A French Touch in the chamber orchestra world !

A French Touch in the chamber orchestra world !

The Orchestre de chambre de Paris…

• the leading chamber orchestra in France

with 43 musicians;

• a new music director, the conductor

Douglas Boyd, and an artistic team with the

conductor Sir Roger Norrington, Deborah

Nemtanu, concertmaster, Nathalie

Stutzmann, associate artist, and the

composer Philippe Manoury;

• a selection of prestigious guest artists:

Fazil Say, Gautier Capuçon, Carolyn Sampson,

Julia Lezhneva, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Daniel

Hope, Natalie Dessay, François Leleux among

others;

• special attention given to the vocal

repertoire and oratorio including an artistic

partnership with the accentus choir

and Laurence Equilbey.

• concerts at the Théâtre des Champs-

Élysées, the Philharmonie de Paris, Notre-

Dame Cathedral, Théâtre du Châtelet and

tours in France and around the world.

The Orchestre de chambre de Paris has also planned several festivals and tours abroad for the 2015-2016 period:

Festival George Enescu (Bucarest-Romania), Festival Mozart@Augsburg, Wurzburg Mozartfest 2016, Stuttgart, Cologne (Allemagne), Istanbul (Turkey). To support these tours, different forms of partnerships are being developed with companies who are willing to gain more visibility or to organize public relation events from France or from the country that hosts the tour.

The Orchestre de chambre de Paris has also planned several tours abroad for the 2014-2016 season: Azerbaidjan (Bakou) ; Turkey (Istanbul) ; Roumania (Bucarest), tour in South America (Brazil and Argentina : Saõ Paulo, Buenos Aires, tour in Germany, tour in Japan in partnership with the Public Establishment of the Museum and National Estate of Versailles. To support these tours abroad, several forms of partnerships have been developed with companies who are are willing to gain more visibility or to organize public relation events from France or from the host country during the tour.

Orchestre de chambre

de Paris

Since its foundation in 1978, the Orchestre de chambre de Paris, with its 43 permanent musicians, has established itself as the leading chamber orchestra in France. The originality of its concerts, its intimate chamber music approach to repertoires, the search for new venues and challenges as well as some civic initiatives towards new audiences: all this undertaking confers an original identity to the Orchestre de chambre de Paris at the Philharmonie de Paris and in the Parisian musical landscape.

Following successive collaborations with renowned artists such as Jean-Pierre Wallez, Armin Jordan, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, John Nelson, Joseph Swensen or Thomas Zehetmair, the Orchestre de chambre de Paris has a new music director, the conductor Douglas Boyd. The Orchestra surrounds itself with an artistic team: the conductor Sir Roger Norrington, Deborah Nemtanu, concertmaster and the contralto and conductor, Nathalie Stutzmann, as associate artist. The orchestra continues its fruitful partnership with the chamber choir accentus and Laurence Equilbey and honors its associate composer Philippe Manoury.

As well as its concerts at the théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Notre-Dame Cathedral, and the Théâtre du Châtelet, the Orchestra will be performing this season at the Philharmonie de Paris. In addition to these Parisian venues, the orchestra’s program includes tours in France and around the world and participations in leading festivals.

Over the past 10 years, the Orchestre de chambre de Paris has also made a name for itself in the studio with over 20 recordings bearing eloquent testimony to its voice, oratorio, chamber orchestra and contemporary music repertoires. Some records illustrate this concern for diversity, such as Bach’s Mass in B minor and Saint Matthew Passion performed at the Paris Notre-Dame Cathedral or at the basilica of Saint-Denis (DVD); Beethoven’s complete symphonies directed by John Nelson (CD);

Saint-Saëns’s concertos with Brigitte Engerer and Henri Demarquette (CD); Chopin’s piano concertos with Boris Berezovsky (CD), Mendelssohn’s Christus and Cantatas with the accentus chamber choir and Laurence Equilbey, a recording of Saint-Saëns’s and Fauré’s works featuring Thomas Zehetmair and Deborah Nemtanu, a recording of Paganini’s works featuring violinist Laurent Korcia and a CD of Ravel and Debussy with Thomas Zehetmair as conductor and solo violin. The latest releases include a recording of Félicien David’s Le Désert with Laurence Equilbey and accentus, a recording of Rossini’s Petite Messe solennelle and a recording of Bach’s violin concertos with Sarah and Deborah Nemtanu.

