Jean-Christophe Spinosi
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Jean-Christophe Spinosi (born 2 September 1964) is a French conductor and violinist, the founder of Quatuor Matheus (1991), a group that later grew into Ensemble Matheus. He is especially well-known for his interpretation of the instrumental and vocal music of the Baroque
Baroque music
Baroque music describes a style of Western Classical music approximately extending from 1600 to 1760. This era follows the Renaissance and was followed in turn by the Classical era...

, most notably the operas of Vivaldi. Recently he has also conducted successful performances of Mozart and Rossini.

Spinosi has conducted many vocal works featuring singers such as Verónica Cangemi, Sara Mingardo
Sara Mingardo
Sara Mingardo is an Italian classical contralto who has had an active international career in concerts and operas since the 1980s. Her complete recording of Anna in Hector Berlioz's Les Troyens won a Gramophone Award and both the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording and the Grammy Award for Best...

, Jennifer Larmore
Jennifer Larmore
Jennifer Larmore is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer, noted for coloratura and bel canto.- Career :Jennifer Larmore is an American mezzo-soprano, well known for her versatility, natural beauty and stage craft...

, Sandrine Piau
Sandrine Piau
Sandrine Piau is an opera soprano. Trained as a harpist, she studied voice at the Collège Lamartine and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique du Paris....

, Simone Kermes
Simone Kermes
Simone Kermes is a German coloratura soprano, especially known for her virtuoso voice, suited to the opera seria genre, of the Baroque and early Classical repertoires.-Biography:...

, Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Marie-Nicole Lemieux is a Canadian contralto. She first came to the world's attention in 2000 when she became the first Canadian to win first prize at the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Belgium...

, Nathalie Stutzmann
Nathalie Stutzmann
Nathalie Stutzmann is a contemporary opera singer, renowned for her contralto voice.Born in Suresnes, France, 1965, she first studied with her mother , then at Nantes Conservatoire and later, at the Ecole d’Art Lyrique de l’Opéra de Paris, focusing on lied, under Hans Hotter's tutelage...

, Marjana Mijanovic, Lorenzo Regazzo
Lorenzo Regazzo
Lorenzo Regazzo, born in Venice, Italy, is an opera singer. His voice can be categorised as bass, bass-baritone or basso cantante. He is especially well-known for interpreting Baroque, Classical, and bel canto repertoire...

, Philippe Jaroussky
Philippe Jaroussky
Philippe Jaroussky is a French sopranist countertenor. He began his musical career with the violin, winning an award at the Versailles conservatory and then took up the piano before turning to singing...

, and Matthias Goerne
Matthias Goerne
Matthias Goerne is a German baritone.Born in Weimar, he studied with Hans-Joachim Beyer, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf....

.

He has appeared as soloist and director with Ensemble Matheus at the major festivals and venues in France (Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées is a theatre at 15 avenue Montaigne. Despite its name, the theatre is not on the Champs-Élysées but nearby in another part of the 8th arrondissement of Paris....

, Théâtre du Châtelet
Théâtre du Châtelet
The Théâtre du Châtelet is a theatre and opera house, located in the place du Châtelet in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France.One of two theatres built on the site of a châtelet, a small castle or fortress, it was designed by Gabriel Davioud at the request of Baron Haussmann between 1860 and...

, Opéra de Paris, Toulouse's Grands Interprètes, Festival d'Ambronay, du Vieux Lyon), and around the world: in Amsterdam (Concertgebouw
Concertgebouw
The Concertgebouw is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" literally translates into English as "concert building"...

), Vienna (Konzerthaus, Theater an der Wien
Theater an der Wien
The Theater an der Wien is a historic theatre on the Left Wienzeile in the Mariahilf district of Vienna. Completed in 1801, it has seen the premieres of many celebrated works of theatre, opera, and symphonic music...

