Les Arts Florissants - Barbican

Fourth Symphony with Michael Tilson
Thomas and the San Francisco
Symphony, Le Grand Macabre under
Esa-Pekka Salonen, a disc of Handel
duets directed by Emmanuelle Haïm,
Vaughan Williams’s Sir John in Love
with Richard Hickox, two recordings
of Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini, under
Sir Roger Norrington and Sir Colin
Davis, and recordings of lesser-known
operas by Meyerbeer, Balfe, Pacini
and Thomas.
Marco Borggreve Her recordings include Mahler’s
Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano
Kristian Bezuidenhout was born in
South Africa in 1979 and his teachers
included Malcolm Bilson, Paul O’Dette
and Robert Levin. He won First Prize
and the Audience Prize in the 2001
Bruges Fortepiano Competition.
He regularly performs on fortepiano,
harpsichord and modern piano in
North America, Europe, Australia and
Asia. Among the festivals at which he
has appeared are those of Barcelona,
Boston, Bruges, Esterhaza, Utrecht, St
Petersburg, Vermont, Venice and West
Cork. He is currently professor of the
Eastman School of Music and in Basle.
His recordings include solo fortepiano
works and violin sonatas by Mozart,
Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin, and
Bach concertos with Daniel Hope.
Highlights of last season include a tour
with Frans Brüggen and the Orchestra
of the 18th Century, performing
Mozart’s late piano concertos. This
season he plays concertos with the
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, goes on
tour with the Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra, conducted by Ton
Koopman, performs and records
Schumann’s Dichterliebe with Mark
Padmore and takes part in the 2010
Holland Festival, where he will be
playing from Bach’s 48.
Les Arts Florissants
about the performers
The renowned vocal and instrumental
ensemble Les Arts Florissants was
founded in 1979 by William Christie,
and takes its name from an opera by
Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
Since the acclaimed production of Atys
by Lully at the Opéra Comique in Paris
in 1987, it has been in the field of opera
where Les Arts Florissants has found
most success. Notable productions
include works by Rameau (Les Indes
galantes in 1990 and 1999, Hippolyte
et Aricie in 1996, Les Boréades in 2003,
Les Paladins in 2004), Charpentier
(Médée in 1993 and 1994), Handel
(Orlando in 1993, Acis and Galatea in
1996, Semele in 1996, Alcina in 1999,
Hercules in 2004 and 2006), Purcell
(King Arthur in 1995, Dido and Aeneas
in 2006), Mozart (The Magic Flute in
1994, Die Entführung aus dem Serail at
the Opéra du Rhin in 1995) and
Monteverdi (Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria
at Aix-en-Provence in 2000, revived in
2002, L’incoronazione di Poppaea in
2005, and L’Orfeo at the Teatro Real
de Madrid in 2008).
Les Arts Florissants has an equally high
profile in the concert hall, giving
concert performances of operas
(Zoroastre and Les fêtes d’Hébé by
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