Sébastien Daucé

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Sébastien Daucé (born June 4, 1980 in Rennes ) is a French musicologist , organist and orchestra leader .

Life

Sébastien Daucé's musical training began in his homeland, as a choirboy at the choir school at Rennes Cathedral . He then studied musicology at the University of Rennes , then attended the harpsichord classes of Françoise Lengellé and Yves Rechsteiner at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon . In 2008, Daucé founded the Ensemble Correspondances , which is made up of former students at the Conservatory. The ensemble, which he also directs, is best known for its performances of compositions by French composers of the 17th century such as Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Antoine de Boësset . With his ensemble, he was a guest at early music festivals in Ambronay, Pontoise, Sablé, Saintes, Beaune, Lanvellec, La Chaise-Dieu and Utrecht.

In the summer of 2015 Daucé performed the music and ballet piece Le Concert royal de la nuit with his ensemble and the contralto Lucile Richardot at the Festival of Saintes , which has not been seen or heard publicly since 1653.

As a music editor, Daucé published three operas for Éditions Abbesses in collaboration with William Christie .

Discography

  • Antoine Boësset: L'archange et le Lys . Ensemble Correspondences. Daucé: conductor, virginal and organ . Zig Zag.
  • Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Oh Maria! Psaumes et Motets . Ensemble Correspondences. Daucé: conductor.
  • Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Motets pour la Maison de Guise . Litanies à la Vierge et Miserere . Ensemble Correspondances. Daucé: conductor. CD: Harmonia Mundi HMC 902160.
  • Étienne Moulinié : Meslanges pour la chapelle d'un prince HMC 902194
  • Le Concert royal de la nuit . 2 CD, Harmonia Mundi, with booklet. Lucile Richardot, Ensemble Correspondences. For the recording he received the Echo Klassik 2015 “World premiere recording of the year”.
  • Michel-Richard Delalande : Leçons de ténèbres , Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), HMC 902206, 2015

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Antonio Mafra: Report on Daucé on Le Progrès.fr of November 29, 2015 (accessed October 8, 2016)
  2. ↑ Birth of the Sun King in FAZ from July 15, 2015, page 13
  3. ^ Curriculum vitae on the Correspondances website
  4. ↑ Who is the most beautiful in heaven? in FAZ of November 8, 2013, page 42
  5. ↑ Echo Klassik 2015
personal data
SURNAME Daucé, Sébastien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French musicologist, harpsichordist, organist and orchestra leader
DATE OF BIRTH 4th June 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Rennes