Le Consort
Biography Le Consort
Le Consort
brings together young musicians who share a common sensibility and enthusiasm. Formed by Théotime Langlois de Swarte and Justin Taylor, Le Consort explores repertoire as varied as it is complementary. Eighteenth-century instrumental music lies at the heart of this project: championing diverse works from trio sonatas, the quintessence of Baroque chamber music, to Baroque vocal music, to Classical chamber music with fortepiano. Le Consort is in residency at the Banque de France in Paris and the Singer-Polignac Foundation.
In June 2017, Le Consort won First Prize and the Audience Prize at the Loire Valley International Early Music Competition. The ensemble has been invited to perform at festivals across Europe including the Sablé Festival; Festival de l’Orangerie, Sceaux; Festival Les Festes Baroques, Bordeaux; Festival Les Musicales de Normandie; BRQ Vantaa Festival, Finland; Festival de Saint-Denis, Paris; Radio France Festival; Festival Internacional de Música Pau Casals, Spain; Festival de Pont-Croix; and Festival du Forez, to name but a few. In addition, the ensemble has appeared at notable venues such as Opéra de Dijon; BOZAR, Brussels; and l’Arsenal, Metz.
Le Consort records on the Alpha Classics label, and in September 2019 will release a disc devoted to the complete Trio Sonatas of Jean-François Dandrieu entitled OPUS 1. This follows their first recording of French cantatas (Venez chère ombre) with mezzo-soprano Eva Zaïcik (Victoires de la Musique winner and Second Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition), with whom the ensemble works closely. For this recording, the ensemble received a “Choc” from Classica and is among the “Choices” of France Musique.