The Orchestre de chambre de Paris embraces an ethical and socially responsible outlook based on four perspectives: the territory, solidarity, occupational integration and education through cultural actions and artistic residencies focusing on the North-East of the capital. Solidarity with audiences who have difficulties accessing cultural events is also one of its missions in France as well as in the Middle East. Last of all, the orchestra’s concern to improve occupational integration and professional training finds its expression in the development of the international “Paris Play-Direct” Academy and in the collaboration with students from the music conservatories, in Paris and beyond.

The Orchestre de chambre de Paris and its international projects are supported by the City of Paris, the French Ministry of

Culture, and the corporate sponsors of the Crescendo Association and the Cercle des Amis.

The orchestra pays tribute to Pierre Duvauchelle, the creator of the brand Orchestre de chambre de Paris, and thanks Alexandre Tharaud for agreeing to transfer the ownership of this brand on amicable terms.

“From Mozart to Fazil Say” Mozart / Say Roger Norrington, conductor Fazil Say, piano September 15th, 2015 Théâtre des Champs-Élysées “Vienna, night and day” Haydn / Mahler / Webern / Schönberg Douglas Boy, conductor Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto Netia Jones, video September 22nd, 2015 Philharmonie de Paris “Bach in India” J.S. Bach / Dr L. Subramaniam Josep Vicent, conductor Dr L. Subramaniam, violin Amandine Beyer, violin October 4th, 2015 Philharmonie de Paris “From Mozart to Manoury” Stravinski / Manoury / Mozart Douglas Boyd, conductor Gautier Capuçon, cello Deborah Nemtanu, violin October 14th, 2015 Théâtre des Champs-Élysées “Haendel’s Messiah” Douglas Boyd, conductor Carolyn Sampson, soprano Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano Allan Clayton, tenor Matthew Rose, bass accentus December 22nd, 2015 Philharmonie de Paris

“A tribute to Menuhin” Vivaldi / El-Khoury / Chostakovitch / Takemitsu / Mendelssohn Daniel Hope, conductor and violin Deborah Nemtanu, violin March 22nd, 2016 Philharmonie de Paris “Pure Bach” Bach Sebastian Knauer, conductor and piano Deborah Nemtanu, violin Marina Chamot-Leguay, flute April 5th, 2016 Théâtre des Champs-Élysées “Recital, from France to Russia” Rachmaninov / Tchaïkovski / Rimsky-Korsakov/ Minkov / Fauré / Delibes / Duvernoy / Chabrier… Claire Levacher, conductor Natalie Dessay, soprano Stella Grigorian, mezzo-soprano April 14th, 2016 Philharmonie de Paris “Legends, from Gounod to Liszt” Gounod / Liszt Laurence Equilbey, conductor Karine Deshayes, mezzo-soprano Stanislas de Barbeyrac, tenor Cyrille Gautreau, bass accentus June 22nd, 2016 Philharmonie de Paris

And many other great concerts with Javier Perianes, Reinhold Friedrich, Julia Lezhneva, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Viktoria Mullova…

2015-2016 Season Highlights

Philharmonie de Paris © Arte Factory

Théâtre des Champs-Elysées © D.R.

Opéra Comique © D.R.

Théâtre du Châtelet © D.R.

The orchestra’s concert halls

Le CENTQUATRE – Paris © Estelle Poulalion

La Philharmonie de Paris © Arte Factory

Théâtre du Châtelet © D.R.

Notre-Dame de Paris © Gilbert Bochenek

Douglas Boyd Music director - conductor

Douglas Boyd began his career as an oboist

and moved on to become an internationally

acclaimed conductor. As of the 2015/2016

season, he will serve as music director of the

Orchestre de chambre de Paris.

He is a founding member of the Orchestre de chambre d’Europe and has

taken an active part to this musical ensemble first as a musician then as a

conductor for over 20 years. During his career, he has held prestigious

offices as chief conductor of the Musikkollegium Winterthur orchestra,

artistic director of the Garsington Opera, music director of the

Manchester Camerata, principal guest conductor of the Colorado

Symphony Orchestra and the City of London Sinfonia and « artistic

partner » of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. His apppointments have

led him to conduct the most famous orchestras in Great Britain, including

the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the BBC Orchestra, the

Birmingham and Bournemouth symphony orchestras, the Scottish

Chamber Orchestra, the London Mozart Players and the Northern

Sinfonia. In Europe, he has been for example invited by the Gürzenich

Orchestra Cologne, the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Tonhalle

Orchestra Zurich and the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg.

