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JOS VAN IMMERSEEL, CONDUCTOR
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Jos van Immerseel was born in Antwerp in 1945. He studied piano (Eugène Traey), organ (Flor
Peeters), singing (Lucie Frateur) and direction (Daniel Sternefeld) as well as organology, rhetoric
and historical fortepiano (autodidact). His passion for historical keyboard instruments burgeoned
after coming into contact with two magnificent instruments at the Antwerp Museum Vleeshuis
(Joannes Dulcken – 1747; Conrad Graf – 1826), and with exceptional musicians such as René
Jacobs, the Kuijken brothers, Jaap Schröder, Anner Bijlsma, Paul Van Nevel, Guy de Mey and Paul
Dombrecht.
Reinforced by his fascination for organ and vocal music, these interests naturally guided van
Immerseel to the field of early music. Shortly thereafter, he founded his own ensemble (Collegium
Musicum, 1964-1968) that experimented with music from the renaissance and the baroque era on
period instruments. Still on the same track, Jos van Immerseel embarked upon harpsichord studies
with Kenneth Gilbert and carried off the palm at the first edition of the Paris Harpsichord
Competition (1973) after an unanimous decision of both the jury and the audience. Van Immerseel
turned out to be the only competitor rigorously choosing to play the historical harpsichord, thereby
starting a new chapter of the French harpsichord school’s history.
Today, he is recognized worldwide as a remarkable soloist and performs in the most prestigious
concert halls worldwide. He is renowned as a chamber musician too, performing regularly with
musical companions as Claire Chevallier (piano), Sergei Istomin (violoncello), Lisa Shklyaver
(clarinet) and Thomas Bauer (baritone).
Van Immerseel has built up a parallel career as a conductor. Specialised at first in baroque
repertoire (with the landmark performances of Monteverdi’s Orfeo in 1977 as one of many
highlights), he shifted his interests to other periods, times and places – culminating in projects with
music by Liszt, Poulenc and Gershwin. As a guest conductor he worked with the RadioKamerorkest, the Nederlands Kamerorkest, Nederlands Kamerkoor, Akademie für Alte Musik
Berlin, Wiener Akademie, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Tafelmusik Toronto, the Mozarteum
Salzburg and Musica Florea Prague. But since 1987 Jos van Immerseel’s name is mentioned in one
breath with that of Anima Eterna Brugge: the period orchestra that was established as a musical
laboratory, and in the meantime can boast upon a track record of 25 years and a legendary status
that rivals that of its founder.
Jos van Immerseel has taught at music institutes around the world: from 1982 to 1985 he joined Ton
de Leeuw as an artistic director at the Sweelinck Conservatorium Amsterdam, he was professor at
the Conservatoire National Supérieure in Paris and visiting professor at the Schola Cantorum
Basiliensis, the Kunitachi-University Tokio and the Indiana University Bloomington. He conducts
masterclasses from Weimar to Fukuoka and has recently initiated an Anima Eterna Brugge Master
Class Series that will henceforward take place yearly in Bruges.
Weigold & Böhm
International Artists & Tours GmbH
Thünefeldstr. 5 · D – 82299 Türkenfeld · Tel. +49 81 93 23 61 20-0 · Fax. +49 81 93 23 61 20-9
[email protected] · www.weigold-boehm.de
WEIGOLD &
B
JOS VAN IMMERSEEL, CONDUCTOR
Ö
H
M
International
Artists &
Tours
As even the most eager of travellers need a place to come home to, Jos van Immerseel and Anima
cherish their structural partners: the Concertgebouw Brugge – where they have been in residence
since 2003 – , the Opéra de Dijon, that hosts the orchestra as ‘ensemble associé’, and Beethovenfest
Bonn, where the orchestra will take up its residency from 2015 onwards. Testifying to van
Immerseel’s impressive career, is a back catalogue comprising more than 100 recordings –
exclusively and solely on or with period instruments – with labels as Accent, Channel Classics and
Sony. Since 2002, he curates the Collection Anima Eterna for the Parisian label Zig-Zag Territoires
(Outhere): a series that follows his expeditions into music history, from uncovered treasure to
refurbished masterpiece. An absolute highlight for his fans was the release of the long-anticipated
live-recording of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana in 2014. Among the many awards won by van
Immerseel and his orchestra are the Diaposon d’Or, Le Choc du Monde de la Musique and FFFF de
Télérama; on a personal level, he was granted the price of the Musikfest Bremen for his outstanding
career.
Musician, conductor, researcher, teacher: Jos van Immerseel lives and breathes music, always
walking the line that connects musicological theory with musical praxis. No doctrine of ‘authentic
performance practice’ here, but a logical approach that uses the composer’s artistic vocabulary as
the foundation of a present-day reading. Of equal importance in van Immerseel’s view are the
instruments at the disposal of a composer: they convey a wealth of information concerning style,
tempi, dynamics, acoustics and balance. Small wonder that a unique collection of instruments
figures at the core of his activities: an exquisite selection of keyboard instruments, spanning more
than 3 centuries and a wide range of types and variants – from clavichord to Hammond organ. As
do autograph manuscripts, original editions and other primary sources, they guide van Immerseel to
the immediate vicinity of a composer and his music: a necessary premise without compromise.
Get further information under: www.animaeterna.be
As of: Februar 2016
Weigold & Böhm
International Artists & Tours GmbH
Thünefeldstr. 5 · D – 82299 Türkenfeld · Tel. +49 81 93 23 61 20-0 · Fax. +49 81 93 23 61 20-9
[email protected] · www.weigold-boehm.de