español | français Luigi Boccherini Christophe Rousset Hiro Kurosaki 10 CDs for a desert island : Raquel Andueza Ariosto and baroque opera Michael Talbot: Recent Vivaldi discoveries The two Renaissances of the Vihuela Sixteenth-Century Béarnaise Protestant Psalms : The Establishment of a Religious, Linguistic and Political Strategy   54 - 53 - 52 - 51 - 50 - 49 - 48 - 47 - 46 - 45 - 44 - 43 - 42 - 41 - 40 - 39 - 38 - 37 - 36 - 35 - 34 - 33 - 32 - 31 - 30 - 29 - 28 - 27 - 26 - 25 - 24 - 23 - 22 - 21 - 20 - 19 - 18 - 17 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 13 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 09 - 08 - 07 - 06 - 05 - 04 - 03 - 02 - 01 - CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET By Brian Robins. Pictures by Susana Vera There can be no doubt that Christophe Rousset today occupies a place at the heart of the early music movement, not just in his native France but also as a major international player. Rousset’s passage to this present position of eminence started with an interest in the harpsichord developed during his early teens. Following studies with Huguette Dreyfus in Paris and Bob Van Asperen at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, Rousset came to notice after winning prestigious prizes at The Hague and at the seventh Concours de Clavecin held in Bruges. These successes opened the way to engagements as a recitalist and in concerts with such ensembles as La Petite Bande, the Academy of Ancient Music, and Les Arts Florissants, with whom Rousset gained his first conducting experience as assistant to William Christie. In 1991 he founded his own ensemble, Les Talens Lyriques, with whom he has subsequently made many recordings that include a number of seminal revivals of seventeenth and eighteenth century operas. Brian Robins was the guest of Christophe Rousset at the famous Train Bleu restaurant on Paris’ Gare de Lyon station, a meeting that took place in the midst of a hectic concert schedule with the young performers of the Baroque Academy of Ambronay. At first acquaintance Rousset seems perhaps a little distant, even disinterested, but once launched on his passion for music he takes on a newly animated personality, conveying a compelling enthusiasm and authority. Biography Discography Goldberg Articles Order your copy of issue nº 33 now! ABOUT US | CONTRIBUTE   web map - home page - cover Legal warning Copyright 2003, Goldberg. info@goldberg-magazine.com