As an internationally recognized musician, he has conducted the Nagoya

Philharmonic Orchestra in Japan and has enjoyed great success in

Australia with the Sydney and Melbourne symphony orchestras,

including Beethoven's complete symphony cycle.

He is regularly invited to the US by the Baltimore, Colorado and

Seattle symphony orchestras and to Canada by the Toronto

Symphony Orchestra and the National Arts Orchestra in Ottawa. He

has appeared in various operas such as Die Zauberflöte at the

Glyndebourne festival Opera, Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni at

the Garsington Opera and La Clemenza di Tito at the North Opera. At

the same time, he has had a teaching activity by directing student

orchestras around the world.

The artistic team

Sir Roger Norrington is a well-known

conductor on the international stage and

shows a keen interest in period

performance practices.

Sir Roger Norrington Associate artist - conductor

For almost five decades, he has been working with orchestras on Baroque and

classical music repertoires. As the conductor of the London Classical Players,

which he founded in the 1980’s, and more recently of the Stuttgart Radio

Symphony Orchestra and the Camerata Salzburg, he has encouraged musicians

to express themselves while returning to the original characteristics of this

music. This made him pay special attention to the positioning and size of the

orchestra, as well as the tempo, phrasing, the articulation and the sound.

Performances in renowned venues include the Kent Opera House, Covent

Garden, the English National Opera, La Scala in Milan, La Fenice in Venice and

the Wiener Staatsoper. He is a regular guest conductor with leading orchestras

such as the Berlin, Vienna and London Philharmonics, the Leipzig Gewandhaus,

the Concertgebouw, the London Philharmonic, the Philharmonia, the

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

He was the principal conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

from 1988 to 2011. With this ensemble, he conducted a remarkable series of

recordings of Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Bruckner

and Mahler on period instruments, illustrating how modern orchestras can

make period music their own.

He is currently the music director of the Zurich Chamber orchestra.

He is regularly invited to the US by the Baltimore, Colorado and Seattle symphony orchestras and to Canada by the Toronto

Symphony Orchestra and the National Arts Orchestra in Ottawa. He has appeared in various operas such as Die Zauberflöte at

the Glyndebourne festival Opera, Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni at the Garsington Opera and La Clemenza di Tito at the

North Opera. At the same time, he has had a teaching activity by directing student orchestras around the world.

Douglas Boyd has recorded Bach's concertos for Deutsche Grammophon, which was his first recording as a conductor and soloist.

His recordings of Beethoven’s symphonies, Mahler’s Symphony No.4 and the cycle Das Lied von der Erde with the Manchester

Camerata attracted laudatory reviews. He has also recorded Schubert’s Symphonies Nos 4 and 8 with the Saint Paul Chamber

Orchestra.

Nathalie Stutzmann Associate artist- Contralto and conductor

As the perfect example of a complete musician, Nathalie

Stutzmann started her studies at a very young age in piano,

bassoon, chamber music and conducting. She began her vocal

training with her mother, the distinguished soprano Christiane

Stutzmann, and later at the Ecole d’Art Lyrique de l’Opéra de Paris

focusing on lieder with the great Hans Hotter. She regularly sings

with the world’s greatest conductors and orchestras, including the

Berlin Philharmonic with Sir Simon Rattle, the Vienna

Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, the London Symphony

Orchestra, and the Rotterdam Philharmonic with Yannick Nézet-

Séguin.

As she studied conducting with the legendary Finnish teacher

Jorma Panula and mentored by Seiji Ozawa and Simon Rattle,

Nathalie Stutzmann founded her own chamber orchestra, Orfeo

55 in 2009.

Nathalie Stutzmann has received immediate re-invitations after

débuts with leading orchestras including Opera de Monte Carlo:

Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore in 2014 and returning for Wagner’s

Tannhäuser in 2017.

Nathalie Stutzmann is considered to be one of the most outstanding musical personalities of our time, with parallel careers as both a contralto and an orchestral conductor.

