Download JEAN-CHRISTOPHE SPINOSI Conductor Some people see him as

JEAN-CHRISTOPHE SPINOSI
Conductor
Some people see him as the enfant terrible of classical music, while to others he's a
choreographer/musician gifted with a remarkable rhythmical pulse and physical exaltation. From
the very beginning of his career he has performed a vast repertoire ranging from Baroque to
contemporary, on both modern and traditional instruments. In 1991 he created the Ensemble
Matheus in Brest, France, an orchestra that has since accompanied him around the world.
In 2005, his passion for seeking out original repertoires led the Ensemble Matheus to make a
series of recordings devoted to Vivaldi, a composer whose masterpieces had up to that time been
entirely absent from the group’s discography. The ensemble produced several albums and four
operas, which were met with widespread acclaim, arousing a strong following worldwide.
Simultaneously, Spinosi continued to perform the classical and romantic repertoires as well as a
broad and eclectic mix of pieces from the 20th and 21st centuries, from Shostakovitch,
Stravinsky, and Prokofiev to Herbie Hancock, George Crumb, Arvo Pärt, Nicolas Bacri, Henryk
Gorecki, John Cage, and Guillaume Connesson.
Over the course of various productions, Jean-Christophe Spinosi has developed musical
friendships with world-renowned artists Cecilia Bartoli, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Natalie Dessay,
and Philippe Jaroussky, with whom he recorded the album Heroes for EMI-Virgin Classics, a
disc that went triple gold.
Jean-Christophe Spinosi has conducted new opera productions with the Ensemble Matheus at
Théâtre du Châtelet every season since 2007, and regularly performs at Théâtre des ChampsElysées, Theater an der Wien, and Wiener Staatsoper. In recent years he has worked with some of
the most imaginative stage directors on the international scene, among them Pierrick Sorin, Oleg
Kulik, Claus Guth, Patrice Caurier, and Moshe Leiser.
Jean-Christophe Spinosi has worked regularly with numerous orchestras including Wiener
Staatsoper, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic, Radio
Sinfonieorchester in Frankfurt, Orchestre National du Capitole in Toulouse, the Scottish Chamber
Orchestra, the New Japan Philharmonic, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, RundfunkSinfonieorchester in Berlin, Orquesta de Castilla y Leon, Wiener Symphoniker, RadioSymphonieorchester in Vienna, and Orquesta Nacional of Spain. Other notable collaborations
include his work with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie in
Hanover, Mozarteum Orchester in Salzburg, the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, and
Orchestre de Paris.