; debut at the Vienna State Opera
Vienna State Opera
The Vienna State Opera is an opera house – and opera company – with a history dating back to the mid-19th century. It is located in the centre of Vienna, Austria. It was originally called the Vienna Court Opera . In 1920, with the replacement of the Habsburg Monarchy by the First Austrian...

 in the 2010/11 season with Rossini's Barber of Seville), Brussels (Palais des Beaux Arts), New York (Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....

), Edinburgh (Usher Hall
Usher Hall
Usher Hall is a concert hall, situated on Lothian Road, in the west end of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has hosted concerts and events since its construction in 1914 and can hold approximately 2,900 people in its recently restored auditorium, which is well loved by performers due to its acoustics...

), Prague (Smetana Hall), in Madrid, Turin, Parma and Naples.

Spinosi was appointed Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture in 2006. He has also received "Best Opera Conductor 2007" by the Académie du disque lyrique. The awards received for his recordings include the Diapason d'Or, Choc de l'année du Monde de la Musique, Premio internazionale del disco Antonio Vivaldi in Venice, Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros, Prix Caecilia in Belgium, Victoire de la Musique Classique, and the BBC Music Magazine Award for 2006.

Discography

  • La fida ninfa, Vivaldi, 2008
    with Veronica Cangemi, Sandrine Piau, Marie Nicole Lemieux, Lorenzo Regazzo, Philippe Jaroussky, Topi Lehtipuu
    Topi Lehtipuu
    Topi Lehtipuu is a Finnish operatic tenor. He has sung a variety of roles from different periods, including the title role in Benjamin Britten's Albert Herring at the Finnish National Opera, several roles in Mozart operas, including Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Tamino in Die...

    , Sara Mingardo, Christian Senn; Ensemble Matheus. Opus111/Naïve

  • Nisi Dominus, Stabat Mater, Vivaldi, 2008
    with Marie Nicole Lemieux, Philippe Jaroussky; Ensemble Matheus. Opus111/Naïve

  • La pietra del paragone, Rossini, DVD, 2007
    with François Lis, Christian Senn, José Manuel Zapata, Sonia Prina
    Sonia Prina
    Sonia Prina is an Italian operatic contralto who has had an active career in concerts and operas since the mid 1990s. She is particularly known for her appearances in Baroque operas and for her performances of the Baroque concert repertoire...

    , Jennifer Holloway, Laura Giordano, Joan Martín-Royo, Filippo Polinelli; Chorus of Teatro Regio di Parma; Ensemble Matheus. Recorded live at Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, Opus111/Naïve

  • Vivaldi, Heroes, 2007
    with Philippe Jaroussky, Ensemble Matheus. Opus111/Naïve

  • Griselda, Vivaldi, 2006
    with Simone Kermes, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Veronica Cangemi, Philippe Jaroussky, Stefano Ferrari, Iestyn Davies; Ensemble Matheus. Opus111/Naïve

  • Orlando furioso, Vivaldi, 2004
    with Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Jennifer Larmore, Veronica Cangemi, Ann Hallenberg, Philippe Jaroussky, Lorenzo Regazzo; Ensemble Matheus. Opus111/Naïve

  • De Lhoyer: Duos et Concerto Pour Guitare, 2004
    with Philippe Spinosi (guitar), Duo Spinosi, Ensemble Matheus. Opus111/Naïve

  • La verità in cimento, Vivaldi, 2003
    with Gemma Bertagnolli, Philippe Jaroussky, Sara Mingardo, Guillemette Laurens, Nathalie Stutzmann; Ensemble Matheus. Opus111/Naïve

  • La notte, La tempesta di mare, Il gardellino, Vivaldi, 2003
    with Ensemble Matheus. Opus111/Naive

  • Vivaldi: Concerti Con Molti Strumenti, Vol. II, 1997
    with Ensemble Matheus. Pierre Verany

  • Vivaldi: Concerti Con Molti Strumenti, 1996
    with Ensemble Matheus. Pierre Verany
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