Duo Marni

Chloe Phelps began studying music at the age of five at the Paris Conservatory Charles Munch in the class of Gérard Torgomian until she moved to Boston in 2011. There, she followed intensive studies in violin, music theory, chamber music, camerata and orchestra at the Longy School of Music of Bard College and Powers School of Music in the class of Sophia Sogland. She was awarded merit awards in recognition of her significant development and progress in her chamber music studies.

In 2015, Chloe then moved to Brussels where she began studying with Alissa Vaitsner and went on to enrol in the Brussels Royal Conservatory in the class of Shirly Laub. She obtained her masters degree in 2021 with Great Distinction and was awarded the Georges Octors Prize by the city of Brussels for talent and humanism during her musical studies. Chloe is also a 10th International Grumiaux Competition finalist and the recipient of the D. L. Clement Prijs from Ghent University (2023).

Passionate about chamber music, Chloe has performed in many festivals such as the Angelika Prokopp Sommerakademie der Wiener Philharmoniker, the Città Alta Chamber Music Festival in Bergamo, the Premières Scènes of the Musiq’3 Festival, the Cremona International Music Academy etc. Currently the full time assistant concertmaster of the Young Belgian Strings Orchestra as well as a substitute violinist at the Belgian National Orchestra, she also performs charity concerts (Belgian Foundation against Cancer) and enjoys teaching violin to young children. Chloe is now finishing her specialised masters degree in violin at the Brussels Royal Conservatory.

Ombeline Gasnier started playing the cello at the age of 6. Very quickly, she joined the CRR of Nice (France), where she acquired the basics of a very complete training (cello, piano, musical training, harmony, introduction of early music ...). There she obtained her DEM in cello, her DEM in musical training, but also her CEM in piano. After obtaining her diplomas, she entered Xavier Gagnepain's class at the CRR of Boulogne-Billancourt (France). Strengthened by this teaching, she then joined the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in the class of Marie Hallynck, where she obtained her bachelor's degree with great distinction. She continues her studies there for her master’s degree.

Above all, she enjoys playing with others, which explains her great interest in chamber music and in orchestra. She had the chance to be part of the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra twice, as part of the Aix-en-Provence festival. She is a reserve member of European Youth Orchestra in 2023 and 2024. Since 2019, she has been a permanent member of the Young Belgian Strings (string orchestra made up of Belgian students), placed under the patronage of Queen Mathilde. Within this group, she was able to perform throughout Belgium in big concert rooms like BOZAR, and recently also in Venice. She is also part of the Musiq3 festival orchestra, where she performed live on the radio. She has accompanied great soloists such as Sylvia and Stéphanie Huang, Lorenzo Gatto, and Hayoung Choi (winner of the 2022 Queen Elisabeth competition).

Throughout her path, she was able to receive advice from great musicians, such as Ophélie Gaillard, Anssi Karttunen, Joel Dieltens and Yegor Diachkov.

Chloe and Ombeline met in the Musiq3 Festival Orchestra back in 2021 and started playing together shortly after they both became members of the Young Belgian Strings Orchestra. Since then, they have performed in the Nocturne festivals and decided to name their duo after the concert hall where they first met.