Conductor and pioneer of the Baroque historical performance practice revolution embarks on a tour in Spain with Les Arts ...
William Christie, who is being feted for his 80th birthday, planted seeds in fallow grounds that brought forth baroque splendors — both figuratively and literally. By Roslyn Sulcas and Elliott Verdier ...
1 REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LA DISTANCE By Tiago Rodrigues 2 REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents YES DADDY By Bashar Murkus and Khulood Basel 3 REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon ...
"Fondés en 1979, et dirigés depuis lors par le claveciniste et chef d'orchestre franco-américain William Christie, ils portent le nom d'un petit opéra de Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Les Arts Florissants ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Les Arts Florissants was founded in 1979 it put period performance firmly on the map in France. The ...
Pace the late Edward Said, orientalism no longer needs to be a dirty word, in music at least, now that orchestras like Istanbul’s mostly Turkish forces can reclaim a western, or at least a ...
Conductor and harpsichordist William Christie named Les Arts Florissants, his troupe of singers and period instrumentalists, after a short opera by 17th-century French composer Marc-Antoine ...
For the fiftieth anniversary of its “Great Performers” series, Lincoln Center continues to call upon some of classical music’s heaviest hitters. The prëeminent Baroque conductor William Christie and ...