Philippe Pierlot
| Category: | oude muziek, solist, dirigent, hedendaagse muziek |
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| Genre(s): | oude muziek |
| Instrument(s): | viola da gamba, cello, baryton (chordofoon) |
| Conductor of: | Ricercar Consort |
Biography
Philippe Pierlot was born in Liège. Autodidact on the guitar and the lute, he turned his attention to the viola da gamba, which he studied with Wieland Kuijken. He is the director of the Ricercar Consort, and devotes most of his work to the seventeenth-century repertoire, in which he has offered the public a chance to discover many composers and works of great artistic value.
His repertoire also includes contemporary works, a number of which have been dedicated to him, and he is one of the few performers to play the baryton, a little-known instrument for which Haydn composed nearly 150 works.
He has edited and revived a number of operas, including Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno d’Ulisse (given at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, Lincoln Center in New York, the Hebbel-Theater in Berlin, and the Melbourne Festival, among other venues) and the Sémélé of Marin Marais, and also Bach’s St Mark Passion.
His most recent recordings on the viola da gamba have been devoted to St Colombe and will be issued in 2019.
Philippe Pierlot teaches at the Brussels Royal Conservatory and in his hometown Spa, organising master-classes and seminaries, as well as concerts for young artists.
Selective discography
 | Georg Friedrich Händel - Blokfluit Sonates (1985) Baroque Frédéric De Roos, Georg Friedrich Händel, Ricercar Consort, Claude Wassmer, Philippe Pierlot, Guy Penson |
| Henri Du Mont - Motets a Voix Seule (1984) Baroque Henri Ledroit, Henri Du Mont, Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot, Titia De Zwart, Gérard Lesne, Bernard Foccroulle, Claude Wassmer (...) |
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| Georg Philipp Telemann - Sonates pour Basse de Viole (1981) Baroque Philippe Pierlot, Georg Philipp Telemann, Ricercar Consort, Johan Huys, Konrad Junghänel, Anneke Pols |
Selectieve discografie als medewerker
 | Bach Musikalisches Opfer (2015) Baroque Ricercar Consort, Johann Sebastian Bach |
 | Albert Huybrechts - Musique de chambre III (2013) romanticism Solisten van het symfonisch orkest van De Munt, Albert Huybrechts, Lucas Blondeel, Philippe Pierlot, Lionel Bams |
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 | Johann Gottlieb Janitsch - Berliner Quartette (2013) Baroque Il Gardellino, Johann Gottlieb Janitsch |
 | Matheo Romero - musique à la cour d'Espagne (2009) early music Currende, Guillemette Laurens, Erik Van Nevel |
 | Hacquart Carolus - Le maitre de musique (2006) early music Carolus Hacquart, Philippus Van Wichel |
 | Concert Life in 18th Century Berlin. Works by Janitsch, Schaffrath, Graun. (2001) Baroque Il Gardellino, Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, Christoph Schaffrath, Johann Gottlieb Graun |
| Motetti ed Arie a voce sola (1981) Baroque, early music Henri Ledroit, Alessandro Grandi, Claudio Monteverdi, Ricercar Consort, Léonard Hodemont, Lodovico Viadana, Heinrich Schütz |
