist at Teatro Municipal de Santiago (National Opera of Chile) before joining the Bavarian State Opera in 2015. Carlos loves the vibraphone, plays a little guitar and learned to play the recorder as a child.

Originally from Mallorca, Tomàs has been a percussionist with the Bavarian State Opera since January 2023. Rather than having a single favourite instrument, he enjoys playing a wide variety, keeping them all in regular rotation. Outside of music, he has a passion for cooking, which he loves to explore in his free time.

Maxime was born in Paris to a family of musicians. After two years of piano lessons, he finally decided to play the drums. He was with the Bavarian State Orchestra from 2016 to 2022 and is now solo timpanist at La Scala in Milan. He describes everything that has a skin and sounds good as his favourite instrument.

Claudio hails from Santiago de Chile and, if his parents had had their way, he would be an architect today – but his love for music was stronger. Claudio initially played as a solo timpanist with the Hofer Symphoniker for six years before becoming a percussionist with the Bavarian State Orchestra in 2013. He likes drums more than mallets but of course loves all percussion instruments.

He began his musical journey at the age of 15 by teaching himself to play the bass guitar. He then studied jazz and contemporary music at the Institute of Professional Musical Training in Salon-de-Provence before going on to study the double bass at the Centre de Musiques Didier Lockwood (CMDL). Playing in numerous groups across France, Germany, Belgium and Italy has given him valuable experience on stage and in the studio, where he has recorded 11 albums. In the summer of 2019, he was selected to participate in the International Association of Jazz Schools under the direction of Dave Liebman. In 2024, he won second prize in the David Ostroumooukhov Double Bass Competition final.

Born in Normandy in 1983, she began ballet training at the age of four. A private teacher introduced her to the flute, improvisation and jazz, as well as performers such as Roland Kirk, Eric Dolphy and Yusef Lateef. In 2007, she won the First National Jazz Flute Competition organised by Magic Malik. That same year, hip-hop singer, songwriter and producer Wax Taylor recruited her for his group, with whom she toured internationally for five years. She appeared on the gold-selling album In the Mood for Life in 2009 and on a live album recorded at Paris’ Olympia in 2010. During this period, she also released the album H2O with the electronica band UHT. In 2012, she founded the group Antiloops, which won the Sunside Trophies. In 2020, with the support of Éric Legnini, she released the album Outlaws, a tribute to Hubert Laws. She has also participated in the recording of albums by Amadou et Mariam, Thierry Mayard and Michel Edelin.

From the moment his grandmother gave him the Méthode Rose, he never stopped playing the piano. Then he decided that the guitar suited him better. After just two years of classical guitar at a music school in Chaumont, he switched to jazz. When he came of age, he left the city and joined the jazz department at the Paris Conservatoire, where he won first prize. He is renowned for creating musical fusions between jazz, rock, electronic music and reggae. Henri Texier and Erik Truffaz are delighted to play alongside him. As a solo artist, he released Songline on the Be Jazz label in 2006. In 2007, he was nominated for the international Django d’Or jazz award.

Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia, he moved to Athens in 1992 to escape the war. He is now based in Paris. He moved to the Netherlands in 2003, where he studied at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (undergraduate) and the Utrechts Conservatorium (postgraduate). In 2014, he received a prestigious scholarship from the Prins Bernhard Foundation to study in New York for six months. He won the Holland Casino Jazz & Pop Award in both 2008 and 2009, as well as the Dutch Jazz Competition in 2008. The jury (chaired by Philippe Catherine) congratulated him on the originality of his compositions and his performance. He took part in the VIPs tour in 2009 and the EBU European Jazz Competition in 2010.