Jérôme Hantaï (born 1961) is a

viola da gamba The viola da gamba (), or viol, or informally gamba, is a bowed and fretted string instrument that is played (i.e. "on the leg"). It is distinct from the later violin family, violin, or ; and it is any one of the earlier viol family of bow (m ...

player and

fortepianist A fortepiano is an early piano. In principle, the word "fortepiano" can designate any piano dating from the invention of the instrument by Bartolomeo Cristofori in 1700 up to the early 19th century. Most typically, however, it is used to ref ...

Biography

Son of the painters

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and Zsuzsa Hantaï, Jérôme Hantaï grew up outside Paris. He was initially self-taught and played the

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, fortepiano, and viola da gamba. He went on to study gamba with

Wieland Kuijken Wieland Kuijken (; born 31 August 1938 in Dilbeek) is a Belgian musician and player of the viola da gamba and baroque cello. Biography Kuijken started his career in music in 1952 with the Brussels Alariusensemble of which he formed part until ...

at the

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, where he received a Premier Prix in 1984. As a gamba and

violone The term violone (; literally 'large viol', being the augmentative suffix) can refer to several distinct large, bowed musical instruments which belong to either the viol or violin family. The violone is sometimes a fretted instrument, and may ...

player, he has performed with numerous pioneers of the early music movement, including Sigiswald and

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, and

Jean-Claude Malgoire Jean-Claude Malgoire (25 November 1940 – 14 April 2018) was a French oboist and later conductor. Early life Malgoire was born on 25 November 1940 in Avignon, France. His mother was born in Italy. Malgoire graduated from the Paris Conservatory. ...

. In France, he participated in the formation some of the first early music ensembles, such as the Orchestre Baroque d’Île-de-France and the Ensemble Orlando Gibbons. He is best known as a member of the Trio Hantaï, where he plays alongside his brothers

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(traverso) and

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(

). In 2018, he founded the Duo Gordis-Hantaï with the harpsichordist

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. He additionally records and tours as a fortepianist and gamba player and founded and directs the viol

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, Spes Nostra (formerly the Ensemble Jérôme Hantaï) and the Trio Almaviva. He has recorded music of

Marin Marais Marin Marais (; 31 May 1656, in Paris – 15 August 1728, in Paris) was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe ...

, W.A. Mozart, and

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for

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, Virgin Veritas, Musicales Actes-Sud, and most recently,

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and received numerous prizes, including two Diapasons d’Or and a Choc du Monde de la musique.

Discography

Solo

* 2019: ''Haydn/Mozart Sonates''. Mirare * 2015: ''Consort Music au temps de

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et ses contemporains'' / Spes Nostra. Musicales Actes-Sud * 2005: ''Joseph Haydn: Sonates pour pianoforte''. Ambroisie * 2005: ''Music for Bass Viols''. Virgin Veritas * 2004: '' John Jenkins: Fantazia'' / Ensemble Jérôme Hantaï.

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Éditions / Naïve * 2001: ''

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: Pièces à 2 et à 3 violes'' / Jérôme Hantaï, Kaori Uemura, Alix Verzier, Pierre Hantaï. Virgin Veritas * 2001: ''Marais: Pièces de viole, vol. 2''. Virgin Veritas * 1999: ''

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pour pianoforte, violon et violoncelle, no. 36, 37 et 40'' / Jérôme Hantaï, Philippe Couvert, Alix Verzier. Astrée Naïve * 1999: ''Pièces pour deux basses de viole'' / Jérôme Hantaï, Kaori Uemura. Virgin Veritas * 1997: ''Marais: Pièces de viole''. Virgin Veritas

Other

* 2005: ''

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: Opera Probita''.

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* 2004: ''

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: La Sultanne, Préludes & Concerts royaux'' / Alfredo Bernardini,

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, Emmanuel Balssa, Elisabeth Joyé. Alpha * 2001: ''

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: Irish and Scottish Songs'' /

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. Astrée Naïve * 2000: ''Deutsche Kantaten: Tunder,

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, Bruhns, Graupner'' /

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, dir.

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* 1999: ''

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, Sonates pour flûte'' / Trio Hantaï and Ageet Zweistra. Virgin Veritas * 1992: ''

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* 1991: '' Christmas Concerto, Sonatas after Concerti Grossi op. VI'' / Le Concert Français.

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* 1990: '' Delalande: Symphonies pour le Souper du Roy'' / Ensemble

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. Harmonia Mundi

External links

* "Haydn-Mozart par Jérôme Hantaï", ''Le Disque classique du jour'', France Musique. 11 June 2019. https://www.francemusique.fr/emissions/le-disque-classique-du-jour/haydn-mozart-sonates-jerome-hantai-mirare-72837 * "Che bella voce", ''Classic Club,'' France Musique. Interview with Jérôme Hantaï, 19 December 2016. https://www.francemusique.fr/emissions/classic-club/che-bella-voce-30512

References

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