Marc Minkowski was born in Paris. His maternal grandmother, Edith Wade, was a violinist.He began his musical career as a bassoonist for René Clemencics Clemencic Consort and Philippe Pierlots Ricercar Consort. In 1982 Minkowski formed Les Musiciens du Louvre, an orchestra dedicated to showcasing French Baroque music which has championed works by Marin Marais (opera Alcione), Jean-Joseph Mouret (opera Les amours de Ragonde), Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Jean-Baptiste Lully (opera Phaëton at Opéra National de Lyon) and Jean-Philippe Rameau (opera Hippolyte et Aricie). The ensemble has also revived lesser-known Handel operas, such as Teseo, Amadigi, Riccardo Primo and Ariodante, as well as several operas by Christoph Willibald Gluck including Armide (at the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles), Alceste and Iphigénie en Tauride (at the English Bach Festival at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden). (NEWS BY WIKIPEDIA)
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:43:21 +0000
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