René Jacobs
Category: | dirigent, oude muziek, repertoire |
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Gent, 30.10.1946 | |
Genre(s): | oude muziek, barok, classicisme, romantiek |
Instrument(s): | zang (contratenor) |
Conductor of: | B'Rock |
Biography
René Jacobs started his career as a chorister in the cathedral of his native town Ghent. Encouraged by the Kuijken brothers, Alfred Deller, and Gustav Leonhardt, he specialised in the countertenor register.
His unique voice made him world famous.Later he earned great fame as conductor of baroque and early classical operas. He is first and foremost an enthusiastic promoter of the Venetian opera repertoire. He earned triumphs in the most important opera houses in Europe and Japan with works by Monteverdi, Cesti, Cavalli, von Gluck, Händel, Telemann, Graun, and Mozart. Since 1997 Jacobs has been artistic leader of the Innsbruck Festival.
For many years he taught at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, an institution that he remains close to and where several singers who shine now on international stages owed him formative years. René Jacobs received many distinctions for his performances and CD recordings: the Grand Prix 1998 for the best opera production of the year, the Musical Personality award 1999 from the periodical Diapason, the Prix in Honorem from the Académie Charles Cros in 2001, Record of the Year from Gramophone in 2004, several Chocs from Le Monde de la Musique and Diapasons d’Or, MIDEM Classical Awards, MIDEM Artist of the Year 2005, a Grammy Award, and the prestigious Telemann Prize of the city of Magdeburg in 2008.
Selective discography
G.F. Haendel - Orlando (2014) Baroque B'Rock, Georg Friedrich Händel, René Jacobs, Bejun Mehta, Sophie Karthäuser, Kristina Hammarström, Sunhae Im, Konstantin Wolff (...) |
Bejun Metha - Che puro ciel (2014) opera Bejun Mehta, René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin |
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Bach Johann Sebastian - Matthaüs-Passion BWV 244 / 2 cd + 1 dvd (2013) Baroque RIAS Kammerchor, Johann Sebastian Bach, René Jacobs, Staats- und Domchor Berlin, Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin, Werner Güra, Johannes Weisser, Sunhae Im (...) |
Pergolesi - Septem verba a Christo (2013) Baroque René Jacobs, Sophie Karthäuser, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Christophe Dumaux, Julien Behr, Konstantin Wolff, Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin |
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A portrait - La Petite Bande (2012) Baroque, classicism Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande, René Jacobs, Werner van Mechelen, Huub Claessens, Donato Di Stefano, Markus Schäfer, Monica Groop (...) |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - La finta giardiniera (2012) opera Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs, Sophie Karthäuser, Jeremy Ovenden, Alex Penda, Marie-Claude Chapuis, Nicolas Rivenq, Sunhae Im (...) |
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Handel Georg Friedrich - Agrippina (2011) Baroque Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs, Georg Friedrich Händel |
Belshazzar (2011) Baroque René Jacobs, Kenneth Tarver, Rosemary Joshua, Bejun Mehta, Kristina Hammarström, Neal Davies, RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin (...) |
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René Jacobs : singer & teacher (2011) Baroque, opera René Jacobs, Georg Friedrich Händel |
Schütz Heinrich- Weihnachtshistorie (2011) Baroque Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs |
Selectieve discografie als medewerker
Charpentier Marc-Antoine - Leçons de Ténèbres du Mercredy Sainct (2001) Baroque Concerto Vocale, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, René Jacobs |
Carolus Hacquart - De triomfeerende min (1978) Baroque Collegium Vocale Gent, Ton Koopman, Carolus Hacquart, Musica Antiqua, Philippe Herreweghe |
Related Items
News: | Vlaamse Cultuurprijs Muziek voor René Jacobs (30.03.2014) Lezing René Jacobs rond Bachs Matthaus-Passion (17.09.2013) Klara-Carrièreprijs 2008 voor René Jacobs (18.12.2008) |
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Press Clips: (Wat is dit?) | Händel - Orlando (07.2014) Che cielo puro (01.02.2014) René Jacobs (11.2010) Crete comes to Paris (02.2009) Mozart - Don Giovanni (08.2008) Mozart - La Clemenza Di Tito (06.2008) René Jacobs (01.2006) Arias for Farinelli (2) (05.2003) Arias for Farinelli (1) (05.2003) Naughty but nice - handel with care (05.2002) nog 1 resultaten op het documentatieplatform |