Relocating to Champaign-Urbana

Moldover has moved from Indianapolis to Champaign-Urbana. In a personal post on social media he reveals why: ”My phenomenally talented wife Mélanie Clapiès is joining the Jupiter String Quartet!”.

The quartet performs across the U.S. and abroad, while also serving as artists-in-residence and faculty at the University of Illinois. This marks the realization of a long-held professional dream for Mélanie, and the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the artist couple in a vibrant and creative city, not far from the thriving metropolis of Chicago.

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We are thrilled to announce that Mélanie Clapiès is joining the Jupiter String Quartet as first violinist! She is a musician with a wide-ranging background in both Europe and the United States, a wonderful teacher, and an absolutely beautiful player, full of insight and creativity. We can’t wait to explore new ground with her as a quartet, and we welcome her and her family to our quartet family and our home community of Champaign-Urbana. Join us in welcoming Mélanie to the quartet!

"A longtime dream is becoming reality in joining this quartet, and I couldn't be more grateful for this next chapter with Meg, Liz, and Dan. It's a true privilege to explore the quartet repertoire with such inspired musicians." –Mélanie

Mélanie studied at the Conservatoires Nationaux Supérieurs de Musique in both Lyon and Paris. After moving to the United States, she received her M.M. and A.D. from the Yale School of Music and completed a Doctoral degree at the Manhattan School of Music in the studio of Mark Steinberg. Named a Zonta Club laureate in 2001, she has also received the Broadus Erle Prize (2013), the Yale School of Music Alumni Association Prize (2014), the Philip Francis Nelson Prize from Yale University (2015), and the Saul Braverman Award (2021). At Yale, she was the winner of the Woolsey Concerto Competition in 2015 with Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto. She is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda.