Paul Van Nevel

Category:groep / artiest, dirigent, uitgever, oude muziek
Hasselt, 1946
Genre(s):barok, oude muziek
Conductor of:Huelgas ensemble

Biography

Paul Van Nevel is the artistic director of the Huelgas Ensemble, which he founded in 1971 as an extension of his activities at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. He is known as a pioneer and figurehead for European polyphony from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. Paul Van Nevel stands for an interdisciplinary approach to the original sources, taking into account the spirit of the times (literature, old pronunciation, temperament, tempo, rhetoric...). He goes in search of unknown works, including the forgotten treasures of Flemish polyphonyHe was a guest teacher at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, the Musikhochschule Hannover, the Centre de Musique ancienne de Genève and has been a guest conductor of the Nederlands Kamerkoor for thirty years.

Amongst other things, he has written a monograph on Johannes Ciconia, a work about Nicolas Gombert, and has published transcripts of Renaissance music with the German publishing company Bärenreiter.

Paul Van Nevel has also written a book about the city of Lisbon. In this book he describes his thirty-year relationship with the city, based on atmospheric impressions, personal preferences, explicit details and chance encounters.

In 2018 Paul Van Nevel's book, ‘The Landscape of the Polyphonists: the world of the Franco-Flemish School 1400-1600', in which he puts forward the hypothesis that the imitative and melancholic style of these composers was created by the nature of the landscape (silence, refuge, melancholy) in which the Franco-Flemish School spent their childhood. The book was awarded the 'Luc Verbekeprijs' in 2019 by the Committee for French Flanders.

Paul Van Nevel has received numerous awards, including the 'Prix in Honorem' from the Académie Charles Cros (1994), the 'Choc de l'année' (Le monde de la Musique), the 'Edison prize', the 'Cannes Classical Award', various 'Caecilia 'prizes' from the Belgian Music Press, the 'Career Prize' from the Belgian classical radio station Klara, the 'Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik' and various prizes from the German music awards 'ECHO Klassik '.

His recordings of the ‘Eton Choirbook' (Sony Classical, 2012) and ‘La Oreja de Zurbarán' (Cypres records, 2014) received the praise of the foreign press. For his recording 'Les Trésors de Claude Le Jeune' (Sony Classical, 2014) he received the 'Diapason d'Or de l'année 2014' and for 'Wolfgang Rihm: Et lux' (ECM, 2015) the 'Diapason d' Or de l'année 2015 '. His most recent award is a ‘Choc du mois' from the magazine Classica in February 2017 and a ‘Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik' (Bestenliste 1/2017) for the CD recording ‘The Mirror of Monteverdi', and the OPUS KLASSIK '18th century opera prize 2019' for the CD recording of Francesca Caccini: 'La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina'.

Paul Van Nevel is an internationally renowned "Cigarier".

 

Selective discography

Sweelinck Jan PieterszoonSweelinck Jan Pieterszoon (2008)
early music
Nederlands Kamerkoor, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Paul Van Nevel
La Quinta essentiaLa Quinta essentia (2007)
early music
Huelgas ensemble, Orlandus Lassus, Thomas Ashewell, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Paul Van Nevel
50 Harmonia Mundi50 Harmonia Mundi (2007)
Walter Boeykens, Collegium Vocale Gent, Ensemble Explorations, Huelgas ensemble, Walter Boeykens Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel, Philippe Herreweghe, René Jacobs (...)
A 40 voix Les sommets de la polyphonieA 40 voix Les sommets de la polyphonie (2006)
early music
Huelgas ensemble, Willem Ceuleers, Josquin Desprez, Juan Bautista Gomes, Robert Wylkynson, Allesandro Striggio, Pieter Maessens, João Lourenço Rebelo (...)
Da Vinci - Music from his timeDa Vinci - Music from his time (2006)
early music
Huelgas ensemble, The Waverly Consort, Capella Antiqua München, Niederaltaicher Scholaren, Marco Cara, Serafino Dall'aquilano, Philippe Verdelot, anoniem (...)
Renaissance. Masterworks of polyphonyRenaissance. Masterworks of polyphony (2006)
early music
Huelgas ensemble, Paul Van Nevel
Ars subtilior - Dawn of the RenaissanceArs subtilior - Dawn of the Renaissance (2005)
early music
Organum, Ferrara Ensemble, Orlando Consort, Huelgas ensemble, Hilliard Ensemble, Philipoctus de Caserta, Johannes Ciconia, Jacob Senleches (...)
Alfonso Ferrabosco 'Il Padre' Psaume 103Alfonso Ferrabosco 'Il Padre' Psaume 103 (2005)
early music
Huelgas ensemble, Alfonso Ferrabosco (i), Paul Van Nevel
75 jaar radio75 jaar radio (2005)
classical
More Maiorum, Huelgas ensemble, Zefiro Torna, Vlaams Radio Orkest, Pianotrio Arthur Grumiaux, Marc Matthys, Toon Daems, Pierre De la Rue (...)
Jacobus de Kerle. Da Pacem DomineJacobus de Kerle. Da Pacem Domine (2005)
early music
Huelgas ensemble, Jacobus de Kerle, Paul Van Nevel

Author of

Het landschap van de polyfonistenHet landschap van de polyfonisten (2018)
Klassiek
Paul Van Nevel
Dertig jaar verslaafd aan LissabonDertig jaar verslaafd aan Lissabon (2006)
Europese folk, traditionele folk
Paul Van Nevel
Nicolas Gombert en het avontuur van de Vlaamse polyfonieNicolas Gombert en het avontuur van de Vlaamse polyfonie (1992)
oude muziek
Paul Van Nevel

Selectieve discografie als medewerker

Kerstkantate / A ceremony of carolsKerstkantate / A ceremony of carols (1969)
classical
Knapenkoor Schola Cantorum Cantate Domino Aalst, Michaël Ghijs, Benjamin Britten, Orff-ensemble van het Lemmensinstituut te Leuven, Jos Wuytack, Jos Wuytack

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News:Opnieuw een Diapason d'or voor het Huelgas Ensemble (16.10.2014)
Een Diapason d'or voor het Huelgas Ensemble, een Choc voor Van Immerseel (30.07.2012)
Paul Van Nevel in de kijker op Canvas (06.04.2009)
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An imposing English hoard (12.08.2013)
Richafort - Requiem (06.2013)
Lassus - Massaino - Orto - R White (08.2008)
Paul Van Nevel (07.2003)
Paul van Nevel (02.2002)