Akadêmia is a French

early music Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750) or Ancient music (before 500 AD). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad Dates of classical ...

ensemble founded in 1986 by conductor Françoise Lasserre. The initial group of singers were formed from members of

Philippe Herreweghe Philippe Maria François Herreweghe, Knight Herreweghe (born 2 May 1947) is a Belgian conductor and choirmaster. Herreweghe founded La Chapelle Royale and Collegium Vocale Gent and is renowned as a conductor, with a repertoire ranging from ...

's Chapelle Royale. The ensemble are frequent artists at France's major early music festivals such as the Ambronay Festival. Several of the group's recordings have been made in cooperation with La Fenice directed

Jean Tubéry Jean Tubéry (1964 born in Toulouse) is a French player of the cornett (''cornetto'') and conductor. He is noted for being, along with his own teacher Bruce Dickey and his colleague Jean-Pierre Canihac, one of the main cornett players to resurrect ...

Discography

* J. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 12, 78,

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, Motet BWV 118, Zig-Zag Territoires. 2009 * J. S. Bach: Motets Pierre Verany * Pier Francesco Cavalli: Vespro della beata Vergine * Cavalli: Requiem * Stefano Landi: ''La morte d'Orfeo'' *

Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considere ...

: Selva morale * Monteverdi: Vespro per la Salute 1650 * Monteverdi: CombattimentoBBC music magazine - Volume 14, Page 78 British Broadcasting Corporation - 2006 "Francoise Lasserre's ensemble Akademia presents a very different account of Combattimento. If the chiaroscuro of Antonacci's account could be likened to a black and white film, then Akademia's performance is in glorious technicolor." *

Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque music, Baroque composer and organ (music), organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the most important composers of ...

: Musikalische Exequien * Heinrich Schütz: Die Sieben Worte Jesu am Kreuz * Heinrich Schütz: Matthew Passion * Heinrich Schütz: Resurrection Oratorio * Heinrich Schütz: Christmas story *

Palestrina Palestrina (ancient ''Praeneste''; , ''Prainestos'') is a modern Italian city and ''comune'' (municipality) with a population of about 22,000, in Lazio, about east of Rome. It is connected to the latter by the Via Prenestina. It is built upon ...

: Bella vergine - cycle of Petrarca madrigals * Palestrina: Canticum canticorum - cycle of 29 motets

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