Raphaël Pichon
Raphaël Pichon (born in 1984 in Paris) is a French countertenor, choral and orchestral conductor.
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Biography
Raphaël Pichon was a member of the Maîtrise des Petits chanteurs de Versailles[1] during his childhood. He then studied violin and piano at the Versailles Conservatory before joining the Conservatoire de Paris, where he studied singing and conducting. First of all a countertenor, he sang under the direction of Ton Koopman, Jordi Savall, Gustav Leonhardt, Laurence Equilbey, Paul Agnew, Jean Tubéry, Vincent Dumestre, Bruno Boterf, Michel Laplénie and Sébastien d'Hérin. He also collaborated with Benjamin Lazar and Gabriel Garrido.[2]
In 2006, during his studies at the Paris Conservatory, Raphaël Pichon created the "ensemble Pygmalion",[3] dedicated to the repertoire on period instruments. Very quickly, their recordings received a very favourable reception from the critics: an album of mass compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach (Missæ Breves, BWV 234 and 235) in 2008, was awarded a golden Diapason, and an Editor's Choice of the British magazine Gramophone.[4] In September 2012, their third album, Missa, a recording of the first version of the Mass in B minor by Bach was rewarded by the magazine Télérama.
Raphaël Pichon has also directed the chamber choir "OTrente",[5] turned towards the romantic and contemporary repertoire.
Opera
A recording of Dardanus by Jean-Philippe Rameau appeared in 2013. In 2015, appeared a live recording of Rameau's Castor et Pollux.[6] Also in 2015 Pygmalion performed Dardanus at the Opéra de Bordeaux in a staged production by Michel Fau.
References
- ↑ Maîtrise des Petits chanteurs de Versailles on Rejoyce.fr/musique
- ↑ Biographie de Raphaël Pichon on francemusique.fr
- ↑ Ensemble Pygmalion on Fevis.com
- ↑ Raphaël Pichon : Bach, mention très bien on Le Parisien.fr dated 29 January 2013
- ↑ Chœur de chambre on OTrente
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External links
- Portrait of Raphaël Pichon on Télérama
- Raphaël Pichon : sacré chef d’orchestre ! on Télérama
- Raphaël Pichon on Rayfieldallied.com
- Raphaël Pichon : La musique classique n'a rien de raisonnable on Télérama
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- 1984 births
- Musicians from Paris
- Living people
- Conservatoire de Paris alumni
- French countertenors
- French choral conductors
- French male conductors (music)
- French performers of early music
- Founders of early music ensembles
- 21st-century French singers
- 21st-century French conductors (music)
- 21st-century French male singers
- Harmonia Mundi artists