Deborah Nemtanu was born in a family of passionate

musicians and chose to play the violin at the age of four. Her

career is the perfect example of precocious success and

manifold talent.

After winning the Conservatoire de Paris Prize in 2001 (awarded by

unanimous vote) in Gérard Poulet’s class, she is awarded the fourth

prize at the Jacques-Thibaud International Contest, and is then

selected to join the prestigious Perlman program in the United States.

In 2008, she is awarded the second prize at the Benjamin Britten

International Contest in London. Since 2005, she has been solo violin

and concertmaster at the Orchestre de chambre de Paris. She is

curious, passionate and does not limit herself to her role as solo violin:

she goes further and conducts the orchestra herself.

Deborah Nemtanu plays on a 1740 Domenica Montagnana violin,

graciously lent by the Monceau Assurance Company.

Deborah Nemtanu Concertmaster

She has an ongoing relationship São Paolo Symphony where she has conducted Mozart’s Requiem with re-invitations for future

seasons. Chamber Orchestra, Valencia Symphony and to Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Valladolid where she was the

first woman to conduct the orchestra, in Mahler’s 4th Symphony in 2014.

Decorated as "Chevalier des Arts et Lettres” and "Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite” by the French state, she also gives

masterclasses around the world and is a singing teacher at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève.

Laurence Equilbey Associate artist - conductor

Conductor and musical director of Insula orchestra and accentus, Laurence Equilbey is today acknowledged for her demanding, yet open-minded approach to her art.

Her exploration of the symphonic repertory has seen her

conducting the orchestras of Lyon, Bucharest, Warsaw,

Café Zimmermann, Brussels Philharmonic, Akademie für

alte Musik Berlin, Concerto Köln, Camerata Salzburg,

Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, the philharmonic

orchestras of Liège, Leipzig, Francfort, etc.

She has recently conducted Britten’s Albert Herring (at

the Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie and the Opéra

Comique), Weber’s Freischütz (Opéra de Toulon), Sous

apparence (Opéra de Paris) and Reynaldo Hahn’s

Ciboulette (Opéra comique).

She regularly conducts the orchestra of the Opéra de

Rouen Haute-Normandie (Mendelssohn’s Athalie in

2015). Since 2009, she has been working with accentus as

an associate artist of the Paris Chamber Orchestra and will

be joining up with them again in 2015 for Reynaldo Hahn’s

Ciboulette at the Opéra Comique and Dvořák’s Stabat

Mater at the Philharmonie de Paris.

accentus is a professional chamber choir dedicated to a cappella works as well as to contemporary repertoire, oratorios and operas. Founded by Laurence Equilbey, the choir has appeared at the most renowned French and international venues and festivals.

The ensemble works with the most prestigious conductors and

orchestras (Pierre Boulez, Christoph Eschenbach, Orchestre de

Paris, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Orchestre de l’Opéra de

Rouen Haute-Normandie, Concerto Köln, Akademie für Alte Musik

Berlin and Insula orchestra). It also takes part in lyrical productions,

for example at the Opéra de Paris or at the Aix-en-Provence

Festival. All its discographic recordings (Naïve) are largely

acclaimed by the music press, for example « Transcriptions »

(Disque d’or) and « Haydn, Les Sept Dernières Paroles du Christ en

croix ».

accentus

Chamber choir Associate artist

accentus Associate artist -chamber choir

She is also an associate artist of the Grand Théâtre de Provence in Aix-en-Provence and a companion of the Phillharmonie de

Paris.

With accentus, Laurence Equilbey continues to focus on the great vocal music repertoire, while also supporting contemporary

creation. The extensive recorded work of accentus (on the naïve label) has received wide critical acclaim. She is also Artistic

Director and Director of Education at the Department for Young Singers at the Paris Conservatory.

accentus Associate artist- chamber choir

The disk from accentus, “Janacek, Brumes d’enfance (Mists of Childhood)”, conducted by Pieter-Jelle de Boer, was released in August

2013. The latest disk – Mozart’s Requiem – was released in September 2014. For 2015 the choir plans to record vocal works by

Mantovani and a record of Gluck’s Orfeo and Euridice with Franco Fagioli.

accentus was awarded the « Ensemble de l’année » Prize at the French Classical Music Awards (Victoires de la musique classique) in

2002, 2005 and 2008

Philippe Manoury is a composer and a teacher, but also a researcher and organizer of musical life. He occupies a unique place in the evolution of the music of our time.

