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Charles Brett Peter Kooy Chorus Of Collegium Vocale Ghent Orchestra Of Collegium Vocale Ghent Philippe Herreweghe by Agnès Mellon

Artist Biography For Agnès Mellon

Agnès Mellon Born 17 January 1958 Is A French Soprano Who Specializes In Baroque Music And Has Made Many Recordings In This Field. Agnès Mellon Started Her Career In 1981 With The Baroque Ensemble Les Arts Florissants Directed By William Christie With Whom Between 1981 And 1993 She Interpreted Marc-Antoine Charpentier Monteverdi Luigi Rossi Michel Lambert Henry Purcell Jean-Baptiste Lully Michel Pignolet De Montéclair Jean-Philippe Rameau And Others. During The 1980s She Was One Of The Ensemble's Regular Singers Together With Guillemette Laurens Jill Feldman Dominique Visse Étienne Lestringant Michel Laplénie Philippe Cantor Gregory Reinhart And François Fauché. Starting In 1985 Mellon Also Worked Under The Direction Of Philippe Herreweghe With La Chapelle Royale 1985–1990 And The Collegium Vocale Gent 1990–1996 Interpreting Charpentier Heinrich Schütz Monteverdi Jean Gilles And Johann Sebastian Bach. At The End Of The 1980s She Worked Regularly With The Belgian Ensemble Ricercar Consort Under The Artistic Direction Of The Belgian Musicologist Jérôme Lejeune Fr . She Also Worked With Various Conductors Including Dominique Visse René Jacobs Marc Minkowski John Eliot Gardiner Christophe Rousset And Gérard Lesne. Beginning In The 1990s She Dedicated Herself To Teaching. She Also Participates In Master Classes In Paris Montreal And Kyoto . In 1992 She Gave An Exceptional Interpretation Of Henry Purcell's Songs Traditionally Interpreted Only By Countertenors Such As Alfred Deller And James Bowman. In 1997 She Founded Her Own Baroque Ensemble Barcarole Whose First Recording Was Released In 2005.

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