Sophie Watillon
Sophie Watillon (born December 7, 1965 in Namur ; † August 31, 2005 there ) was a Belgian gambist .
Life
Sophie Watillon was the daughter of a music-loving family of notaries, in whose environment baroque house music on original instruments was an integral part from an early age. With an experience of around 200 concerts, which she had given to the existing seven family members baroque ensemble, Watillon began at the age of 16 years, the university degree in viola da gamba with Philippe Pierlot , then she studied with Wieland Kuijken and the Cantorum Schola with Paolo Pandolfo . As a student, she was a member of the “Ricercar Consort” of her first teacher, Philippe Pierlot.
During her solo career she was a permanent member of Jordi Savall's ensembles such as Hesperion XXI , “La Capella Reial de Catalunya” and “Le Concert des Nations”. She also appeared regularly with the Cantus Köln , the “Poème Harmonique”, the “Huelgas Ensemble” under Paul Van Nevel and the “Ricercar Consort”, to name but a few.
She was also open to modern music and gave premieres of works for viol , some of which were dedicated to her, by Bernard Foccroulle , Pierre Bartholomée , Arvo Pärt and others.
In the last years of her life, she was professor of viola da gamba at the Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya in Barcelona , and she also led the renowned viola da gamba class at the Conservatory in the Brussels suburb of Woluwé-Saint-Pierre .
Recordings (selection)
(Labels: Alpha - CPO - Summit records - Ligia Digital - Ricercar - Harmonia Mundi - Naïve - Virgin - ORF - Cyprès and others)
- 1994 The Art of the Viola bastarda , song and dance in music for viol in Italy
- Diego Ortiz : Improvisations and Recercadas on La Folia , Doulce mémoire, The Passamezzo Antico, The Passamezzo Moderno
- Pierre Sandrin (1490–1561): Doulce mémoire
- Ruffa: La Danza, La Piva, La Gamba
- Cyprian de Rore : Ancor che co'l partire
- Girolamo Dalla Casa : Rognoni
- Giovanni Battista Bassani : Cosi le chiome
- Vincenzo Bonizzi : Hellas comment
- Bartolomeo de Selma y Salaverde : Vestiva i colli
- Arcangelo Corelli : Sonata La Follia, op.5, no.12
- Nicolas Hotman : Pièces de viole - Pièces de Théorbe (2002)
- Christopher Simpson : The Seasons, The Months And Other Divisions Of Time (Alpha 088, 2005)
- Numerous recordings under Philippe Herreweghe
- Numerous recordings with Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations.
Recordings with the Ricercar Consort
- 1988: German Baroque Cantatas (III) (Schein, Tunder, Buxtehude)
- 1989: German Baroque Cantatas (V) (Hammerschmidt, Selle Schein, Schütz, Tunder, Weckmann, Lübeck)
- 1989: Motets à deux voix by Henri Dumont
- 1992: The Bach family (with the Collegium Vocale and the Capella Sancti Michaelis)
- 1995: Matthäus Passion (1672) by Johann Sebastiani ( German Baroque Cantatas XI )
Recordings with "Le Poème Harmonique"
- 1999: L'Humaine Comédie by Étienne Moulinié
- 2002: Le Consert des Consorts by Pierre Guédron
Recordings with "Stylus Phantasticus"
- 2001: Signs in Heaven by Philipp Heinrich Erlebach
Web links
- Works by and about Sophie Watillon in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Watillon, Sophie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian gambist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Namur |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 2005 |
| Place of death | Namur |