Pierre Hantaï
Pierre Hantaï (born February 28, 1964 in Paris ) is a French harpsichordist and conductor in the field of historical performance practice .
Life
Pierre Hantaï is a son of the painter Simon Hantaï . After training as a harpsichordist with Arthur Haas , Hantaï studied for two years with his role model Gustav Leonhardt in Amsterdam. From the mid-1980s he began to play under his direction. He also worked frequently with Sigiswald Kuijken and Philippe Herreweghe . Since the mid-1990s he has preferred a career as a soloist and conductor of small baroque music ensembles , of which he temporarily directed his own “Le Concert Français”. Hantaï is regarded as a virtuoso, at the same time orthodox exponent of the conventional baroque repertoire.
His two brothers Marc Hantaï and Jérôme Hantaï are also well-known musicians in the baroque scene.
In 1995 he received the Erwin Bodky Award for Early Music.
Web links
- Biography in Goldberg Magazine (French) ( Memento from November 27, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
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| SURNAME | Hantaï, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French harpsichordist and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |