Léa Hennino

Léa Hennino is an internationally acclaimed violist, performing chamber music with artists such as Renaud Capuçon, Quatuor Modigliani, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Emmanuel Pahud, Gauthier Capuçon, David Grimal, Nelson Goerner, and Marc Coppey. In 2014, she toured Europe performing Mozart’s complete string quintets with Renaud Capuçon, Gérard Caussé, and Clemens Hagen. As a soloist, she has performed Martinů’s Concerto-Rhapsody in the Czech Republic, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra, and has been guest principal viola with ensembles including Les Dissonances. Committed to artistic innovation, Léa collaborates with cellist Héloïse Luzzati on projects promoting women composers, such as La boîte à pépites and the Festival Un temps pour elles. She has recorded award-winning albums with Ensemble I Giardini, featuring Véronique Gens, Caroline Shaw, and Camille Pépin. In 2022, she co-created a multidisciplinary adaptation of Strauss’s Don Quixote with Yan Levionnois, actor Elliot Jenicot, and illustrator Cécile Pruvot, performed at major French festivals. Since 2022, she has been artist-in-residence at the Fondation Singer-Polignac and, since 2023, a member of the Fidelio String Quartet. A CNSM Paris graduate, she also studied with Nobuko Imai and Lawrence Power and trained at leading international academies including Verbier and Kronberg. Léa plays a 2013 Patrick Robin viola, on generous loan from Renaud Capuçon, with a bow by Thierry Doison.