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Patrick Cohën-Akenine
Patrick Cohën-Akenine (born in 1966) is a French classical violinist and conductor. Biography At the age of four, he began playing the violin and received a first prize for excellence from the . He then entered the Conservatoire de Paris. He devoted himself with passion to string quartets. He thus had the chance to work with the Amadeus, Alban Berg, Cleveland, Fine Arts, Guarneri quartets. He left for Budapest in order to follow the advice of Vilmos Tátrai. At the end of his studies he obtained a prize from the Ministry of Culture. Passionate about early music, he learnt baroque violin with Patrick Bismuth at the CNSMDP and perfected his skills with Enrico Gatti. After playing with Les Musiciens du Louvre and Les Arts Florissants, he took over the role of concertmaster in ensembles like Il Seminario Musicale, La Simphonie du Marais, Capriccio Stravagante, the Ricercar Consort, Les Talens Lyriques, Les Agrémens. Since 1994, he has been solo violin of the Conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary duties of the conductor are to interpret the score in a way which reflects the specific indications in that score, set the tempo, ensure correct entries by ensemble members, and "shape" the phrasing where appropriate. Conductors communicate with their musicians primarily through hand gestures, usually with the aid of a baton, and may use other gestures or signals such as eye contact. A conductor usually supplements their direction with verbal instructions to their musicians in rehearsal. The conductor typically stands on a raised podium with a large music stand for the full score, which contains the musical notation for all the instruments or voices. Since the mid-19th century, most conductors have not played an instrument when conducting, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ensemble (music)
A musical ensemble, also known as a music group or musical group, is a group of people who perform instrumental and/or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name. Some music ensembles consist solely of instrumentalists, such as the jazz quartet or the orchestra. Other music ensembles consist solely of singers, such as choirs and doo wop groups. In both popular music and classical music, there are ensembles in which both instrumentalists and singers perform, such as the rock band or the Baroque chamber group for basso continuo (harpsichord and cello) and one or more singers. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families (such as piano, strings, and wind instruments) or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles (e.g., string quartet) or wind ensembles (e.g., wind quintet). Some ensembles blend the sounds of a variety of instrument families, such as the orchestra, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamber Music
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers, with one performer to a part (in contrast to orchestral music, in which each string part is played by a number of performers). However, by convention, it usually does not include solo instrument performances. Because of its intimate nature, chamber music has been described as "the music of friends". For more than 100 years, chamber music was played primarily by amateur musicians in their homes, and even today, when chamber music performance has migrated from the home to the concert hall, many musicians, amateur and professional, still play chamber music for their own pleasure. Playing chamber music requires special skills, both musical and social, that differ from the skills required for playing solo or symphonic works. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baroque Music
Baroque music ( or ) refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque style followed the Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Classical period after a short transition, the galant style. The Baroque period is divided into three major phases: early, middle, and late. Overlapping in time, they are conventionally dated from 1580 to 1650, from 1630 to 1700, and from 1680 to 1750. Baroque music forms a major portion of the "classical music" canon, and is now widely studied, performed, and listened to. The term "baroque" comes from the Portuguese word ''barroco'', meaning " misshapen pearl". The works of George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach are considered the pinnacle of the Baroque period. Other key composers of the Baroque era include Claudio Monteverdi, Domenico Scarlatti, Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Vivaldi, Henry Purcell, Georg Philipp Telemann, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Philippe R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Béatrice Martin (harpsichordist)
Béatrice Martin (born 1973) is a French harpsichordist. Life Born in Annecy, Martin began playing the harpsichord at the age of 6 years old in parallel with dancing. She studied at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève then Conservatoire de Paris. She has been a regular harpsichordist with Les Arts Florissants under William Christie, for whom she acted as principal assistant. In 2000, she founded the ensemble "Les Folies françoises" with the violinist and conductor Patrick Cohën-Akenine. She is a professor at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya in Barcelona and has been a guest professor at the Juilliard School in New York since 2015. She has recorded about ten CDs, including recordings of Bach's Sonatas for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1014–1019, with Patrick Cohën-Akenine. Her album ''Bach: concertos pour clavecin'' (BWV 1052, 1053, 1055, 1056), with "Les Folies françoises", was awarded a Diapason d'or in 2016. Prizes and awards * 1998: First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Vingt-quatre Violons Du Roi
Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi (in original orthography ''Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roy'' and in English ''The King's 24 Violin-Family Instruments'') was a five–part string ensemble at the French royal court, existing from 1626 to 1761. The five parts, or ''parties'', were ''premier, haut-contre, taille, quinte'', and ''basse'', equivalent to violin, alto viola, tenor viola, low-tenor viola, and cello. History ''Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi'' were founded in 1626 under Louis XIII of France, Louis XIII. As part of the ''Musique de la Chambre'' they played in the musical accompaniment to festivities and official events at the Palace of Versailles, Versailles court. Within five years, by 1631, the British royal court of Charles I of England, Charles I had copied the structure (“treble violins,” “contratenor violins,” “tenor violins,” “low-tenor violins” and “bass violins,” to use the terms applied in London at the time), but with a total of fourteen instrume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre De Musique Baroque De Versailles
The Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles (CMBV - ''Centre of Baroque Music Versailles'') is a centre for the study and performance of French Baroque music, based at the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi. It was founded by Philippe Beaussant and Vincent Berthier de Lioncourt, who were entrusted with the task of founding a musical establishment at Versailles by the French Ministry of Culture in 1987. It opened in 1988 (with Beaussant as its first artistic advisor and de Lioncourt its first director), and an adult choir and children's choir (''Les Chantres'' and ''Les Pages'' respectively) were added in the following two years. It has since 1996 been based in the Hôtel des Menus-Plaisirs at the Palace. External linksHomepage ( R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Arrondissement Of Paris
The 11th arrondissement of Paris (''XIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''onzième''. The arrondissement, called Popincourt, is situated on the right bank of the River Seine. The arrondissement is one of the most densely populated urban districts of any European city. Description The eleventh arrondissement is a varied and engaging area. To the west lies the Place de la République, which is linked to the Place de la Bastille, in the east, by the sweeping, tree-lined Boulevard Richard-Lenoir, with its large markets and children's parks. The Place de la Bastille and the rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine are full of fashionable cafés, restaurants, and nightlife, and they also contain a range of boutiques and galleries. The Oberkampf district to the north is another popular area for nightlife. The east is more residential, with more wholesale commerce, while the areas around the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hervé Niquet
Hervé Niquet (born 28 October 1957) is a French conductor, harpsichordist, tenor, and the director of Le Concert Spirituel, specializing in French Baroque music. Biography Born on 28 October 1957, Hervé Niquet was raised at Abbeville in the department of Somme. He studied harpsichord, composition, conducting, and opera singing. In 1980, he was appointed as the choir master of the Opéra National de Paris. Between 1985 and 1986, Niquet became a member of Les Arts florissants as a tenor, the ensemble that William Christie founded. In 1987, he established his own ensemble named "Le Concert Spirituel" which focuses on French grand motets of the 17th and 18th centuries.Réjean Beaucage; Jane Brierley (translation), (Sept. 3, 2003''Hervé Niquet and la Nouvele Sinfonie''at La Scena Musicale Recordings Accord, Adda * André Campra Vol.1 Te Deum. Motets Niquet (Adda 581250) no reissue * André Campra Vol.II Requiem. Benedictus Dominus. Niquet (Accord) * André Campra Vol.III D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concert Spirituel
The Concert Spirituel ( en, Spiritual Concert) was one of the first public concert series in existence. The concerts began in Paris in 1725 and ended in 1790. Later, concerts or series of concerts of the same name occurred in Paris, Vienna, London and elsewhere. The series was founded to provide entertainment during the Easter fortnight and on religious holidays when the other spectacles (the Paris Opera, Comédie-Française, and Comédie-Italienne) were closed. The programs featured a mixture of sacred choral works and virtuosic instrumental pieces, and for many years took place in a magnificently-decorated ''Salle des Cent Suisses'' (Hall of the Hundred Swiss Guards) in the Tuileries Palace. They started at six o’clock in the evening and were primarily attended by well-to-do bourgeois, the lower aristocracy, and foreign visitors. In 1784 the concerts were moved to the stage area of the ''Salle des Machines'' (an enormous former opera house in the Tuileries), and in 1790, when t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Talens Lyriques
The French musical ensemble Les Talens Lyriques was created in 1991 in Paris, France, by the harpsichordist and orchestral conductor Christophe Rousset. This instrumental and vocal formation derives its name from the subtitle of ''Les fêtes d'Hébé'' (1739) an opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Description The repertoire of Les Talens Lyriques extends from Monteverdi (''L'incoronazione di Poppea'', ''Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria ''and ''L'Orfeo''), Francesco Cavalli ('' La Didone'' and ''La Calisto'') to Handel (''Scipione'', ''Riccardo Primo'', ''Rinaldo'', ''Admeto'', ''Giulio Cesare'', ''Serse'', '' Arianna'', ''Tamerlano'', ''Ariodante'', ''Semele'' and ''Alcina''), taking in on the way Jean-Baptiste Lully (''Persée'', ''Roland'', '' Bellérophon'', '' Phaéton'', ''Isis'', '' Amadis'' and '' Armide''), Henri Desmarets (''Vénus et Adonis''), Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (''Les fêtes de Paphos''), Cimarosa (''Il Mercato di Malmantile'', ''Il matrimonio segreto''), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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