Philippe Herreweghe
Philippe Herreweghe (born May 2, 1947 in Ghent ) is a Belgian conductor .
Life
After graduating from Sint-Barbaracollege , a Jesuit college in the Savaanstraat in Ghent, Herreweghe studied at the Ghent Conservatory with Marcel Gazelle (piano), Johan Huys (harpsichord) and Gabriel Verschraegen (organ). After completing his musical training, he studied medicine and specialized in psychiatry. Already during his student days he led a choir. His ensemble, which in the beginning still had amateur status, attracted the attention of musicians such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Gustav Leonhardt . He participated in Harnoncourt's complete recording of the Bach cantatas .
Herreweghe is now one of the most important protagonists of historical performance practice . In 1970 he founded and since then has headed the Collegium Vocale Gent , which dealt with pre-baroque music as well as making pioneering recordings of the cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach . In 1989 the choir was joined by an ensemble playing on original instruments. Herreweghe is also director of the Paris- based “Orchester des Champs Elysées”. Since 1999 he has been the first conductor of the “Royal Philharmonic of Flanders” based in Antwerp . In 1982 he took over the artistic direction of the early music festival in Saintes . In 2010 the company founded its own CD label "phi". The first recording was for Gustav Mahler's 4th Symphony .
Awards
- 1990: Title "Musician Personality of the Year" in the European music press
- 1993: “Cultural Ambassador of Flanders” with the Collegium Vocale Gent
- 1994: " Officier des Arts et Lettres "
- 1997: Honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Leuven
- 2003: Knight of the French Legion of Honor
- 2003: Honorary title "Knight", awarded by the Belgian king
- 2004: Name giver for the asteroid (12567) Herreweghe
- 2010: Bach Medal of the City of Leipzig
- 2017: Honorary doctorate from Ghent University
Discography (selection)
- JS Bach: St. Matthew Passion , BWV 244 (1985)
- JS Bach: Trauerode. Cantatas BWV 198, 78 (1988)
- JS Bach: I had a lot of distress. Cantatas 21, 42 (1990)
- JS Bach: Magnificat. BWV 243 & Cantata BWV 80 (1990)
- JS Bach: Cantates pour basse. Cantatas BWV 82, 56, 158 (1991)
- J. Brahms: A German Requiem (1996)
- JS Bach: Cantates pour alto. Cantatas BWV 170, 54, 35 (1998)
- JS Bach: Mass in B minor BWV 232 (1998)
- JS Bach: St. Matthew Passion. BWV 244 (1999)
- JS Bach: We thank you, God. Cantatas BWV 120, 119, 29 (2000)
- JS Bach: Jesus, your passion. Cantatas BWV 22, 23, 127, 159 (2009)
- L. v. Beethoven: Missa solemnis (2012)
- A. Dvořák: Stabat Mater (2013)
- JS Bach: St. John Passion (2013)
- A Conversation with Camille de Rijck (2017)
literature
- Stephan Moens: Philippe Herreweghe . Versant Sud, Louvain-la-Neuve 2009, ISBN 978-2-930358-45-1 .
Web links
- Philippe Herreweghe on the website of the Collegium Vocale Gent (English)
- Philippe Herreweghe on the website of the Orchester des Champs Élysées (French)
- W. Goertz: Review of the “Johannes Passion” zeit.de, April 16, 2003
- Philippe Herreweghe in an interview with classicpoint.net, April 2, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ At a source of pure water. In: Zeit online , April 16, 2003.
- ↑ Minor Planet Circ. 52323
- ↑ UGent reikt eredoctoraat uit aan Isabel Allende. In: De Standaard , January 31, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herreweghe, Philippe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ghent |