ORCHESTRE DES CHAMPS-ELYSEES

Bio:

The Orchestre des Champs-Élysées is devoted to the performance of music written from the mid XVIII to the early XX centuries (Haydn-Mahler) played on the instruments that existed during the composer's lifetime.

For several years, the Orchestra has been in residence at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris and the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, and has performed in almost all the major European concert halls such as the Musikverein (Vienna), the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), the Barbican Centre (London), Alter Oper (Frankfurt), the Philharmonic Halls in Berlin and Munich, the Gewandhaus (Leipzig), the Lincoln Center (New York), Parco della Musica (Rome) and the Auditoriums of Dijon and Lucerne. The orchestra has also toured Japan, Korea, China and Australia.
Philippe Herreweghe is the artistic director and principal conductor, but several guest conductors conducts the orchestra, among them Daniel Harding, Louis Langrée, Christophe Coin, Bruno Weil and it will soon work with René Jacobs.

The Orchestra's extensive discography includes : Mozart Requiem, Mass in C minor – Beethoven Missa Solemnis, Ninth Symphony – Brahms German Requiem – Mendelssohn Elijah, Paulus, Midsummer Night's Dream – Schumann Scenes From Faust, Piano Concerto, Cello Concerto, Symphonies n°1 & 3 – Berlioz Enfance du Christ, Nuits d'Eté – Fauré Requiem / Bruckner Seventh Symphony, Fourth Symphony --- harmonia mundi recordings The Orchestre des Champs-Élysées is funded by the French Ministry of Culture and the government of the Poitou-Charentes region. ..

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Member Since:

March 17, 2008

Record Label:

harmonia mundi