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1 Hervé Blandinières 2 viola 3 #068e18 4 #1368a1 5 What is your professional background? When I was little, I used to fall asleep lulled by recordings of Brahms' *2^nd^ symphony* and his *Variations on a theme by Haydn*. It probably impacted my life more than I could have imagined at the time. For many years however, music remained a simple hobby like other manual activities, which made me hesitate for a long time when I had to choose a career. I finally decided to follow the musical path that I had been tracing since I was seven years old, and I entered the music schools of Gennevilliers, Boulogne-Billancourt, then the CNSMDP in Jean Sulem's class. After a quick stint at the Academy of the Opéra de Paris, I am now the happy violist of the Bellefeuille quartet, and a member of the Orchestre de Paris. 6 7 Your favorite leaf? The fig tree's. 8 9 A period of history that you would like to have experienced? The Neolithic. 10 11 Your preferred composer? Brahms, always! 12 13 A video game you like? Mario Kart. 14 15 Your house at Hogwarts? Ravenclaw, 91% according to the official test. 16 17 A beautiful memory? A mountain lake at the end of a hike in the Ariège. 18 19 Your favorite monument? Amiens' Cathedral, its immense volume and its facade teeming with details. 20 21 A work that moves you? Arnold Schoenberg's *Transfigured Night*. 22 23 Your hobbies? Cooking! As well as sport (in moderation). 24 25 What do you bring to the quartet? My bad moods and a little honey between bass and treble. 26 27 A dream? I fall off my bike and suddenly I wake up… But maybe I didn't quite understand the question. 28 29 The dish you like to cook? Pasta alla Norma. 30 31 Your favorite comic? *Asterix and the Chieftain’s Shield*.