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Christophe Rousset This artist’s fascination with Baroque music – in
particular, opera – and aesthetics was born in his
youth, which he spent in Aix-en-Provence. At age
13, he began to take instruction in harpsichord performance.
He continued his education in this area
at the Schola Cantorum in Paris with Huguette
Dreyfus, and then at the Royal Conservatory in
The Hague with Bob van Asperen. In 1983, he won
1 st Prize as well as the audience prize at the prestigious
harpsichord competition in Bruges. His
superb interpretations have riveted the attention
of music critics and record labels. He has recorded
for Harmonia Mundi, L’Oiseau-Lyre, Fnac Music,
EMI/Virgin Classics, Decca, Naïve, and Ambroisie
(harpsichord works by F. Couperin, J.-P. Rameau
and J. S. Bach – these performances are considered
to be ideal). In short order, he attained a reputation
as a reliable soloist and chamber musician, a talented,
competent conductor and a patient teacher.
Before founding Les Talens Lyriques in 1991, he
was a member of Les Arts Florissants, and later of
Seminario Musicale. His enthusiasm as a performer,
combined with his passion as a researcher (Rousset
has discovered many original scores of works by
the Baroque masters), spread to the members of the
ensemble, and the musicians soon won universal
recognition. Les Talens Lyriques’ renditions of various
17 th - and 18 th -century European music projects
are always highly emotionally charged and display
the repertoire from a different perspective. Rousset
has received the titles of Officier des Arts et Lettres
and Chevalier dans l’Ordre National du Mérite.
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