WELCOME TO MOMENTS MUSICAUX JERSEY


‘Moments Musicaux Jersey’ was founded in 2022 to promote professional classical music on the island. We are inspired by bringing together an audience who loves classical music and sought-after internationally acclaimed artists as well as building new projects to create a one-of-a-kind concert experience. We look forward to welcoming you at one of our concerts!

UPCOMING CONCERTS

We are exploring music from a different aspect each year. 2023 was inspired by J.S. Bach and 2024 so far saw a focus on English and French Composers to celebrate Jersey‘s unique geographical and cultural position in the Channel Islands. For the 2024/25 Season we will explore ‘Musical Journeys‘, starting with pianist Hardy Rittner from Freiburg in Germany exploring Chopin‘s life and music.

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Christine Jasper, Founder and Director

Christine Jasper moved to Jersey island with her family in autumn 2021. A trained classical singer (Contralto), Christine was member of the London Symphony Chorus and previously BBC Symphony Chorus for more than 10 years and sang in all the main UK venues and internationally. She studied in Freiburg and Basel for her MA in Musicology and German Literature, and holds an MBA from Purdue University. Christine initially worked as Artist Manager at Konzertdirektion Schmid, Hannover, before moving to Investment banking at JPMorgan in London, where she spent more than a decade. It was during this time that she was a member of the Development Board of the renowned ‘Academy of St Martin in the Fields Orchestra’ and that she rediscovered her love for singing and the Arts.

ARTISTIC ADVISORS

  • Nicky Kennedy

    Nicki Kennedy has a long-standing career as a Soprano, having performed and recorded with the likes of Musiciens du Louvre, Netherlands Bach Society, Parlement de Musique, Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestre des Champs–Elysées, Modo Antiquo and choir of King’s College, Cambridge, including appearances at festivals throughout Europe, America, Mexico and the Far East and Japan, including Aix-en-Provence Festival, Three Choirs Festival, Potsdam Festival, Halle Festival, Beaune Festival and Boston Early Music Festival. In the UK she has appeared regularly as soloist with the Brook Street Band at Wigmore Hall and St John’s Smith Square. As a teacher and vocal rehabilitation specialist, she has given masterclasses in Spain, France, and the Czech Republic, as well as being a regular vocal coach and consultant for the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. She has delivered education projects with the Brook Street Band for Wigmore Hall.

  • Bettina Mehne

    For many years Bettina Mehne has been the Artistic Manager of The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and Head of Artistic Planning at the Wiener Konzerthaus, which she left to co-found the start-up HELLO STAGE, a Linkedin for the classical music business. She is also the co-author of the book „Be your own manager“ awarded with the prestigious Artist Manager of the Year Award by the Association of British Orchestras. In 2018 she joined the dynamic, creative and dedicated team of Keynote Artist Management providing worldwide management for conductors, soloist and singers.

  • Sonja Maria Stein

    Born in 1972, Sonja Maria Stein has worked (after a study and concert diploma in violin) as Agent and Director at internationally renowned Artist Management companies in Vienna, Hamburg, and Hanover, with a focus on orchestra touring. In 2007 she founded the Sonja Stein Company and since then develops strategies and concert programmes for international clients. Furthermore, inspired by her knowledge in music repertoire and with a fascination for language, she is writing librettos, arias and texts for Music Theatre and Opera.

    Photo credit: Krisztián Kolesár