Malplaquetmuse

Musicians
Willard Carter, Cello
Yannick Rafalimanana, Piano

Program:

Music from Haydn, Tsintadze, Schumann, Kodaly, Bartok and Debussy

Willard began cello lessons at the age of four with Elizabeth Anderson. He joined Wells Cathedral School as a chorister at the age of eight and moved to the Purcell School in 2013 to study cello with Alexander Boyarsky. In 2016, he joined the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music for additional chamber music studies. In 2018, he began studying with Ivan Monighetti at the Escuela de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid, in 2023, he was a student at the Barenboim–Said Akademie with Frans Helmerson and from 2026 he is studying with Antje Weithaas in Berlin.

Willard has played recitals at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Radio Classique Festival in Saint-Malo, Solsberg Festival and has performed on stages such as The Wigmore Hall, Buckingham Palace and Berlin Konzerthaus. Willard has performed and curated concerts at the Heidelberger Frühling Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, and the Gstaad New Year Festival.

In November 2025 Willard won the VP Opus Bank Award in Liechtenstein.

Originally from France, Yannick is a versatile musician that brings his chamber music spirit to stages throughout the World. He has performed at the Berlin Philharmonie, the Elbphilharmonie, Wigmore Hall, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Kennedy Center in Washington or Symphony Hall in Boston.

He has shared the stage with artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Steven Isserlis, Noah Bendix-Balgley or Arnold Steinhardt and ensembles including the Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, Ensemble Resonanz, Le Balcon or the Pangaea Trio Berlin.

Convinced of the essential social role of the musician in his own neighborhood , Yannick brings chamber music to his local communities through two concert series that he founded : "Yannick's Salon" in Berlin and " Quartierklänge" in Hamburg. He was also one of the founder musicians of Groupmuse back in 2013.

SNACKS? The event is byod, but snacks and some drinks will be provided by the hosts.

SPOTS ARE LIMITED - Make sure to sign up for this event via groupmuse.

SPREAD THE WORD... We are always looking for more people who would like to attend as a guest or musician or even host a groupmuse!

MALPLAQUET-KIEZ: If you don't live in Wedding, don't miss this opportunity to come around and discover the local cafés, restaurants and bars of the (always) up and coming Malplaquet-Kiez before or after the muse.

If you are interested to learn more about the groupmuse concept, attend as a guest or musician - or even host a groupmuse night at your place, make sure to read all about it on the groupmuse website and of course do reach out to us in case of questions!

What's the music?

Yannick Rafalimanana Piano