PROGRAMME

ARTISTS

ANNE CALLONI, soprano

MARIE KARALL, mezzo-soprano

CHARLES MESRINE, tenor

JIWON SONG, barytone

MATHIAS LECOMTE, piano

BAPTISTE-FLORIAN MARLE-OUVRARD, organ

MICHEL PIQUEMAL, direction

CHOEUR REGIONAL VITTORIA D’ÎLE-DE-FRANCE

CHOEUR RÉGIONAL VITTORIA

D’ÎLE-DE-FRANCE

Founded in 1987, the Choeur Régiona Vittoria d’Île-de-France is an oratorio choir of international reputation that brings together some sixty experienced amateur singers around a strong identity, marked by high standards, curiosity and passion.
The Choir has a deep affinity for French music: they like to discover little-known composers such as Martial Caillebotte, Jean Cras or Joseph-Guy Ropartz. They also like to venture onto the virgin paths of discovery and creation at the instigation of their artistic director, Michel Piquemal and his associate conductor, Boris Mychajliszyn.
If its primary mission is the promotion of classical music and mainly choral singing in the Ile-de-France region, the choir also radiates in France and abroad. With a discography that has often won awards – notably the “Victoires de la musique classique” in 1998 for its recording of Honegger’s King David – the Choeur Vittoria is sought-after by the best professional orchestras and their conductors, as well as by artists or structures that have cross-disciplinary projects.
The Chœur régional Vittoria d’Île-de-France is subsidized by the Île-de-France Region and receives support from the City of Paris in order to promote excellent amateur artistic practice.
Musical director: Michel Piquemal. Associate conductor: Boris Mychajliszyn.
www.choeurvittoria.fr

MICHEL PIQUEMAL

In his forty-year career as a conductor and choirmaster, Michel Piquemal has done an incomparable job of rediscovering and creating oratorios, combining voices and symphony orchestra, for which he has been awarded two Victoires de la Musique Classique.
Having completed his vocal training with Pierre Bernac and Denise Duval, he was in the 1990s one of the major interpreters of French Melody throughout the world, giving rise to numerous reference recordings. He was regularly invited to appear on Jacques Chancel and Jacques Martin’s television shows. Michel Piquemal was already strongly attracted by the repertoires and the unknown composers, a taste that he keeps intact today.
He then developed another way of transmitting his knowledge, by directing vocal and instrumental ensembles such as his Ensemble Vocal and then the Choeur Régional Vittoria d’Île-de-France, which he has directed since its creation in 1987. He also perfected his conducting skills in order to be able to embrace all the fields he is passionate about. He was awarded the 3rd and 5th Victoires de la Musique Classique for his recordings of Arthur Honegger’s Roi David and Duruflé’s Requiem.
Michel Piquemal has been decorated as an Officer of the “Ordre National du Mérite, an “Officier des Arts et des Lettres”, and a “Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur” for his overall musical contributions to the musical heritage. He was also awarded the Hungarian Pro Artibus prize.

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