Thanks to her musician father, Clara Pertuy began weaving her mezzo voice into the raw wool of traditional world songs and jazz, all while pursuing solid classical training. A classically trained pianist, she graduated from the Haute École de Musique in Geneva and the Pôle Supérieur de Musique in Bordeaux. She later became an operatic singer, earning a second DEM and a Concertiste diploma in baroque singing in Paris.
An eclectic artist (storytelling, theater, dance, improvisation), she participates in numerous multidisciplinary projects and co-founded the musical theater duo “À mains nues” for four-hand piano with Julie Leroux.
She then chose to devote herself to the voice and to singing, her preferred means of invoking the Essential, opening hearts, and connecting to the mystery of life. Accompanying herself with a medieval organetto, a lyre, and a tampura, she pursued studies in sacred singing from East and West, Indian dhrupad-style singing, sound yoga, and MLA psychophony.
Ancient, sacred, and polyphonic music are natural elements in her artistic path: ensemble De Caelis, Vox Cantoris, and Corsican trio A funtana. But she has also lent her “multiple” voices to contemporary composers such as A. Markeas, while often keeping one foot in the sky: The Passion according to Saint John by F. Ledroit, and The Divine Comedy ballet by Xin Peng Wang.
Passionate about ecospirituality (Jainism, Ayurveda, Hildegard, integral ecology), she co-founded the socially engaged musical company “d’Or et de Paille” in 2022 with Jan Myslikovjan, under the patronage of the NGO Pranayu, in support of nature protection and non-violence. Many projects have since come to life: workshops, training courses, concerts, as well as the album Āyu – Sacred and Profane Chants of the World released by Psalmus, from which tonight’s sacred repertoire is drawn.

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The singular musical approach of accordionist Jan Myslikovjan has been shaped since childhood through improvisation and the popular accordion repertoire.
Always inspired by traditional, ritual, and sacred music, he specializes in Balkan and Hindustani music, which he studies under Henri Tournier at the National Conservatory of Music in Paris, where he also earns an award in improvisation and classical accordion.
His passion for creation and contemporary music leads him to explore the many facets of the accordion, either solo or at the crossroads of the arts: he collaborates with various ensembles such as Ars Nova and 2E2M, is the dedicatee of around fifteen original works by composers such as F. Rossé and A. Markeas, and takes part in multidisciplinary projects such as The 100 Non-Accordionists by the company Hors-Laps, or Ali Baba by Cie Éclats…
His encounter with singer Clara Pertuy awakened a passion for early music, to which he brings new light by adapting it to his button accordion in the duo d’Or et de Paille.