He started composing quite early in life as a self-taught

composer. Subsequently, he studied composition at the

Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. His

first creation Cryptophonos was given at the Metz Festival in

1974.

After giving lectures and conferences on contemporary music

in various Brazilian universities, he has been invited by Ircam,

a research institute in acoustics, as a guest researcher. Since

then, he has taken part in the activities of the Institute as a

composer and teacher. In collaboration with the

mathematician Miller Puckette, he has carried out research in

the field of real-time interaction between acoustic

instruments and new technologies related to computer

music.

Philippe Manoury Associate composer

He has been head of education with the Ensemble Intercontemporain before teaching composition and electronic music at

the Conservatory of Lyon. Since 2004, he has taught composition at the University of California in San Diego and he will also

be teaching at the Conservatory of Strasbourg in 2013. He is also a resident composer at the Lucerne Festival.

His work covers all genres: solo pieces, mixed electronic music, chamber music, works for choir and orchestra, operas, including

La Nuit de Gutenberg, created at the Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg and for which he was awarded the "Composer of

the year" Prize at the French Classical Music Awards (Victoires de la musique classique) in 2012.

« The Paris Chamber Orchestra reaffirmed there its powerful rise, reacting with flexibility to Alarcon’s baton with heartful drive. » Jacqueline Thuilleux, Concertclassic.com, about tthe concert on 4 March 2015 at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, Mars 2015

« A high standard exchange between the two bassoons of this orchestra exquisitely played by Fany Maselli et Henri Roman » L’Est républicain concerning the concert “Sir Roger Norrington visite Prague”, on the 17th of September 2014 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, September 2014

« The Orchestre de chambre de Paris has presented its new young audience concert. A musical match based on sport and music. An ingenious way for children to initiate themselves into classical music. » Victor Tribot Laspière, France Musique, concerning the concert on the 4th of December at the Salle Pleyel, December 2014.

« I believe that flooding out the individual sparkle while playing in the orchestra is the same thing in music and football » Douglas Boyd, l’Equipe, February 2015

« The Paris Chamber Orchestra led by the excellent Gareth Valentine shows once again its incredible versatility and its smartness in every kind of diverse repertoire » Sylvain Fort, Forumopéra.com, commenting on the performance Singin’ in the rain at the Théâtre du Châtelet, March 2015

« The show is pretty to look at and easy on the ear, and the Chamber Orchestra of Paris, conducted by Gareth Valentine, sounds terrifically full-bodied » Roslyn Sulcas, The New York Times, commenting on the performance Singin’ in the rain at the Théâtre du Châtelet, March 2015

« Once again the Paris Chamber Orchestra treats the audience with a high standard concert with a fresh touch and its own intimate “je ne sais quoi” in a rich and interesting program where beauty is the only protagonist. Exciting! » Sabino Pena Arca, Classiquenews.com, about the concert on 18 february by Thomas Dausgaard and Daniel Hope at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, February 2015

«…In front of « her » orchestra – the Orchestre de chambre de Paris -, Deborah chairs like the queen bee. Standing upright in a long black gown with honey-coloured dots, she commands her hive string fellows’ respect » Pierre Gervasoni, Le Monde, concerning the concert « A Leipzig chez les Bach avec Sarah et Deborah Nemtanu », at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, December 2014

Reviews

« This chamber orchestra is greatly involved with children […] They give outreach programs in community venues and always with a view to break boundaries between people and music, they also put together visits in prisons » Charlotte Latour, RTL, concerning OCP’s social (citizen) actions, may 2014.

Rossini Petite Messe solennelle Julia Lezhneva, soprano Delphine Galou, contralto Michael Spyres, tenor Alexander Vinogradov, bass accentus Orchestre de chambre de Paris Ottavio Dantone, conductor

2015, Naïve

Discography: last releases

Félicien David Le Désert Cyrille Dubois, tenor Zachary Wilder, tenor Jean-Marie Winling, reciter accentus Orchestre de chambre de Paris Laurence Equilbey, conductor 2015, Naïve

Bach - Schnittke Sarah Nemtanu, violin Deborah Nemtanu, violin and viola Orchestre de chambre de Paris Sascha Goetzel, conductor 2014, Naïve

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