Raphaël Pichon (Conductor)
Born: 17th October 1984, France
Nationality: French
The French conductor and countertenor Raphaël Pichon was born in Paris in 1984 and was a boy chorister at Versailles before studying at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he formed Ensemble Pygmalion in 2006. Their debut recording of Missae Breves by JS Bach was released on Alpha in 2008, and won praise from Gramophone for Pichon’s ‘warmth and an unusual sensitivity to the periodic structure of each movement’; their discography also includes the Mass in B Minor (‘a Bach project of the highest calibre’ – Gramophone), Rameau’s Dardanus and Castor et Pollux, Enfers (a recital of Rameau, Gluck and Rebel with baritone Stéphane Degout, which won the Recital Category at the 2019 International Opera Awards), and the Gramophone Award-winning Mozart – The Weber Sisters with Pichon’s wife, the coloratura soprano Sabine Devieilhe.
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Interview,
Raphaël Pichon on Monteverdi's Vespers
The conductor talks about his new recording of Monteverdi's unique sacred masterpiece, plus recent and upcoming Delibes and Mozart projects.
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Monteverdi's Vespers from Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon and his Pygmalion ensemble offer a vivid, contrast-filled account of Monteverdi's sacred masterwork. A new benchmark recording of the Vespers? Quite possibly.
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