The cream of French early music talent will be performing at this summer’s Gregynog Festival from June 12-28, which has Révolution as its theme.
The French stars include Christophe Rousset and his ensemble, Les Talens Lyriques, who will appear at Gregynog Hall on June 22.
Christophe is a Chevalier of the Legion d'honneur, Commandeur in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and Chevalier in the Ordre National du Mérite. He founded Les Talens Lyriques in 1991 after completing his harpsichord studies at the Schola Cantorum in Paris and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.
His extensive recordings of music for harpsichord include the complete works of Francois Couperin and of Jean-Philippe Rameau, whose remarkable late Pièces de clavecin en concerts he will perform at Gregynog. With Les Talens Lyriques he has made more than 40 recordings, including the soundtrack for the film Farinelli.
Alongside his work with Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe is a frequent guest conductor, particularly of early opera and has given performances worldwide including at Carnegie Hall in New York, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Barbican in London.
Christophe - like the Gregynog Festival - takes inspiration from performing rare and unpublished works that are genuine missing links in the rediscovery of European musical heritage. He will be joined at Gregynog Hall by the soprano Valérie Gabail (Opera Singer Discovery 2006 at the French Victoires de la Musique Awards) and by the principal players of Les Talens Lyriques: Gilone Gaubert-Jacques, violin, and Lucile Boulanger, viola da gamba.
Their 7.30pm concert is preceded at 2.30pm by a recital of Mozart and Beethoven played on the predecessor of the modern grand piano, the fortepiano, by today's leading performer on the instrument, the South African virtuoso Kristian Bezuidenhout. There is a discount available if you book for both concerts.
Full details of the festival programme are available at http://gregynogfestival.org/
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Christophe Rousset
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