Les Esprits Animaux
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Les Esprits Animaux is a Netherlands-based baroque band created in 2009.[1] The group is devoted to the historically informed performance of baroque music. The ensemble is named after a philosophical term used in the baroque period which defines a certain kind of “subtle stream” that runs through the bodies of human beings and is able to affect the passions of the soul.
History[edit]
In 2009, band member violinist Tomoe Badiarova[2] recorded two CDs for the Ambronay label.[3] Since 2010, Les Esprits Animaux are in residency in the Festival d’Ambronay. For three consecutive years, the group has been invited to concert series in the Kerkconcerts in 't Woudt in the Netherlands.[citation needed] In 2011, the Fundación “La Caixa” selected Les Esprits Animaux to perform in several cities in Spain within the framework of Festival Antiqva, a part of the 34th edition of the Festival de Música Antigua de Barcelona.[citation needed] The band has also played in the Fringe (2010) and Fabulous Fringe 2011 in Utrecht, MA Fringe Festival 2011 in Bruges, Laus Polyphoniae 2011 (AMUZ) in Antwerp, “Göttinger Reihe Historischer Musik“ competition in 2012 in Göttingen and Ghent Festival 2012.[citation needed] Les Esprits Animaux was selected as “Promising ensemble 2011”[4] in the International Young Artists Platform in Antwerp.
Other past projects included the Day of “La Petite Bande” in Leuven, concerts in the European Parliament in Brussels representing Ambronay as European Culture Ambassador 2011.[citation needed] After having recorded its first CD for Ambronay Éditions (Harmonia Mundi) with a programme dedicated to G. Ph. Telemann in 2011, the ensemble recorded its second CD in 2013 with a programme entitled “Transfigurations” for the same label. Les Esprits Animaux has been awarded a Young Ensembles Residency at the Centre Culturel de Rencontre d'Ambronay.[5] The ensemble won the International Van Wassenaer Competition Utrecht in 2016.[6]
Discography[edit]
- Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) A Journey through Literature - Ambronay Éditions AMY302[citation needed]
- Bach, Corrette, Geminiani.. Transfigurations - Ambronay Éditions AMY039 [7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Les Esprits Animaux". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ^ "Tomoe Badiarova". ArtistInfo. ArtistInfo by Metason. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ "Salon Eusebius". www.erelievonen.eu. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Centre Culturel de Rencontre et Festival d'Ambronay".
- ^ "Organisatie Oude Muziek :: Les Esprits Animaux". Archived from the original on 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ^ Sadie, Julie Anne. "Transfigurations". The Gramophone. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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