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Philippe Jaroussky
This artist obtained his musical education at the
conservatory in Versailles, where he studied violin
and piano performance, harmony and counterpoint.
In 1996, he began to study singing with Nicole
Fallien, then furthered his education in the faculty
of early music at the Paris Conservatory with Michel
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Laplenie, Kenneth Weiss and Sophie Boulin. He
debuted in 1999 at the Royaumont festival with a
role in A. Scarlatti’s little-known oratorio Sedecia,
ré di Gerusalemme, with Il Seminario Musicale and
Gérard Lesne. The superb reception of the artist
has borne fruit in a contract with Virgin Classics.
His recordings made for this label have won
numerous awards (Diapason d’Or, Choc du Monde
de la Musique, Gramophone Award, Echo Klassik
Award). The operatic audience were amazed by his
exceptional vocal abilities; several years later, they
were also appreciated by the jury of Victoires de la
Musique Classique, by whom he was proclaimed
the operatic revelation of the year 2004. A year
later, he enchanted Paris as Rinaldo; another great
success was a recital by Jaroussky and Le Concert
d’Astrée under the direction of Emmanuelle Haïm,
dedicated to the famous castrato Carestini, recorded
for Virgin in 2007. This performance was acclaimed
as the Victoires de la Musique recording of the year
for 2008, and the next year won the Midem Classical
Award. With the same musicians, Jaroussky has
also made a recording of Baroque arias entitled
Lamenti – this disc also received the Victoires
de la Musique award in 2009. The subsequent
Teatro d’Amore with music by Monteverdi and
La dolce fiamma with forgotten arias for castrati
by J. C. Bach immediately became bestsellers.
Recently, he unexpectedly took on – in a duo with
pianist Jérôme Ducros – an interpretation of French
music from the end of the 19 th and beginning of the
20 th centuries, the fruit of which is the disc Opium.
Mélodies françaises. A special place in the vocalist’s
repertoire is occupied by the works of Handel,
Vivaldi, Pergolesi and Monteverdi. He collaborates
regularly with Jean Tubéry, Marc Minkowski, René
Jacobs and Fabio Biondi, as well as with Ensemble
La Fenice, Ensemble Matheus, Les Arts Florissants,
Les Musiciens du Louvre and Europa Galante.
Philippe Jaroussky is a co-founder of the Artaserse
Ensemble. He concertizes in the most important
opera houses all over the world. In 2010, the jury of
Victoires de la Musique Classique named him artist
of the year.