Duo Lemarie
Chiharu Inoue

Chiharu Inoue began studying the saxophone at the age of 15 in Japan. She received a gold medal at the Cergy-Pontoise Conservatory studying under Jean-Yves Fourmeau. She is the first Japanese who received a DFS (Diplome Formation Superieur) at the National Superior Conservatory of Music in Paris, under the tutelage of Claude Delangle. She is a laureate of the International Competition of St-Nom-La-Bret¸che and received the first Prix Honneur given unanimously from UFAM for chamber music. She teaches at the Nagoya Music College in Japan. She also performs with the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra.
Yann Lemarieˇ

Prix de Perfectionnement unanimously at the Paris Superior Conservatory-CNR and titular of the State Diploma of professor of saxophone. In 1998, Yann Lemarie received the First Prize unanimously at the Regional Ile de France Competition, and in 1999 was a semi-finalist at the Bois de Bayreuth International Competition. In 2001, he received the first Prix Honneur unanimously from UFAM and at the Bellan Competition. In 2002, he received the first Prix Honneur unanimously from UFAM in chamber music. In 2002, he toured Japan as a member of the Jean Ledieu Quartet. He teaches at the Municipal Conservatories of the 7th and 20th wards of Paris, and at the Savigny sur Orge Conservatory.